Embrace your Enemies and Collaborate
Dave Savage is a mass of contradictions – hippy from the Kootenays (me too), businessman, capitalist, activist. In short, he…
Collaborating doesn’t always work for me ….
The other day I was sitting in my dentist’s chair with a sore mouth. I have been back a few…
Positive Questions Lead to Positive Change
There has been a lot of change in the last year or so with lay-offs and restructuring in Alberta organizations.…
Hunkering Down and Cutting Back – Where is the Fairness?
Here in Alberta we are confronting a new possible normal…in 2 to 3 years back to oil at $45/barrel? We…
Rising Strong in Conflict
An amazing colleague of ours, Jenn Lofgren presented a full day workshop last week focused on Brene Brown’s latest work…
Helpless & Powerless in Conflict
We are often the ones asking the questions. Michelle had the tables turned on her last week when she was…
Shifting Paradigms to Address ‘Difficult People’
I previously wrote a posting regarding labeling people as a 'bully' and my reaction when I hear this word used…
Conflict & Leadership
As on-going change and a threatened economy become a dominant reality in Calgary and beyond, the opportunities for conflict multiply.…
Conflict & Storytelling
Marjorie and I use the above Droodle drawings in workshops to help others see new perspectives. Roger Price drew the original Droodles…
Fairness & Justice
Fairness & Justice Those finding themselves in difficult conflict situations in the workplace often are seeking justice. A definition of justice is the administering…