With the Alberta government forecasting an abundance of 114,000 jobs in coming years, it’s a safe bet (or no-need-for-a-bet) that the job market will continue to be cut-throat. So what can an Alberta based business do to remain immune to the poaching and salary expectation ransoms that could paralyze them? One word: culture. Or, maybe [...]
Grid is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. It’s not a conference, its not a seminar, and it is definitely not the Matrix. The only way I can describe Grid is to say that it’s an Experience. My experience began on a Sunday evening and went straight through to Thursday afternoon. I had just enough time [...]
When Peter Pan’s Lost Boys merrily sing “We’re following the leader, wherever he may go,” traditional business logic tells us that this is an aligned team. Not only are its members moving in the same direction, but their marching to their drummer’s beat is unquestioned. Further, with an uninterrupted line of acceptance/delegation/admittance between leader and [...]
February 28, 2012 – 4:00 pm
The Check In Process What is the check in process? Simply put, it is a morning ritual here at BIG, in which our team gathers and re-connects. Every morning, at 8:30am like clockwork, we assemble in the middle of our workspace, and each team member shares his or her BIG Life, BIG Priorities and Personal [...]
February 14, 2012 – 4:19 pm
If you want to build a culture of grownups in your organization, instead of telling them what they can’t do – why not tell them what they can do?
January 31, 2012 – 7:03 pm
Until its penultimate day, I had grown to hate the Grid program. Twelve hours a day with a team of strangers debating the psychological politics of hypothetical people and hypothetical scenarios. Having to parse a spectrum of concocted grays into a rigid numerical weighting system. Mapping and discussing personality types is an attractive idea, but [...]