Human Resources 101

Edmonton… An Edmonton company specializing in working alone solutions, a central Alberta firm involved in the oil and gas production services industry, and an innovative Calgary company are all recipients of the 2007 Work Safe Alberta Awards for Innovation in Workplace Health and Safety. The awards were jointly presented today by Iris Evans, Minister of [...]

There’s a Seth Godin article in the Guardian on being remarkable. As I read through his 10 points, few jump up and smack me on the head. I realize things I have been doing for five and six and seven years were remarkable then, but are now just ordinary.
Personally, resting on my laurels is a whole lot [...]

When bloggers get together.
That’s when an actor-comedian, the head of a software development firm called SilverOrange, and a consultant decided to create a space called Queen Street Commons. Inside, it looks like a comfortable house, the walls painted in rich shades of blue, orange and green. Its purpose, however, is not to shelter a [...]

Curt Rosengren has put together a free introductory Wild About Work! ™ audio course. With this course, you get:

6 installments totalling nearly an hour of mp3 audio packed with insights on finding passion in your career that you can start putting to work today.
Daily delivery of a link to a new installment.
A transcript of [...]

Do you find you come up with good work-related ideas at times when you are in the un-work zone? Maya posts some thoughts:
“You might have experienced this kind of so-called associative thinking while in the shower, chopping up onions or getting your hair done. It’s the kind of “eureka” moment you can’t really encounter while [...]