Hey, you’re that teacher with no hands!

Kids are hilarious — I know that choosing to work with kids has given me hands down the…

A dope in search of dopamine

Well everybody, it feels like I’m a bit of a broken record this week sharing news about my Virtual Assistant…

This week I have been mostly

(Anyone else old enough to get my Fast Show reference?)

It Might Be Awkward, But it Will Be Fine

This week, I’ve been doing lots of my — and from what I can gather, lots of other people’s — least favourite part of fundraising: picking up the phone. I know. Despite my expert (ahem, note sarcasm) handling of the Ship telephone in Veronica’s absence, it…

What’s the thing you say most often at work?

This title caught my eye because nothing originally came to mind. It was a puzzler. In pondering it further, I gave how I ‘am’ at work quite a lot of thought, and it took my mind down the route of:

Agile, schmgile

I haven’t till now thought too much about agile. I’ve really always fallen back on a way of thinking/working that I picked up in the youth movement as a teenager — Vison, Critique, Method. Set out your vision and ideal situation, lay out where you are now and then see the gaps between where we are…

For the early birds

Some things I’ve learned this week:

1. 8am on a Monday morning might be the best time for a meeting.

Sometimes, everything goes wrong

Anyone that knows me, knows I hate being unprepared and late. I grew up with my Dad’s value that its better to be 15 minutes earlier than 5 minutes late. I still stand by this idea, however, I may have taken it too far on occasion. Turning up up three hours early for an…

This week from yoga to stew by way of Excel

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