The title of this post really says it all. Too many times I have encountered a situation where a public policy or regulatory change warrants a full consultation exercise and yet there is no such allowance offered. Perhaps even worse than zero engagement, is the faux "c...

Professional trust is an old subject that remains a popular conversation piece. Consequently we hear a lot about how to deal with trust issues in the workplace and how to identify these issues, deal with them and work to improve them. And of course there are a dozen ad...

This past week we've had three elections that I'm aware of: provincial elections in PEI and Alberta, and a national election in Great Britain. Of course the results were mixed depending on which part of the political spectrum one finds one's self. Here in BC, we're wor...

It was a Canadian - Sir Sandford Fleming - who developed the system for keeping time around the World. He advocated the adoption of a standard time with hourly variations that were set in accordance with established time zones. He then convened the International Meridi...

In some ways it was easier in the old days. You could make a quick decision on your own and make it stick. No committees to bring in or research to run. Likewise, no communications to contend with, or special interest groups to deal with. In the old days you could simp...