the bold ambition, strategic growth, and entrepreneurial leadership shaping Canada’s future. The energy in the room was incredible: a packed house, a vibrant exhibitor showcase, alumni reconnecting, and new partnerships taking root. Collaboration wasn’t just talked about—it was alive in every conversation. Honoured to Win Export Plan of the Year I am deeply humbled to…
This Father’s Day, I stumbled across one of my favourite childhood books: Harold and the Purple Crayon. As a kid, I loved pretending this was a story about my dad, Harold, when he was a boy. In the book, young Harold is alone, with nothing but a purple crayon. He uses his imagination to draw his…
I’ll be honest, I’m getting tired of everything technology and social media. The amount of AI at every turn feels exhausting. I know I’m not the first person to say it. But my fatigue comes from trying to decipher who is real and who isn’t. I CARE about returning a message to a real person….
It feels like we’ve been here before. The uncertainty. The heaviness. The conversations whispered in break rooms or typed into late-night messages: “I thought we were past this.” Burnout, anxiety, and collective fatigue are creeping back in—not unlike those early pandemic days when everything felt unpredictable and overwhelming. Just when we started to feel like…
Last week, I had the privilege of working with CMHA Hastings Prince Edward, helping teams embrace change and use it to drive forward. And here’s the truth—work, and the world, is changing, for all of us. For ourselves, our families, our clients. But let’s be real… hasn’t it always been? For years, we’ve been navigating…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how people handle conflict. đź’ Not just because our world is full of it…. It’s a topic close to my heart in my life, and work, because “dealing with conflict” is a typical reason I will be brought into work with a team. Conflict is everywhere. Thoughtful discussion…
Let’s face it, it’s a wild and unpredictable world out there and it’s easy amidst the chaos to lose hope. Teams that I work with say they are afraid to hope, that they keep hearing doom and gloom so they just prepare for it. Yet we all need hope. Hope is more than just an…
A Season of Connection This time of year is also about coming together to celebrate accomplishments, share memories, and set intentions for what’s next. It’s been busy, and in my conversations and my work, I’ve heard a recurring theme: people want to feel present and connected. Whether it’s a holiday party, a team lunch, or…
Are your beliefs limiting you without your knowledge? A story of transformation. Have you ever experienced something that at the time seemed insignificant, but later had a transformative impact? I had one of those moments, and I reflected on it this week since it was someone special’s birthday. She didn’t know that she changed my…
Strategic Planning doesn’t have to be dull, but it CAN bring out the best, most creative insights of your stakeholders to foster a sense of optimism and joy about the future. This past Saturday I worked with the Board of Directors from CMHA Ottawa to have some serious, yet hopeful conversations about the future direction…
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