Much head scratching over Italy's defeat of Canada in the World Baseball Classic on Monday. How could such a thing happen? Easy. It was pretty much just a glorified MLB spring training game. Amusingly, the Italian team is nicknamed The Azzurri, a name which is usually reserved for Italy's national s...

Today's post is a story about a recent consulting engagement that reminded me of the power of appreciative inquiry.  Appreciative Inquiry is a consulting methodology or philosophy which states that powerful change can arise from a focus on what is already working well in organizations.
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Last year at the Oxygen AGM we launched the plan of going deeper with the young people we work with. We want our relationships with young people to take us and them on a journey of discovering and following Jesus. What was important in this journey was the partnership with local churches. Seeking to...

Personal branding is WoW and Final Fantasy; you just don’t know it yet. What is your goal when you’re playing a role playing game?  Your goal is to level up your character, unlock every secret, find every hidden weapon, beat every boss, and ultimately, beat the game with a 100% completion ratin...

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Chuck Daly has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This one hits hard for the Squibster. Not only was Chuck Daly someone to be admired, but the Squibster just made it through a year of fighting Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Cancer su...

I am a team leader. And I am in a conflict with a team member. This is because he disrespected me in a way that, when I was asking him questions regarding his work, he began mocking me, saying “nya nya nya…� with the keep-on-talking-hand-gesture. I felt really disrespected and told him he has ...

I'm a visual learner, so I occasionally create PowerPoint slides to provide another way of understanding and communicating the concepts I'm writing about.  I wanted make it easier to reference these slides, so here's a compilation of posts where graphic images have (hopefully) helped to augment...

How Canada can beat Team USA Pitching Pushing back #1 starter Scott Richmond to start in the second game of the tournament sends a clear message that Canada is saving themselves for a more realistic chance vs a weaker squad. Bullpen usage will be the key for the pitching staff vs Team USA. It goes w...

Dear TEAM 1040. Being a Vancouverite, I would like to thank you for relegating Jim Rome to a ‘floating’ evening timeslot. I am sick of hearing sportscasts that pertain to anything except the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Giants, or BC Lions. On a day that featured no real news, being that...

“The Strongest Man Alive” March 5th, 2009 There has very rarely been a scenario wherein two tribes on Survivor have been such polar opposites. Going into tonight’s episode, Timbira has been a highly dysfunctional wreck of a tribe, where Coach is convinced that he is not actually pa...