At this café, we came up with 3 topics, and got through two: 1. Functioning on a board of directors 2. Linking remote sales efforts / people 3. Marketing multiple services Bill Murphy shared his situation, with sales agents working individually in various parts of Canada, and a desire to have them as a group [...]
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The start of a new year means budget time once again. Councillors have dozens, maybe hundreds of choices to make, and the tradeoffs aren’t often clear. It’s a daunting task to make those decisions, especially for new councillors. They want to better understand the priorities of citizens regarding key budget initiatives, but how in a [...]
Read MoreAgility Café has found its home! Fridays at noon at the Dish. Last week we tackled two issues raised at the café: how to avoid becoming too overwhelmed how to nurture the creative process (though we discovered a deeper underlying need) You can watch short 2 min summaries of both discussions below, starring the lovely [...]
Read MoreJennifer Wendling from Fuzed Notions and Darren Jorgensen with his partner from Molly Media Studios joined me last Friday for warm eats and dialogue at the 2nd ever Business Agility Café. It was as fun as productive since Jennifer and Darren know each other so well. Darren was beaming at how reducing multitasking is helping [...]
Read MoreToday a few of us from last week’s Business Agility workshop gathered at Dish to tackle issues getting in our way to delivering more value for ourselves, our companies and the clients we serve. The format is simple: bring a topic or two you want help with, together we’ll prioritize them and tackle them in [...]
Read MoreI’ve never been to Council Chambers before, except to see my friend Mhem from Burma become a Canadian citizen. On Monday, I’ll made my second trip for another historic event. Debbie Amaroso became the first female mayor in Sault Ste. Marie. Debbie is an incredible person and I am excited about the passion she has [...]
Read MoreReposted from the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre web site: Join the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre on Monday November 29, 2010 for the Business Agility Workshop. This full-day workshop will be held at the Algoma Water Town Inn from 9:00 am until 4:30 pm. The cost to attend is $100, however if you register by [...]
Read MoreAgile 2010 is just around the corner, and I’m doing a little happy dance as this is the first time I’m leading a session at a major conference. Yeah, that rocks, and I’m team up with the talented and equally good looking Michael Sahota. Agile 2010 Session: Look before you leap – Agile readiness assessments [...]
Read MoreThree weeks ago I had the awesome privilege of facilitating an open space event for the first time. Called ChangeCamp, it was held in my home town of Sault Ste. Marie. This is my reflection on the day as an organizer and facilitator, in the hopes other ChangeCamp groups can learn and be inspired by [...]
Read MoreMy experience of church growing up was that of an extended family. We attended small rural churches of no more than 50 people. Many a Saturday night after church (there was one paster for 4 parishes, Saturday at 5 pm was our time) was spent at someone’s house, where the adults chatted about deeper matters [...]
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