December 2009

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dogs and hippos

dogs and hippos

The day is finally here and I am on my way to what promises to be a magical trip. I had a number of things I wanted to do before I left but ran out of time as usual–side effects of being a procrastinator I’m afraid. Confessions first.

a Christmas feast

a Christmas feast

It’s Christmas Day. All the gifts have been opened and the turkey and trimmings devoured. We are so blessed with an abundance of the comforts of hearth and home and food aplenty, and the love of friends new and old. Living in North America we have much to be grateful for so let’s take some [...]

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

something to celebrate

something to celebrate

At the stroke of midnight last night, my  Christmas Giveaway closed. A big thank you to all who entered by leaving a comment on what you’ve learned over the past year. It appears that if your name was Mark, your odds were decidedly better than if it wasn’t. Rest assured, there was no fix just [...]

fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly

fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly

There’s a poll over at John Batdorff’s blog today asking if people would still take pictures even if no-one ever saw them. It comes as no surprise to me that 100% of respondents said that they would. In the wonderful words of Oscar Hammerstein II from the musical Showboat “fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly”

in the spirit of the season

in the spirit of the season

It’s my favourite time of the year and I’ve been wondering what I could do to spread the love. As luck would have it, this morning I learned that Bryan Peterson has moved into his new studio in Chicago and in the process found several copies of his best-selling book

a new direction: unlearning

a new direction: unlearning

After a few posts on learning, I thought it was time for something different: a post on unlearning. This week I’ve been in Ottawa to relaunch our Action Learning program at work. Action Learning is where a group of people come together to help one person resolve an issue or problem by posing questions for that person. The idea [...]

a couple of questions

a couple of questions

questions and answers tampa, florida The last few posts about learning were inspired by a question from one of the readers of my blog (yes I have at least one–two if you count my good friend Sue). It seems that the posts themselves raised another question from one more reader so I thought I’d respond [...]