October 10, 2020: Countdown
On August 16, I said good-bye and began my very slow journey back to the west coast. What a change it’s been, after weeks of driving and working, to now have a pause in Calgary. Yet even entering [...]
A mirror from Malawi
Their clothes are well-worn and tattered t-shirts, pants, and dresses, some badly ripped. Their feet are bare, of course, and they have the range of expressions any group of children would have [...]
From the outside, from the inside
After a short time of arriving in Lilongwe, I noticed that I was not really seeing black people in the same way I saw white people. I wasn't seeing them as people with whom I could be in [...]
Underground
In 2010, I bought a 1994 dark blue Jeep Cherokee, packed all my belongings into a small U-Haul trailer, and drove from Vancouver across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario. Ten years [...]
Painfully learning to share
The greatest and most persistent challenge I experienced in Malawi is encapsulated in the word, "karibu". Since returning to Canada, I've been thinking about that challenge as it relates to COVID-19.
The Work that Reconnects: A response to COVID-19
The Work that Reconnects is a practice being used around the world to increase resiliency and agency. Through it, we become active participants in cultivating the future we most want to [...]
Transforming Interpersonal and Organizational Conflict
January 19-21, 2018—The workshop will address organizational tension on an interpersonal level, within a team or group, and throughout the whole system. The sessions will be experiential, with [...]
Cultivating excellence: Personal development, awareness, and power
January 18-20, 2019: As coaches, facilitators, and leaders, the most powerful tool we have at our disposal is the personal development and awareness we bring to our interactions with colleagues [...]