Category Archives: Entrepreneurship & Business

How to retain – or regain – a sense of community during a pandemic

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Jane Fritz

In the past few weeks I’ve heard some distressing comments from former colleagues, younger colleagues who have been working through the strains and constraints of COVID. The COVID work world, complete with rapidly switching to Zoom, teaching by Zoom, having … Continue reading →

Posted in Good for you, good for business, Leadership, Odds and Ends | Tagged appreciation, community, COVID, gratitude, office culture, school, sense of community, stress, work | 15 Comments

Thoughtful Thursday: how well is the world doing by this measure of leadership?

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Jane Fritz

I suppose it depends on what “making everyone else better” means to each of us. Maybe thinking in terms of how we’re doing in protecting our planet, fighting racism, and overcoming inequality?! What works for you?

Posted in Leadership, Thoughtful Thursday | Tagged leadership | 14 Comments

Women making history during a global pandemic

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Jane Fritz

I know that Halloween rules this weekend, and hopefully treat-or-treaters everywhere will be able to costume up and get out and gather bags of treats. However, I just discovered yesterday that along with Thanksgiving (in Canada) and Halloween, October in … Continue reading →

Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Women | Tagged Canada, Canada's Women's History Month, chief medical and health officers, COVID, public health officers | 14 Comments

Harnessing your inner Superhero

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Jane Fritz

I bet you never fantasize about being a superhero, at least not since you were a kid. Kids can dream. Well, after reading a friend’s Facebook post this morning about his childhood dreams of being a superhero, and especially the … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership, Life stories | Tagged caring, community, compassion, growing up, superheroes, values | 39 Comments

Let’s start with self-kindness – be willing to be lazy

Posted on January 21, 2021 by Jane Fritz

When I mused about planning a year-long birthday project focused on kindness in my previous post, fellow blogger Crystal Byers, who writes the inspiring blog Faith + Gratitude = Peace + Hope, suggested that I could always start with self-kindness. … Continue reading →

Posted in Good for you, good for business, Odds and Ends, Thoughtful Thursday | Tagged Golden Rule, laziness, mental health, productivity, self-kindness, selfcare | 32 Comments

A unicorn in the woods, even angels, and not because of Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Jane Fritz

I’ve always been a believer in unicorns, because … why not? They could exist! Wouldn’t that be something, to be the first person to actually see one of those magical, mystical animals?! And what about angels? I believe in them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business | Tagged angel investors, entrepreneurship, Fredericton, Gordon Pitts, IBM, IT companies, New Brunswick, Q1 Labs, Radian6, Salesforce, Unicorn in the Woods, unicorn startups | 16 Comments

Can we get by without a strong, respected United Nations? Please say no!

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Jane Fritz

The idea of nations coming together – uniting – to address common challenges and to collectively work to prevent other challenges from starting was a brand new concept 75 years ago. In fact, 75 years ago this week. The United … Continue reading →

Posted in History and Politics, Leadership | Tagged Climate change, collaboration, cooperation, disease prevention, Fred Rogers, human rights, United Nations, world hunger | 17 Comments

Canada’s most closely guarded secret: October is Women’s History Month

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Jane Fritz

OK, all of you readers who are Canadian women, raise your hand if you knew that October is Canada’s Women’s History Month, so almost over? I’m not raising my hand, or at least I wouldn’t have a few days ago. … Continue reading →