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Wordless Wednesday: well, except for the words!

Give it a try!

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Life lessons from Stephen Covey: tending the ties that bind, revisited

It appears that fully-functioning mode remains a bit elusive for me, so I am taking the welcome advice from fellow blogger Bernie to keep the “old goldies” coming. Today’s offering, another from 10 years ago, is very special to me. … Continue reading

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6 worthy sayings for the workplace, revisited

This is my last surgery-induced reblog offering. I’m hoping that my right hand will be ready to type new thoughts within a few days. This short post was written more than 10 years ago. Little did I know then that … Continue reading

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The Happy Baker, artificial intelligence, and ChatGPT; what’s it all about?

Concerns about advanced AI (artificial intelligence) taking over the world as we know it have become front and center since the arrival of the incredibly impressive AI chatbot, ChatGPT. Before we get into ChatGPT itself, let’s use a very simple … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday for women … and men | July 15/20

Instead of just enjoying these by myself every once in awhile, as I’ve been doing, I thought I’d share. We can laugh (and we can cry) as we continue to work towards changing this dynamic.

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When is a credit not really a credit? Just ask Air Canada

It’s a sad day when grandparents have to cancel their planned flights to spend Christmas with their kids and grandkids, but that’s what we had to do when we both came down with the cold to end all colds in … Continue reading

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More on meetings

The “Meetings: the practical alternative to work” poster I shared in a recent post  seemed to resonate with many readers, for some strange reason. 😉 Isn’t it amazing what we do to ourselves! A friend of mine who ended up … Continue reading

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Memories of working: timeless treasures from my office bulletin board

The other day, I finally bestirred myself to take some action in cleaning out our overflowing collection of books before the deadline for the annual book sale passes and, lo and behold, I came across a box left from when … Continue reading

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