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Thoughts on women in leadership – Part II

Posted on February 20, 2019 by Jane Fritz

Obviously, I knew when I wrote my blog post ‘Thoughts on women in leadership – Part I’ that there was more to the story. That’s why I included “Part I” in the title! But I have to admit that I … Continue reading →

Posted in History and Politics, Leadership, Women | Tagged indigenous leaders, IT, Jody Wilson-Raybould, leaders, leadership, racism, sexism, women, women in IT, women in politics | 5 Comments

Thinking about how people impact our lives

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Jane Fritz

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada and, as Canadians, we have much to be thankful for. This day alone is a gift to be thankful for here in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Calm, crisp, sunny, and brilliantly decorated with the splendor … Continue reading →

Posted in Leadership, Life stories, Odds and Ends | Tagged builder, celebration of life, Dana Wasson, Fall, Fredericton, gratitude, impact, influence, inspiration, IT, kindness, leaders, leadership, mentor, New Brunswick, thanksful, Thanksgiving, visionary | 9 Comments

Nuclear attacks and drop-down menus

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Jane Fritz

Show of hands, how many of you have inadvertently clicked on a screen (aka interface) and done something by mistake? Maybe you’ve sent a message with a typo that you only noticed as you were clicking “Send”. Whoops, too late. Maybe you’ve sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Good for you, good for business, Odds and Ends | Tagged business, computer design, drop-down menus, end-users, good design, Hawaii, HCI, interface design, interface testing, IT, missile alert, nuclear warnings, Self Checkout, software design, software testing, Stephen Colbert, SuperStore, testing, user interfaces | 8 Comments

Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission: one man’s efforts to make a difference

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Jane Fritz

For readers who are not familiar with Canada, in 2015 the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), established by the federal government, completed 6 years of an extensive and gut-wrenching inquiry into the impact of 120 years of the residential school … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Good for you, good for business, Leadership | Tagged business, Canada, compassion, employment, entrepreneurs, history, indigenous people, inspiration, IT, Keith McIntosh, leaders, making a difference, New Brunswick, passion, PLATO Testing, PQA Testing, residential schools, training, TRC, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, vision | 13 Comments

The end of eating?

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Jane Fritz

The other day, as a group of us grappled with the important question of the meaning of life (hey, someone’s got to figure it out!), a young colleague suggested that humans have evolved into far more complicated beings than was … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Odds and Ends | Tagged business, Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, eating, fulfilment, full meal replacement, happiness, innovation, IT, no cooking, Soylent, technology, U.S. | 14 Comments

50 years on: what’s the same and what’s different about computers and technology?

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Jane Fritz

Recently, I wrote a post about what’s the same and what’s different about heading off to university 50 years ago versus now. The 50th anniversary of having graduated from McGill had been the catalyst for this thought process. Shortly after … Continue reading →

Posted in Life stories, Odds and Ends | Tagged 50 years ago, careers, change, computers, computing history, history, IT, mainframes, punch cards, technological revolution, technology | 13 Comments

Hockey and IT, or figure skating and anything but?

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jane Fritz

Sorry, that’s kind of a strange title, isn’t it! I’ll try to explain. Last Thursday I wrote a blog post about the challenge in attracting young women to careers in IT, after which I became further discouraged by the apparent … Continue reading →

Posted in Entrepreneurship & Business, Women | Tagged careers, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, figure skating, hockey, ice hockey, IT, UNB, women | 5 Comments

How do we mentor women when there aren’t enough female role models?

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Jane Fritz

“Where are the women? How do we engage more of them?” This concern has been posed to me in three different contexts in the past two weeks, and in each case, I’m very pleased to say, by men. The specific questions, coming … Continue reading →