Matching front pages
These matching front pages are provocative. Advertising. Oi.
The Art of Leadership Conference, Calgary
We were at the BMO center at Stampede Park in Calgary, attending the Art of Leadership Conference…
Winter sunset in Calgary
Sunset from the air in November.
Emotionally intelligent features of the Bechdel Test
The Bechdel test is hitting the mainstream, and I think it has some emotionally intelligent features …
Rex Murphy on human rights
Rex Murphy wasn’t the first pundit to misunderstand rights, and human rights. But he is paradigmatic. He has a thing for human rights and mentions them often.
Diane Walters, Phd, joins our team
We’re excited to welcome Dr. Diane Walters PhD, to the EITC team…
Looking ahead to certifications in 2014
Okay! We’ve sorted out our 2014 dates for EQ-i 2.0 certification courses. We’re still planning on visiting Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver…
Counting down
We’re getting to the end of the tenure for the Blue Bridge.
Petrostatehood is not a zero or one
Some time ago Nikiforuk published an article at Foreign Policy declaring Canada a petrostate. It caused a big splash and became a talking point in the culture wars that make up Canadian politics. Stephen Saideman called it hyperbole. And Andrew Leech called it short on evidence…
NPR ethics handbook
I like this handbook on ethics by NPR. I like the way it looks and the way it functions. I like the spirit of integrity that it…
Cutest Luna
A little park time with my friend’s dog.
The best journalism is a kind of advocacy
I’ve been interested in hearing more about a case of a Prince Edward Island writer and journalist who was ejected from the Press Gallery for being an advocate. Wow. I have lots of thoughts about this. Most saliently I believe that journalists are advocates…
Backyard: blurry
Feels a little bit like summer is waning. Haven’t picked all the plums. The breeze is cool. One leaf falls.
Sunshine
Victoria West sunshine.
Social norming, agenda setting and discourse about climate change
I am fascinated by what constitutes the limits of “respectable” public discourse. This phenomenon is related, in part, to the Overton window, which is the set of concepts that are considered politically acceptable by the dominant culture. But I am equally fascinated by the social limits …
Grappling with climate change, politics and the Alberta floods
It’s no small chore trying to understand climate change. We live in a society that is lacking in scientific literacy. Even those of us that have some, have little time to read and understand so many complex issues of our day, including climate change…
The context is climate change
Journalists claim that it’s their duty to give context to important events. The floods in Alberta are important. The context is climate change, but the press is strangely absent…
The absence of hyperlinks in journalism, part two
A further reflection on the absence of hyperlinks in certain mainstream forms of journalism, and what this says about modern editors and journalists …
Talking, thinking, practicing: how to focus on emotional intelligence
Social and emotional intelligence skills are critical to success at work. And life. Some folks have an abundance of emotional intelligence. But what about the rest of us?
Emotional intelligence and Twitter
A surprising amount of meaning can me made in 140 characters. And as we say in brand management, it’s not what you say, it’s what people hear…
“Digital journalism” and the absence of hyperlinks
In which I reflect on the behaviour of major news organizations in Canada who stubbornly refuse to link out to relevant websites, data and reports…
My first bottle rocket!
I never had a bottle rocket growing up. At least, not that I remember. And a couple of weeks ago, a few friends and I put Mentos in a bottle of diet coke and that was really exciting and it got me…
Daniel Goleman at TED in 2007
This lecture that Goleman gave at TED is an interesting reflection on compassion, connection and the role of information in caring…
A problem for Google: National Post
I was surprised to learn recently that an important paper that forms the basis of the intellectual underpinnings of the austerity movement is wrong. But more importantly, I discovered that Google needs to do a better job indexing webpages…
