Book Review Blog

Ikigai – the happiness of being busy

I’ve been busy reviewing grant applications for a couple of weeks now so my attention turned to what is probably the best advice I have ever been given (or read). Ikigai is the Japanese art form of approaching your life to increase happiness – or dare I say joy? It…

Value(s): Building a Better World for All

I purchased Carney’s book Value(s): Building a Better World for All, four years ago when it first came out. I have spent most of my working life focusing on values-based leadership and still search for how to do it well. Lots of research has been done in academe, but the…

The WinWin Workplace

Those who learned from the pandemic have already made the shift. It is a simple shift, but a radical one. When workplaces treat employees as investments, productivity increases substantially and so do profits. Simple. To keep “Elbows Up” Canada, we need all the talent we can muster. Happy employees will…