When I was 3 or 4 my parents used to tie me to a small anchor in the back yard so I wouldn't get away.  One day, they heard a knock on the back door.  "Who on earth would be at the back door"? It was me.  I had carried the anchor, still tied to it, to the back door and wanted in.  Change-oriented back then (I was walking at 9 months), I have always seen the status quo as a push off point to an improved situation.  

The wider world drew me as a teenager.  At 18, Tina and I got on a train, passed through the farm where I grew up and three days later were on the other side of the country looking for work (we still have the trunk that contained our music and clothes!).  Since that time, we've raised three kids, lived and worked in 13 other places including, Ontario, Alberta, Missouri and Africa, on the edge of the Sahara Desert.   Being curious is not an attitude I need to cultivate – I live there.   For me, it's always been natural to do what Alvin Toffler talked about 30 years ago: In the future, he said, people will have to "learn, unlearn and relearn" on a continual basis.   I often feel like a boy running so fast that I'm tripping over myself.   

I gravitate to global perspectives (everything is connected!), but I also like drilling down to the concrete, tactical issues to make things happen. 

At mid-life, I became an external student of the London School of Economics and earned a Bachelor of Science in Politics and International Relations speciallizing in organizations and globalization.   Contrary to what some people believe about the effectiveness of a social sciences degree today, Peter Drucker held that management education today should put "far more emphasis on government, society, history and the political process".   This is what I believe.   I also have a Post Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management from Lambton College.  Presently, I am a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) candidate and looking for work in the HR field.  

I am an independent consultant for Birkman International, a certified affiliate for 5 Dynamics and an Associate member of Families in Global Transition.   

My philosophy and emphasis
In a nutshell - two things:

1. Find your Voice!
2. Better Together!

This is a life long process.   It involves each other all along the way.   Leaders have a responsibility to enable others to act.  

One phrase captures my life and work: People, Change, Potential ©

My workshops focus on individuals and the team context.   You can't separate them.   Work is the key social context today.   Ours is a business civilization.   At work individual, physical, mental, spiritual, and bottom lines intersect.   Over 50% of our entire lives are spent here.

It can be much better too.   But only by having real conversations.   By moving beyond a mere instrumental connection to each other.   To be human, we must go off script sometimes, and modify with our roles here and there.   Use them and not be abused by them.   This can be messy at times and will take us into unknown spaces.   But what's the alternative?  Here are some: Sweeping Differences under the Rug.   Pretending.   Failing.  Withering.   Losing Business.   Mission Creep.  Auto pilot.  Ego pilot.  Cog or Cannon Fodder.   

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