A Cautious Optimist

While I wait for the next step in gravy making, I thought I’d share some of our Christmas food with you… or at least share some ideas and sources with you and for anyone reading this if you know where to find me, then you’re welcome to drop by to sample anything I mention. As …

I wrote this a couple of years ago but as another school year begins or – depending on where you live – as tyou enter the second, third or fourth week of school – I thought I’d republish my Happy New (School) Year post.  I wish you all a wonderful year as teachers, students, administrators, …

  September 1, 2014 – This is back to school week here in Nova Scotia, so I’m re-pupblishing this post for parents.  I’ve also added a link below to a great post by Terry Heick at edutopia.   Previously published in August 2013 – Let me start by saying that I’m not a parent, so I’m …

Nashville seems to be a great city. I won’t have much time to really visit since I’m here on a conference, but it feels like the sort of place I’d like to return to. While I was exploring the downtown area today, I had two wonderful experiences. I was taking a picture of the Ryman …

[ujicountdown id=”DENSI 2014 (LC PreCon)” expire=”2014/07/11 16:00″ hide = “true”] I’ll post things here about DENSI 2014 as time gets closer….   July 11, 2014 I’m here!  At least I’m 99% here!  It’s been a long day and it’s not even 12:30 pm… Last night we hosted a family gathering so bed didn’t come early …

“Don’t bring me a problem if you don’t have the solution.” Have you heard this in a workplace or organization? This approach allows leaders to dismiss or ignore problems which may be very real. Those who can identify a problem aren’t always the same ones who have solutions. Granted, an organization that requires problems be …