I have two kids, both girls. I am uncertain about the use of these hashtags I see online celebrating being a father to girls, like it is an unusual or unexpected gift. They are just my kids. Thereafter, we start … Continue reading COVID Diaries Week 28: Girls.
Winding down my diary with a few thoughts about brands: The Health Canada marketing regime will relax incrementally – and too slowly for brand value to develop. 5 years min before marketing is the driver it can be. (This will … Continue reading Cannabis Diaries Week 50: Brand Prognostications.
This episode is about the theme tune of the kids’ TV animation “Bob the Builder – Can we fix it? Yes we can!” A test group of people is asked to repeat twenty times over: “I can fix it!” Then they … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 78: Ask Questions.
Last episode, I beseeched you all to go for “Yes!” Get the crowd cheering and hollering. High fives all round. What’s another way to look at this idea? Let’s consider the basic rule of improv theatre: Yes. And… The experience of … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 77: Yes, And…
There is a beautiful and discombobulating quote from the famous composer Leonard Bernstein, which goes like this: “I am no longer sure of the question, but I am certain of the answer: YES!” This really speaks to me. One of my … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 76: The Answer Is Yes.
We often get hiring and promotions back to front. We look for people with the existing experience doing the role, because we approach the process risk adversely, with the idea that we will therefore minimize errors. Rather, we should approach from … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 75: Hiring Advice.
There are four stages of design thinking. Could there be a more beautiful question than “what if..?” It is a sentence that is often prefaced with “ooooh…! What if…?” It activates the imagination, it releases endorphins. “What is…” and “what … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 74: What If…?
I have had enough of this shitty weather with smoke clogging the air and blocking the sun. I see it there, a blighted orange circle hanging in the sky all day. Come back to us. It’s not even the heat, … Continue reading COVID Diaries Week 27: Fire Hazard.
The last four weeks of my year-long Cannabis Diaries; and I will finish with prognostications on 4 topics that have kept me engaged this year…products, brands, LPs, and Canada. This week, the future of products. Two areas of interest to … Continue reading Cannabis Diaries Week 49: Product Prognostications.
In my study and learning, I keep coming back to this question: How do we make a bigger, or the biggest, difference? It is easy to see ourselves as a tiny cog in The Machine, useful but rarely impactful. Especially for … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 73: Keep a Peasant’s Heart.
In the last episode I talked about insight and its unpredictability and disorganizing effect. This is not a flaw but its built-in advantage. Insight takes us outside our bubble of orthodoxy; we escape our own echo chamber. Can we manufacture insight? … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 72: Echo Chamber.
When you attend a conference or speaking event, the panelists or keynotes are often introduced as “insightful.” Insight is what we seek. That’s why we attend. They have discovered or uncovered or reimagined something and they are going to share with … Continue reading Dis!Organize Ep. 71: Insights Disorganize.
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