I love being a trainer… I truly enjoy working with adults, trying to find new ways to pitch old concepts, new ways to pitch new concepts…I spend most of my training time on MS Office related products… the full Office suite, including MS Project and Visio… and lately, with a Lotus Notes component thrown in. Its good fun… mostly.But the most challenging training that I do lately is the ITIL Foundations Certification training…. it is pretty dry material, but oddly satisfying to be able to present, and to see the lights go on behind the eyes of the trainees. I … Continue reading ITIL Training… boring, yet somehow very satisfying

The week skated by pretty quickly, didn’t it? The last post was written on Sunday, with every intention to do the followup on the Monday, which then became the Tuesday, which of course was not nearly as convenient as Wednesday, which brought its own series of challenges, all of which set the groundwork for friends to subvert the Thursday… so now its Friday, and, truly, I have nothing to say.So, maybe later I will make a concerted effort to get back to the short list…Are you having a fun one? Continue reading Its been a bit of week…

I’ve been meaning to get back to the ‘Short List’, and begin explaining each item one by one. So here we go…Now, its interesting to note that on Saturday night (last night) we hosted a small gathering to celebrate the 46th birthday of a very good friend, who also happens to be the mother of our godson, also known as ‘The Boy’. The boy is now 14…So, at this gathering we have 6 adults and The Boy, and way too much alcohol and not enough really important things to discuss… when the oldest of us, who we will call The … Continue reading The Short List; Item One

Harper.Klein.Embarrassing. Both of ’em.Someone, please, please, please just slap them! Continue reading Would someone just slap them, please?

I suppose that being prepared has its rewards, but it was a bit disappointing that, there I was, all prepared to have the conversation about my promotion, the group that was to be set up and the compensation package… when I discovered that the boss wasn’t… so now we must wait until Friday.Last night was G’s birthday celebrations with the daughters… it went very well… they even threw in a belated Father’s Day gift for me. Did you know that they don’t make belated Father’s Day cards?I am sitting on the 28th floor of one of the Calgary office towers, … Continue reading Nothing to react to, yet…

So, I did go in to work this morning to contribute to an RFP that is under development. And while there, I found myself with the gawd-awfullest feeling that what I’ve been trying to accomplish with the new practice initiative is going to be torpedoed. Now, its not the concept or the practice itself, but the new supervisor has promised to take the draft job description to HR and to get the value of the manager placed on the pay grid. Something in the back of my mind says that they’re going to come back to me with a let’s-get-through-the-next-three-months-and-then-we’ll-talk … Continue reading How does one react?

Another Canada Day weekend has come and gone… and this one was a very nice, relaxing and yet productive weekend.The weekend started off with my darling letting me sleep in on Canada Day… actually, it was less about letting me sleep in than just leaving me alone. At some point in the middle of the night, my darling woke up, and then couldn’t get back to sleep because of my snoring. (Who me? Snore? Nah, couldn’t be!) So she took herself off to the spare room to sleep… then, when the sunlight woke her again, she made herself a cup … Continue reading Post Weekend…