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People’s time

People’s time

We tend not to get specific enough in answering ‘who’s it for’ and forget to ask ‘what is their time availability for my product/idea?’

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Starting Again

Starting Again

No believable hero or heroine gets it right the first time. Why do I and we expect ourselves, our teams to be different? There is no shame in starting again

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Heart, then Head: A Change Law?

How many movies or films that you watch start out with a list of facts of the backstory of the characters? Very few, if any. We don't start movies with a talking head saying, this is Amos the third of three, born to Dutch immigrants to Canada, and so on. Yet,...

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The Orange Canuck

So it's up, the trailer and first episode of the podcast with more episodes coming soon. It's even on iTunes. There is still much to do, to refine in how I speak, in sound quality, and then the whole website and integration with player etc. but I'll get there. For now...

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On Being. Terrified

As I race up the stairs, my mind is cycling through various scenarios and all of the most probable ones involve blood - not what a parent of young children wants to imagine, especially just after building bunk beds for them. I execute the two quick turns required to...

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Have you listened to yourself?

Think for a moment about some of the best media interviewing you know (TV, radio, etc.). How many of them do you admire because of what they say versus what they are able to tease out of others? Last night, I spent my evening listening to myself as I was editing an...

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