A little while back, I experienced just how important ‘being in the moment’ was. My son, a soccer player, was asked to demonstrate a skill move in front of his team. He was very proud. I was there, as I (almost) always am. I missed it. Why? I was on my phone, looking at an endless stream of people sounding off on Twitter about a subject so important I can’t remember it now to punctuate this story. I was there. I was not present. A client of mine once suggested that work/life

An amazing transformation has occurred over the past few decades… we’ve lost our ability to wait, to be patient, to be bored. We no longer remember what to do, when there’s nothing to do. Why? I blame the Internet. More specifically, I blame the technologies that reside in the palm of our hands. Super computers really. Smart phones and tablets that are so powerful, they are akin to dragging around an entire set of encyclopaedias everywhere you go. If you’re reading this and w

At a recent Canadian Society of Training and Development (CSTD) event, I got talking to a learning consultant who had recently been downsized from a large fortune 500 company. She was wondering if she should continue to apply to corporate jobs or if she should try her luck at being a contract trainer. I mentioned that I had had the privilege of working with several very successful freelancers both when I was the Manager of Training at Rogers, American Express and on occasion,