Monday morning, and I’m back in Toronto attending a class on how to make presentations. They’re videotaping us so we can see just how excruciating our personal mannerisms are. Whee… The course is being held in our office in the wilds of Etobicoke (that’s Ih-toe-bih-coh for out-of-towners) which is difficult to get to by public […]
The airport was open. Unfortunately, Colorado Springs’ airport was closed. An incredibly thick fog had moved in and when we got to Denver we found that all flights onward were cancelled. After about an hour of annoying delays, we set off in buses and eventually I got to bed at the resort here at 11:45 […]
Ok. Life got busy in a hurry last week and over the weekend. The course ended up very well. Thursday night we went for dinner at 302 West in Geneva, IL, which was excellent although quite expensive: US $65 per person. Friday the course teams presented their final results to the “steering committee” (their peers) […]
The class is going really well. They’ve formed into teams who are working well together, and we’re interspersing the heads-down goal-based scenario work with some puzzles and inter-team challenges. Competitive problem-solving really appeals to Technology managers. Today’s going a bit slowly for me, as my responsibilities are mainly just keeping the one team I’m coaching […]
Well, the class starts tomorrow and I’m psyched. We spent a large chunk of the day reviewing coaching techniques, which are often fun and rewarding to use (really). Here’s the basics from the Cleese video (see if I can remember them all): 1) Set the goals — the task, and the meeting.2) Promote discovery (self-directed […]
Back in the airport in Toronto. Seems like just yesterday I was here last. Oh yes… It was just yesterday. D’oh! So I’ve started Thirty Nothing and it is indeed just like High Fidelity, except written by a woman instead of a man. In the genre of angst-riddled 30-something relationship novels, this distinction is important […]
Oh my GOD my schedule is getting busy. Here’s a quick overview: S M T W Th F S 21Toronto 22Seattle 23Seattle 24Seattle 25Seattle 26Guelph 27Chicago 28Chicago 29Chicago 30Chicago 31Chicago 1Chicago 2Chicago 3Snyman Cottage 4Snyman Cottage 5Toronto 6Toronto 7Colorado Springs 8Colorado Springs 9Colorado Springs 10Toronto 11Toronto 12Toronto 13Toronto 14Seattle 15Seattle 16Seattle 17Whistler 18Whistler 19Seattle 20Seattle […]