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Stay tuned….

Hey readers, I’ve been busy writing and editing my latest novel, but I did find time to tee up next weeks posts. For December, I will be back with a daily commentary that will include several book reviews, continuations of … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 6

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 5 “Lost in the translation” This chapter starts with a spoiler, “Strategy is critical.” Those three words are what the chapter is all about. Everyone, at … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 5

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 4 “Is the vehicle more important than the destination?” This chapter has a lot of material and I am just going to consider the part on … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 4

This book can be purchased at: http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 3 “Empathy and Sympathy – Know the difference”. This chapter is about a special kind of ineffective leader that I call “An empty suit”. You would … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 3

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today lets take a look at Chapter 2 “Average Leadership”. This chapter is about leadership and some of the strange things that companies do to develop their leaders. Lets start with a quote. … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 2

This book can be purchased at http://ijgbooks.com/weeding.html Today I would like to finish my comments on Chapter one “Painting the Titanic”. This chapter is about what to watch for with respect to ineffective management. As a founder at Newbridge I … Continue reading

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“Weeding out the wankers” – Part 1

When I was out visiting my brother in Vancouver this past summer he gave me a copy of a book written by the current CTO of Tellus, Ibrahim Gedeon. I finished the book yesterday and thought that it might be … Continue reading

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The future of travel? (I want one)

I first heard of this company via a TED talk where they demonstrated their first flying car called the transformer. This new model is called the TF-X and the company is Terrafugia. ” The first flying cars are set to … Continue reading

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Looking for employment

My current contract was just ended, so it’s time to re-examine how to approach searching for a job. The process has changed significantly in some ways and remained the same in others. There are a number of opportunities on the … Continue reading

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The topic for the week

If you have been reading this BLOG for a while, you know that I attend church weekly to get another view of the world and current events. This week the topic was no surprise, giving thanks. Being as Yesterday was … Continue reading

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