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Ah yes, March 252nd. Here we are. And while it may seem like we’ve been stuck in the same place for months and that nothing has changed, hasn’t it felt everything has changed at the same time? Time is standing still and flying by simultaneously… Read More »Should We Try to Preserve Our Workplace Culture?

As each week passes, we learn more about how the pandemic is affecting work, our relationships, and how we live our lives. This week I was reading a study from Hays that suggested that 49% of Canadians are considering leaving their jobs. With salary freezes, increased workloads,… Read More »Is Remote Work Here to Stay?

This week I just finished recording the second season of the One-Degree Shift Podcast (subscribe on Spotify or Apple, if interested). The focus of the show has always been and is still to help leaders like you build a better place to work. And while all of my… Read More »Driving at Night and Seeing the Future

Every few weeks, the newsletter seems to take a slight turn and make what I like to call a one-degree shift. Sometimes the articles are planned weeks in advance and sometimes they are a story or a realization that I like to share with you.… Read More »What Hosting a Podcast is Teaching Me about Communication

It has now been over 200 days since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a pandemic. Since then, our world has been turned upside down, and inside out. One in three American’s didn’t pay their rent or mortgage in July, and unemployment is… Read More »The Most Important Component of Workplace Culture is…

I remember running to the back of the record store in Charlottetown, PEI, weaving through the aisles until I got to the ‘R’ section. Red Hot Chili Peppers. That was my choice. Every May, my Dad would spend all of the air miles he accumulated… Read More »What a Trip the Record Store Taught Me About Workplace Culture