Discussions with Dani
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Strategy vs Tactics – What’s the Difference?
Strategy vs Tactics – What’s the Difference? Let’s say you’re an entrepreneur with a new business idea. Exciting! You are eating, sleeping, breathing and dreaming about your idea, building it out in minute detail in your head. You might even write your idea down and flesh out the idea on paper. At some point, you…
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Business Intelligence: The Proof in the Pudding
They used to say, “Cash is king.” While cash is still quite nice, the new truth is that data is king, mostly because your ability to make good cash in business – or any organization – is now highly dependent on your data. Facts. The ‘Hair on Fire’ Business Life Hands up if you have…
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Fear Blocks Creativity
I was paralyzed. It was the early 90s and the organization I worked for, Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) of Bonnyville had received a grant from the Office for the Prevention of Family Violence to create a puppet show, to be taken to area schools, addressing healthy ways to express anger. I’d been asked…
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Happy Endings
Change. Endings. These two words can make us feel some things, like uneasy, uncertain or even fearful (unless it’s a dental appointment, in which case, you’re there for the change but looking forward to the ending!). This past season has been a little weird, and I’m not sure I know why. It wasn’t just me,…
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Is it True that Business Has No Feelings?
Once upon a time, I worked for a company comprised mainly of ambitious (aggressive?) men with fairly traditional (patriarchal?) views of business. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone on the leadership team say, “Business has no feelings”, it would have amounted to a tidy bonus. It didn’t sound right to…
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Culture by Design or Default
Way back when, I did community development for the Town of Penhold, Alberta, where I lived. A big part of my role was something called Community Capacity Building, which is, in essence, working with community to build local resilience, autonomy and capacity when navigating social issues. Members of the community came forward to express concerns…