We Need To Reach Everyone Who Doesn’t Vote, Not Just The Young
It seems politicians focus more on young voters because they think there’s still a chance to reach them. Perhaps they think the rest of us are a lost cause. Or…
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If You Put Harper Under This Kind Of Pressure He’d Be Twitching By Now
There are few politicians around today, who are both this accessible and this unflappable whist being pursued so vigorously by the stalkerazzi. If it was me, I’d be havin’ the…
A Pox On All Your Artificially Induced, Opinion Shaping, Self-Serving, Egomaniacal Infighting
In the interest of being my own game changer, I’m boycotting all manipulative provocateurs and the alarmist spin machines they rode in on. These folks are spoiling for a fight…
Still Number One With A Bullet: Let’s Do Leadership Differently
My all time most viewed blog post, 109 hits yesterday surprisingly and top of the Blogger Stats Charts is this one written back in early May. Feedback I’ve received indicates…
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Deconstructing successful leadership using the theory that people are not as interested in WHAT you do as they are in WHY you do it, with Simon Sinek, author of Start…
Who Will Make Transparency in Politics an Election Issue?
People really care about this issue but most of us don’t believe any political party will ever give up all that power. This great interview with Elizabeth May is worth…
The Wave of Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur and successful executive Jeff Church founded Nika Water to create a thriving social enterprise that supports clean water projects in impoverished countries. In this inspiring lecture, Church lays out…
Why I’m Boycotting Bob Rae
For all the reasons listed here and one more. I’m not fighting that fight again. I’m not fighting to keep someone out of the leadership. I’ll fight to get someone…
Scenes From A Leadership Race
Okay Liberals, start your engines, only this time don’t let a turf war over Bob Rae or anyone else overshadow what we need to do in choosing a new leader.…
"There’s Nothing Wrong With Canada That Can’t Be Fixed By What’s Right With Canada."
“At its heart, leadership is about taking initiative and influencing those around you — and that doesn’t just apply to people at the top of an organizational hierarchy. Everyone in…
The Country You Want…
If all you ever did was read news reports, you might start to believe that nothing good ever happens in the world and the Zombie Apocalypse is truly upon us.…
It’s a Mad, Mad World…
But not in a fun 1960s movie way or a 1970s Canadian rock band kind of way. It’s a foot in the mail, dismembered body parts, real-life cannibal zombie drug…
Electoral Reform: Bridging The Liberal Credibility Gap
Last night I received two messages, both criticizing majority government rule. One was a mailing from the Liberal Party of Canada and the other was a robo-call from the Ontario…
The Wolf You Feed Wins
The smartest people I know in politics use some form of this philosophy in their messaging. When you lose your shit and declare war on everyone, it’s all about your…
Open Source Politics
“Us Now” is a documentary film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the Internet and tells the stories of online networks that are challenging the existing notion…
Stephen Harper Has Never Had An Original Policy Idea In His Life
Reaching once again into his Magic Tickle Trunk of Recycled Republicanisms, Stephen Harper has trotted out some nifty new EI reform policies. You can’t blame him though. When you’ve never…
Harper Majority vs The Opposition
Go serpentine!
Free The Hostages… Give MPs Back Their Right To Debate and Dissent
This story got a lot of play yesterday. Just another Conservative MP behaving like a human being and voicing an opinion. Well, we can’t have that now can we? But…
Pillaged Prosperity + Squandered Government Surpluses = Austerity For The Masses
Protests are happening all over the world. Protests against governments. Protests against corporations, bankers, oil companies, the 1% who profit while the rest of us pay the price for the…
If They Knew Then What They Know Now…
A little blast from the past for your post long weekend viewing pleasure…