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Only Fools Rush In: Why Big Projects Fail
Wise men sayOnly fools rush inBut I can’t help falling in love with you For two and a half years, I have been laser focused on two online dispute resolution projects. One launches next week. It is on time and on budget. The other was paused due to delay and an expanding budget. Now with…
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Stesslax, Don’t Do It
I don’t relax well. Or at least I thought I was a bad relaxer because the normal destressers seem to stress me out. Meditation: Man, I must be doing this wrong because just sitting here is shooting my anxiety through the roof. Yoga: Why am I holding this pose when I could be doing something…
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Personality – How Much Is Too Much?
Changing jobs has preoccupied my thoughts lately. As I posted last week, I’ve pondered if there is a stigma in the legal profession with changing jobs frequently. Now I ask: “How much of your personality should you bring to a new position?” When I left my last position, I was surprised how many folks in…
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Everytime I Go Away
I spent twelve years at my first job. When I started, it never dawned on me that I would look elsewhere. Interesting work, fun teammates – why leave? But about ten years in I found myself itching for change and new experiences. Trust me, I fought it hard. When presented with an exciting new opportunity…
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Take This Job and Shove It: Embracing Our A.I. Overlord
Disclaimer: My views below may be tainted by the exhaustion of nearing the end of my project. We are in the last test phase (User Acceptance Testing) before moving to production. This means making sure every page is accurate and all buttons function as they should. I am unshowered, achy and over caffeinated. I may…
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Seems Like Without Tenderness There’s Something Missing
I started my career with the Law Society of Saskatchewan as Complaints Counsel almost 15 years ago. It was a role I only held for a couple of years, but the experience stuck with me. It was difficult for me to recommend disciplinary action against a lawyer who was clearly struggling with a mental health…
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Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive and Dodge
Resilience is a hot wellness topic for the profession. I’ve noted and attended several Continuing Professional Development sessions over the last few years – particularly since COVID. I’ve learned to be a tennis ball rather than an egg. I now better bounce off the walls of adversity and have found the training invaluable in both…
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Ease on Down the Path
Disco is my first true love. I constantly feel its pulsing beat invading my thoughts and seemingly perforating all aspects of my everyday life. Growing up in isolated Northern B.C., it provided a glimpse into a bright, splashy world so far removed from my small logging town. And nothing better encapsulated this world than the…
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There Has To Be a Morning After
In my first post I teased (threatened?) that I would write a comparison of tradition in the legal profession to the great film, Fiddler on the Roof. Instead, this go around I’m focusing on a movie from almost the same time period, The Poseidon Adventure. This disaster movie gem was released just over 50 years…
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I Don’t Care if Monday’s Black
I suspect many of you won’t get the reference. I’m not sure I would either if it wasn’t for a well-timed radio appearance by a song I kind of liked 30 years ago. The short story: I wanted a blog to share my thoughts on the law and legal profession, I realistically can only write…