Conference Call Hell… and what to do about it.

by | Feb 25, 2014 | Blog Posts

This video is fantastic, it is so good I have shown it twice in recent presentations and people who had seen it two or three times were still laughing. The sad part is that it is all true and SO MUCH time is wasted on conference calls. Virtual teams are a fact of life...

Do you know what you are doing?

by | Dec 4, 2013 | Blog Posts

Here is a guest blog post I recently wrote for Your Life Unlimited, it goes along with the radio interview I did with Stephanie Staples. It has been said that a team is only as strong as its weakest member, but beyond that, does each member of your team know what is...

Becoming a Fellow of the RCGS – Expedition Log

by | Nov 14, 2013 | Blog Posts

After being nominated several months a go, yesterday I was accepted into the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. Being a fan of the society, their magazine (Canadian Geographic) and their mission for many years this is a huge honor for me. I...

Why You Need to Break the Rules at Work

by | Sep 9, 2013 | Blog Posts

Here is a guest blog I wrote last month for Claire Diaz-Ortiz, head of Social Innovation at Twitter “Rules are for fools, use your head.” — Paul Petzoldt How do you empower yourself and your team to develop bold, creative solutions when you have a...