Month: December 2011

The Most Amazing, Extraordinary, Unusual Day

It was that kind of day.  Truly earth shattering. I got ‘my’ letter.  The letter.  The one from the Canadian Federal Government that says I have been approved to receive my Canada Pension Plan starting in January.  (For my American friends, this is the equivalent of Social Security.) Weird. I’m almost retired – even though I plan to …

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You Aren’t Imagining It: Life is Speeding Up

My employer had a wonderful workshop last week on collaboration and communication, specifically in a work environment that includes all four generational groups:  Pre-boomers:  born before 1945 Boomers 1946 – 1967 Generation X born 1968 – 1984 Generation Y born 1984 – 1993 The facilitator, Olivia McIvor from The Organizational Culture Group assured us that …

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