I’m having a conversation with a client about their career progression… or to be more precise, the lack thereof. They were recently laid off from a great position because the company had been sold and the new (foreign) owners were effectively shutting down the Canadian corporate functional organization. The person received a very generous severance…
Inspired by the breathtaking ice dance performances of Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, my 4-and-a-half-year-old went for her very first skating lesson yesterday, on the Family Day holiday (big thanks to my dad for providing the skates which… isn’t that what grandparents are for? I think he had the best time watching her… but I…
This week, Canada was cheering for its figure skating team which won gold with masterful performances in PyeongChang. Particularly noteworthy was the masterful performance by Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, easily the best that the Ice Dance competition has ever witnessed. Technically flawless, Moir and Virtue did more than skate a near-perfect routine in their…
In my role as educator (one of several that I adopt in my professional life), I think of three ways of knowing as I guide my students, be it in a formal university classroom or in the more informal setting of a dance studio (okay… gym… 😉 ). There’s cognitive knowledge—information, facts, and good ol’…