IN TALKING ABOUT strategic communications, we tend to focus our attention on the final outputs and ultimate consumers of the content: a report to our donor; a radio spot for a group of farmers; a fact sheet to a government official. But there is a lot of intermediary work that goes into producing these final... Continue Reading →

TIME OFF WORK, it is a beautiful thing. But as a manager it often seems the benefits of a holiday are off-set by the stresses of returning to unfinished work. Managing a team is difficult enough when present, and even more so when you aren’t. It’s also true that absences are as inevitable as they... Continue Reading →

A PIECE OF wood is a piece of wood. Sure, you can do a few things with it: stand on it, throw it, use it for fire. But as a single piece of wood, its function, and its value, is generally minimal. How do we add value to a single piece of wood? We design,... Continue Reading →

KNOW YOUR VALUE. It’s a simple and sometimes overused adage. Though, it is important to consider. I was recently reminded of this concept when on a job search. Interviewers ask a lot of questions about yourself and how you work. I encountered deceptively simple questions like, tell us about yourself, with less time than it... Continue Reading →