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Informal Leadership: Leading Without Authority
During a lunchroom conversation at work the other day, a colleague asked how you can lead without authority. How can you be an effective leader without having the formal or positional authority of a VP, director or manger? It’s a … Continue reading
On Dumping Stuff
Last weekend we took a load of stuff to the dump. Technically it’s called a municipal waste transfer station. You pull up, back up actually, to the sloping edge of a long deep rectangular trench. The trench is really an … Continue reading
Mr. O’Byrne
I’ve been remembering my high school calculus teacher, Mr. O’Byrne, over the last few days. It started while I was reading a lengthy article about neural networks and how they’re trained using backpropagation and analytic gradients. There’s not that much … Continue reading
Swainson’s Thrush
They’re back! Swainson’s Thrush have returned to the North Cascades forests. I’m not a birdwatcher – glasses too thick – so I’ve never seen this bird close enough to identify it by color or markings. But I sure have heard … Continue reading
Underground New York Public Library
I came across this article about New York photographer Ourit Ben Haim’s project photographing people reading books on the New York Subway. Her blog is http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/. If you click on any of the photos, you’ll get taken to her Flickr collection. … Continue reading
Canadian Election Recap
Back on April 14, the Elections Desk here at Katz News Network issued its prediction for the outcome of the May 2 Canadian general election. We predicted another minority government for Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, and the resignation of Liberal leader … Continue reading
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