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Creating Intersection of Expectations

February 28, 2010 in 1
Tags: alberta, business, canada, economy, expectations, hr, human resources, intersection of expectations, negotiation, olympics, opportunistic, resources, steven davidson, success, win-win situation

The best thing that I get to do in my job is create winning situations for people and companies.

What Would You Rather Have in Your Career?

February 20, 2010 in 1
Tags: alberta, business, economy, growth, hr, recovery, resources, statistics, steven davidson

Great Article – Safe is Boring

February 19, 2010 in IN PURSUIT OF WISDOM
Tags: alberta, business, canada, coal, economy, growth, human resources, poker, resources, safe, safe is boring, safety, safety forge

This article, written by Andrew Cooper of Safety Forge Consulting is great because if throws sand in the face of everyone saying we need to take risks to get ahead, innovate etc. On the contrary, I pick safe and boring and I prefer to find my excitement at a poker table, where the biggest risk is whether [...]

Steve Jobs Life Story coming

February 16, 2010 in RANDOM PURSUITS
Tags: apple, business, economy, future, growth, steve jobs, steven davidson, tech, technology, web 2.0

So Steve Jobs thinks he has a story to tell…

5 Reasons Gore (-Tex) Became Awesome

February 15, 2010 in IN PURSUIT OF WISDOM
Tags: alberta, business, canada, early adopters, economy, edmonton, education, engineering, environment, fabrics, gore, gore-tex, innovators, leaders, statistics, tech, technology, textiles, w.l.gore

Here is a company that evokes the best when you here the name, Gore.

‘Sandbox Politics’ in Business

February 12, 2010 in RANDOM PURSUITS
Tags: alberta, business, canada, economy, edmonton, education, environment, funny, growth, hr, human resources, joke, recovery, resources, sandbox politics, social media, steven davidson

If I thought about some of the business dealings I have had over the years that were the most challenging.

Primetime Political Suicide By a Liberal Leader

February 12, 2010 in IN PURSUIT OF VENTING
Tags: alberta, business, canada, council of chief executives, economy, ed clark, edmonton, funny, ignatieff, liberals, politics, public policy, recovery, stephen harper, steven davidson, taxes, td bank

Ed Clark is the President and Chairman of the TD Bank, a ferocious Liberal, and is involved in the Council of Chief Executives.

We’re not going to take it….

February 11, 2010 in IN PURSUIT OF WISDOM
Tags: alberta, business, canada, cap and trade, coal, construction, don thompson, ecology, economy, edmonton, education, engineering, environment, fort mcmurray, future, growth, interview, oil, oilsands, oilsands developers group, recovery, resources, statistics, steven davidson

This post was written as a response to Don Thompson’s blog post here.

10 Signs You Are A Micro-Manager

February 11, 2010 in 1
Tags: alberta, business, canada, economy, edmonton, education, funny, growth, hr, human resources, intervention, micro-manager, recovery, staff, statistics, steven davidson, workplace

Did you ever wonder what the tell-tale signs of a micro-manager are?

Facilitating or Debilitating?

February 10, 2010 in 1
Tags: alberta, business, canada, debilitate, economy, edmonton, education, facilitate, funny, growth, hr, human resources, interview training, micro-manager, mike kroll, resources, steven davidson

I had the pleasure of sitting down with a pretty upbeat Edmontonian the other day

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- Employment Insurance, December 2011
  The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits edged up 4,200 (+0.8%) to 544,700 in December. The number of beneficiaries remained relatively stable during the final quarter of the year, but was down 109,400 (-16.7%) compared with 12 months earlier.
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- Labour Force Survey, January 2012
  Employment was virtually unchanged in January, and the unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 7.6% as more people searched for work. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment rose by 129,000 (+0.7%), with most of the growth occurring in the first six months of this period.
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