This story is about the formation of an equity, diversity, & inclusion (EDI) committee. It centres around an intermediate engineer, Blair, his colleagues at a well-established mid-sized corporation, and their President John. The new equity, diversity, and inclusion initiative Blair had been working for the company for 2 years when his director made an announcement […]
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Being organized isn’t something you need to be born with to be good at. I have always been a planner. If there is an idea to do something, my mind will immediately spiderweb into the multiple ways that idea can be carried out. It doesn’t matter if it’s for work, school, recreation. To be good
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Most companies have ‘values’ they display on their website and marketing material. Some list a few words, others have phrases, sometimes they come with definition sentences or paragraphs beneath them. In addition to Mission, Vision, Purpose, more and more companies are now including Values as part of their corporate definition. But to what end? What
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Catherine runs a high performance team of 20 engineers within a medium-sized organization. With the company growing revenue just about every year, she has had to hire and train staff quickly and often. Hiring the best candidate for the job Catherine was excited about her latest hire. Jeremy had years of experience in the industry,
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Let’s start with the obvious answer: the best car for reducing your carbon footprint right now, is no car. It doesn’t matter if you get a fully electric vehicle and are able to charge it with 100% renewable energy. The materials that go into that car (and the electricity generation) have to be extracted from
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The BC Sustainable Energy Association (BCSEA) is a volunteer-based, charity that supports the sustainable production, distribution, and consumption of energy in British Columbia and beyond. The association collaborates with governments, industry, universities and other institutions, other non-governmental organizations, and citizens to put in place the conditions needed to accelerate the province’s transition to a lower-carbon
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When I announced I was quitting my well-paid executive job, working for a high-growth start-up, in my dream field of renewable energy, many people were surprised. I had family members who were quite worried about my sanity. I had coworkers who didn’t talk to me for a bit. The last 4 years were packed with
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