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Margie Sills-Maerov
Dec 14, 20233 min read
A Way of Being: Facilitative leadership
Whakataukī "Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini." "My strength is not mine alone, it comes from the collective.”...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Aug 3, 20233 min read
The Seasonality of Being
To state the tritest thing on earth, I love summer. Besides the long days, the warm nights, the biking, the slower pace, I also love the...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Jun 13, 20233 min read
See Ya Later, June!
June sucks. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere there is a frenzy to June that is intensified with the proximity of summer and the...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
May 17, 20233 min read
Nerding Out
I have nerded out big time this month, and its been amazing! My nerd partners have all provided great ideas that have advanced my own...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Mar 17, 20232 min read
Things & Energy
This twitter quote is how I know a truth (and a huge shout out to Dadman Walking for it!). Things and energy matter. If both things...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Paws, Paraphase and Pose Questions...
I have had three dogs in my life. One I am pretty sure was part wolf (but looked like a Holstein cow), one was a rescue from a Caribbean...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Jan 12, 20232 min read
The Power of a Relational Workplace
New Year’s resolutions are silly. Let’s be honest. They just are. No one ever really makes any change. But if we think about why we make...
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Natalie Irons
Dec 13, 20223 min read
Silence: Not always golden
I recently reached out to my doctor about some repeated symptoms of fatigue and exhaustion. I teared up as we spoke, realizing that I was...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Nov 17, 20222 min read
A Beginner Mindset
Last week, I broke a board. Not just any board. I broke my first board in karate. It was a front kick on the first try. Then I broke my...
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Jodi Ploquin
Oct 21, 20223 min read
The Privilege of Joy @ Work
Like many others, as we move into the recovery phase of the pandemic, I find myself reflecting and processing the experience of the last...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Sep 9, 20222 min read
What Are You Waiting for?
The summer is over. Ugh. Back to making lunches, following schedules and lot and lots of meetings. So many meetings. As an ex-bureaucrat...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Jul 15, 20224 min read
A Crisis of Feeling
This week I watched the First Ministers meet in Victoria and I couldn't help but shake my head at their calls for “more funding” from the...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Jun 16, 20222 min read
Generation Z for the Win!
This month is not only Indigenous History Month which we have been spending time researching, connecting with leaders and learning, but...
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Natalie Irons
May 18, 20222 min read
Tools or Capabilities for Learning?
Consider the last time you were seeking some new professional learning opportunity. Chances are you were drawn to a webinar or course...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Apr 22, 20224 min read
Institutional Betrayal: Healing a Broken Heart
Often when in meetings or talking to people, I hear a beautiful description, phrase or thought and jot it down. My notebook is covered in...
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Karmen Masson
Mar 16, 20223 min read
[Radically Human] Lawyers...Finding Meaning
I was inspired by the First Radically Human Legal Hour... A radically human revolution in law may sound like an uphill battle, but I am...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Feb 17, 20225 min read
Healthcare v. Law
In April of this year, we will have been around for almost three years, and this anniversary date always makes me consider what have I...
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Karmen Masson
Jan 14, 20224 min read
Embracing a Radically Human Revolution in Law
Whether you have worked a year or decades in law, you have likely heard or said things like: That’s not the way we do things around here....
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John Clarke
Dec 15, 20212 min read
Time to push away from the dock!
The blogs of Thought Architects are not intended to be deliberately sequential. However, if you read the last one, I feel this may be an...
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Margie Sills-Maerov
Nov 11, 20214 min read
The Missing "Something"
I am an avid reader of Longwoods, and I love the work that Matthew Hart does and the newsletter he consistently puts out every Tuesday....
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