Note: Blueprint 2020 is a Canadian government initiative inviting employees to share ideas about changing how we do things in government. This post was originally published on www.govlife.ca. _____________________ It has been several months since the Clerk of the Privy Council, Wayne Wouters, launched the Blueprint 2020 initiative. It is an opportunity for Public ServantsRead… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago I decided to run in a race that I hadn’t participated in before, the Wear Red Race in Charlottetown.The race started in 2009 and is in support of military families in need and also to help promote Wear Red Fridays to show public support for our men and women inRead… Read more »
This past weekend as I was checking out the running app, cardio trainer, on my phone I realized that on Saturday I logged my 200th run since I started tracking nearly 2 years ago. Based on the apps map I’ve run almost 2000 kms, basically from PEI to a bit past Hamilton, Ontario (or WashingtonRead… Read more »
This past weekend as I was checking out the running app, cardio trainer, on my phone I realized that on Saturday I logged my 200th run since I started tracking nearly 2 years ago. Based on the apps map I’ve run almost 2000 kms, basically from PEI to a bit past Hamilton, Ontario (or WashingtonRead… Read more »
This past weekend as I was checking out the running app, cardio trainer, on my phone I realized that on Saturday I logged my 200th run since I started tracking nearly 2 years ago. Based on the apps map I’ve run almost 2000 kms, basically from PEI to a bit past Hamilton, Ontario (or WashingtonRead… Read more »
It was 20 degrees at 5 am on a Sunday morning in downtown Miami as we left the comfort of our hotel and ventured out into the darkness joining a growing swarm of people heading to the start line of the ING Miami Marathon. It was eerily quiet despite there being so many people andRead… Read more »
It was 20 degrees at 5 am on a Sunday morning in downtown Miami as we left the comfort of our hotel and ventured out into the darkness joining a growing swarm of people heading to the start line of the ING Miami Marathon. It was eerily quiet despite there being so many people andRead… Read more »
I’ve been meaning to write this post for awhile now. For the past several months I’ve been regularly annoying my followers on Twitter and friends on Facebook by posting about Hi5 Fridays. These are my two favourite posts so far: Shock the shit out of a co-worker today, give them a hi5. #hi5friday— Rod GallantRead… Read more »
Two weeks ago before the Canada/Russia World Junior Semi-Final I was settling in for the game (9 pm EST start time) when I saw this tweet. any #goc have vpn access and can check something on publiservice for me?— Nicholas Charney (@nickcharney) January 4, 2012 The following thread ensued. @Rod_Gallant I literally need a singleRead… Read more »
Part of my podcast consumption includes something most of you are very familiar with, TED talks. I normally save them up and have a TED marathon every couple of weeks. Recently this one peaked my interest. It is by Steve Keil titled “A Play Manifesto”. Although many of his references are about his home countryRead… Read more »