Stanford’s Design Thinking Lab
Summer can be a slow time for consultants, especially when you need to engage with your clients on a regular basis the way I do. If I haven’t already started on a project by July, clients are hesitant to start the deep Narrative process when vacation and sunshine beckon. While I do have several clients […]
Women Giving Back
I am honoured to be nominated for this year’s YWCA Women of Distinction awards, celebrating women making a difference in their communities through volunteerism and philanthropy. I’ve long respected the YWCA and the work that they do, and I consider it a huge milestone in my professional career to be acknowledged by such an amazing […]
Welcome to Generation C
Community, Collaboration & Change. That has been my motto since starting my own business three and a half years ago, and best of all Generation C is not limited by age, race or gender. I was recently interviewed for an article in The Province about intergenerational workplaces. As soon as I got to talking about […]
Vancouver’s Creative Class
How a small number of people are celebrating the cultural landscape of our city, one breakfast at a time. by Megan Sheldon As seen in Vancouver Weekly, February 17th 2013 CreativeMornings Vancouver at W2 with Treana Peake / Photo Credit – Trevor Jansen With the recent announcement that TED, the global cultural conference series, is […]
The Company I Keep
While a new year is in some ways a fresh start, it is also a chance to revisit the year gone by. For me, the moments of 2012 that stand out most involve people, lots and lots of amazing people. So I thought I would take this chance to introduce you to some of my […]
Blue Sky Thinking
My intentions are set – 2013 is going to be a blue sky year! This photo was taken from my yoga mat on Christmas morning in Hawaii after a meditation and yoga by the sea. As I was lying there, I let my mind wander in true meditation form – jumping from one idea to […]
My Bag Full of Tricks
Now that I am a public speaking enthusiast (see last post), I thought I could use a little refresher on the ins and outs of delivering a TED worthy presentation. A friend of mine told me about Stand & Deliver, a tw0-day intensive workshop in Vancouver that promises to “hardwire your brain to your lips” […]
Vulnerability & The Storyteller
Public Speaking. It is a fear for many people, including me. Growing up, I loved to speak in front of audiences. I even competed in public speaking competitions in school – in French nonetheless! And then something changed. Perhaps it was at university when professors would cut people’s ideas down without batting an eyelash; or maybe it […]
A Rose By Any Other Name…
In this day and age, naming what we do can often be the hardest aspect of our work. We are, after all, wearing so many hats that it can be challenging to bundle everything up into a nice, pretty package that people understand. When I first decided to plunge into the entrepreneurial world, I knew […]
Narrative Transformations
There are many ways to approach narrative work – as healing, as team building, as branding and marketing. I was first introduced to its power as a little girl listening to fairy tales & folklore, and then as a teenager writing my own story, and again in my 20s reading the words of Joseph Campbell, […]