Category: featured
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Are you looking for a speaker to positively impact people and outcomes?
THIS ARTICLE is for anyone interested in planning professional development. Whether you’re part of a professional association looking for conference speakers, a group or leader planning team training, or an…
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Stretching
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: The gorgeous dahlias you see in this post come from our local farmers’ market. While I’m all for…
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Add your voice to my 2026 survey on GenAI in your career
THIS ARTICLE invites you to take a couple of minutes to add your voice to my 2026 survey on AI and your career. In the survey below, you’ll see I’ve…
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AI guardrails and governance, anyone?
THIS ARTICLE breaks down what we know about recent AI “sandbox breaches”, and why we should be advocating for AI governance/legislation in our respective countries. Closer to home, we should…
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Perfection
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: How are you, as we enjoy what some refer to as the “dog days of summer”? For readers…
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Celebrating 13 years with you
THIS ARTICLE celebrates 13 years today since I launched Exceptional EA from our dining room table. Have a slice of virtual birthday cake with me! Even better, check out my…
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34% of people report hiding their AI use from employers
THIS ARTICLE delves into and looks beyond a national survey’s findings that 34% of employees report hiding AI usage from employers. Wait until you see which employee group is more…
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Soar
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: In mid-June, I drove from Aix-en-Provence to Verdon Gorge. Elements of the drive were harrowing, as I was…
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Summer
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: I returned last week from speaking and travelling abroad, and spent the first half of June in France.…
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Think
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: This field of tiny daisy wildflowers is just off the waters of the Pacific Ocean, by Jericho Beach…
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Doors
A thought for your day, featuring photography from my travels. This shot: a striking field of rapeseed, with equally vibrant doors placed here and there, in a park about an…
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Certainty
I hope your week is off to a terrific start, and have some images from Scotland to accompany a quote from that country’s bard, Robert Burns . If you’d like…
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Register today for Jan 6/26 for complimentary 2026-focused session with Shelagh
Mea culpa! I originally published this article with the wrong accompanying excerpt. THIS ARTICLE is about complimentary professional development for you, from 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST/GMT-8 on Tuesday, Jan…
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Further
I hope your week is off to a terrific start, and have some images to accompany a quote from David Bowie. I’ve been back a few days now from events…
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Thankful
A thought for your day, featuring photography from Vancouver and my travels. As we mark Canadian Thanksgiving today (even though many of us had our family gatherings and celebratory feasts…
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Role-specific ChatGPT Prompt Packs/hacks to explore
THIS ARTICLE is about hacks for GenAI users. OpenAI Academy has created “Prompt Packs” designed for specific roles in your organisation – executives, managers, HR, IT, marketing and more. There’s…
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Autumn
A thought for your day, featuring photography from Vancouver and my travels. These images: We in Vancouver are enjoying gorgeous weather this first day of fall, and so I was…
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Peaceful
A thought for your day, featuring photography from Vancouver and my travels. These images are from our stay in Hiroshima, Japan. It’s always a good time to try to resolve…