My life work is building tools to help people and teams in business and education succeed, by learning how to think better and work smarter together. I developed a universal common language for collaboration, practical tools to increase meeting productivity and to harness an organization’s total intelligence to accelerate innovation.
I am a family man with my soul mate Mandy. Father of 5 grown up kids – current thrills- cast in son Matt’s zombie movie (type casting??), friend and advisor to son Daniel, daughters Lisa and Emma, witness to son Jay’s wedding and Uncle Bob to nieces, nephews and friends.
I am Canadian who appreciates the stillness of forests, the rush of downhill skiing at night, edgy jazz and indie music, the power of daily meditation, the struggle it takes to make a positive difference, my Montreal Alouettes football team and small town life.
One elephant in the room is bad meetings. Managers spend approximately 50% of their time in meetings and they consistently report that 50% of that time is wasted.