Catalyst Strategic Consultants

Recently I was privileged to visit Fred Chaney’s mountain shangri-la high above Glenwood Springs CO.  Fred’s log cabin is perched on a rocky outcrop beside Crooked Creek at 9400′.  To call it a “cabin” is a bit mild, given that, despite its remoteness far from the nearest road, every latest convenience is there – flush […]

We started out in the waning sunshine of the Cordova Bay golf course – the Bill Matticks restaurant to be precise.  It’s one of those glorious sunset evenings of perfection that only Victoria can dish up. Wayne is my brother in law.  He was also principle in Westland Resource Consultants – advisors on many of […]

Sitting in WJ plus on my way back from Winnipeg / Brandon.  It’s been a long day starting at my 4 am. I’ve been speaking on presidential competencies to my compadre  Barry Bernhard’s two TEC groups.  Letting them in on the accumulated experience of me [ and him! – i think of doing this for […]

Youthful adolescence and early adulthood of the 60’s and 70’s was soaked in the zenith of intelligent pop music. The names of those performers are iconic now and their tunes so resonant they catapult us into a nostalgic spell hearing first notes. Janis Joplin, The Beatles, the Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beach […]

Maybe this is it. The time the facts are faced. Are you getting where you need to get with your enterprise? Is it moving at the pace you know it could – or should? Is everyone on the same page? Are you harnessing extra effort to move past the status quo and be ready for […]

Doug has written a series of blogs inspired by his travels in Mexico. If you wish to follow his journey, please hit reply and I will add your name to the group “Mexico”. Some of these bucolic scenes in San Miguel – they’re too pastoral for words. You walk the busy narrow streets – emerging […]

Trump won in a sensational overturning of long standing US political order. What shifted? According to the media: – truth is dispensed with as inconvenient – opinion prevails over fact – bluntness is the new tact – consideration is displaced by bullying – policy? out the window, replaced by snap reaction and off the cuff […]

Gezelligheid Definition: the warm feeling that comes from being secure and in the embrace of friends and family. Those following me know we are now partially Dutch thanks to Dennis our son in law. Amazing how other languages nail certain states that English just can’t adequately communicate. This is one of those. We take a […]

Lounging around the fire with adoring family and friends… Convivial scenes of coming in welcome from the snow … This time of year, we are media bathed in emotional warmth – sugar coating by merchants who want sales pulling heartstrings so you buy your way to favour. Wouldn’t it be fine [r] if you could […]

It’s that time… These days test our sense of belonging. So many folks – good citizens all – are finding themselves dropped from the economic landscape of contribution because of our regional downturn. Now the value of community could be at its greatest. I just spent a coffee with Adrian – the energetic leader of […]