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2026
2025
- What I know and don’t know about upcoming WFA (December 30, 2025)
- Arguing for a wage increase: Alternatives (part 3B of 3) (November 14, 2025)
- Arguing for a wage increase: The Labour rate (part 3A of 3) (November 12, 2025)
- Arguing for a wage increase: The commute rate (part 2 of 3) (November 9, 2025)
- Arguing for a wage increase: The rack rate (part 1 of 3) (November 8, 2025)
- No, I don’t think everyone is a f***muppet (November 2, 2025)
- Frustration with PS employees who should better understand our wages (October 25, 2025)
- My HR Guide: AMA about navigating your career (August 8, 2025)
- FFF: Managing in the public service like a Sheepdog (April 5, 2025)
- FFF: My updated guide to HR competitions (March 21, 2025)
- Working on some non-fiction writing goals (March 8, 2025)
- Planning some more PolyWogg guides about HR (February 22, 2025)
- My brain won’t let a creative idea go for PolyWogg guides… (February 19, 2025)
- Understanding a partially-assessed pool… (January 18, 2025)
2023
2022
- An unusual type of interview (December 29, 2022)
- My HR Guide: Detailed answers to a Q&A session at Health Canada (November 6, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW: Links to the 9 posts (October 12, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 9: It’s showtime! (October 12, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 8: A rare Call to Action (October 9, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 7: No black swans required (October 8, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 6: If management is left to their own devices (October 4, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 5: If an employee falls in an empty office, does anyone hear it? (September 30, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 4: It’s not about Subway (September 29, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 3: The research (mostly) shows… (September 27, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 2: A baseline year… (September 27, 2022)
- WFH vs. RTW, part 1: Something to talk about (September 24, 2022)
- Great practice from PHAC on HR notices (January 1, 2022)
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
- The Phoenix audit we could have had – Part 3 (December 14, 2017)
- The Phoenix audit we could have had – Part 2 (December 14, 2017)
- The Phoenix audit we could have had – Part 1 (December 12, 2017)
- A disappointing audit of the Phoenix problems (November 23, 2017)
- My cold, crass heart and Phoenix victims (November 21, 2017)
- Deconstructing the disaster that is Phoenix (November 19, 2017)
- Why I wrote 50,000 words about previous jobs (May 6, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 16 (May 5, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 15 (May 3, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 14 (May 2, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 13 (May 1, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 12 (April 30, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 11 (April 30, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 10 (April 30, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 9 (April 30, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 8 (April 29, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 7 (April 28, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 6 (April 27, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 5 addendum (April 26, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 5 (April 26, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 4 (April 23, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 3 (April 23, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 2 (April 14, 2017)
- What I learned from my previous jobs – Part 1 (April 10, 2017)
- French update: Standard conjugation, the hypothese, and pronoun replacement (#2017-009) (March 13, 2017)
- French update: Using DuoLingo (#2017-007) (March 12, 2017)
- French update: Screwing up the conditional (#2017-006) (March 12, 2017)
- French update: Understanding the two exams (#2017-005) (March 9, 2017)
- French update: Training for my exams (#2017-003) (March 7, 2017)
- Articles I Like: Figure Out the Leadership Style That Fits Who You Are (February 19, 2017)
- French update: Structure for my written review (#2017-002) (January 12, 2017)
- French update: The new plan (#2017-001) (January 9, 2017)
2016
2015
- My experiences learning French: Part 5 – Use it or lose it (December 15, 2015)
- My experiences learning French: Part 4 – My B level test (December 15, 2015)
- My experiences learning French: Part 3 – Return to Asticou (December 7, 2015)
- My experiences learning French: Part 2 – My first tutor (December 6, 2015)
- My experiences learning French: Part 1 – Intro to Asticou (December 5, 2015)
- Because that’s the job (November 1, 2015)
- An uneasy relationship with politics (October 20, 2015)
- Articles I Like: US State Department culture and the need to change (March 9, 2015)
- Articles I Like: Universities paying lobbyists (March 2, 2015)
- Articles I Like: Performance-based funding and education (February 17, 2015)
2013
2012
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