If you've been here for a moment you know I believe that values are very important. When we know our values we can navigate life in ways that honour them. Our values are like a compass.
I've been looking for a stock photo of a hand holding a compass that I like. Ive only found ones of white man hands holding a compass. That's not it for me. When helping my mom look for important papers, I found this compass on my dad’s desk and took this photo last night:
Some of my dad's values were service, family, connection and extra gravy. It is a hotly contested topic about who makes the best gravy in the Robertson family. He made delicious gravy (the best IMO) and approached life with the attitude of if a little of something is good, then a little more is great. I'm going to live into this.
Here's the newsletter I had planned on sending out last week. After my dad died it didn't feel right to share my first vibecoding project and some resources that I found interesting and helpful.
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Summer is here!
We ate the first cherry tomatoes from the garden and have been feasting on peas and lettuce. The men's World Cup soccer means on random days Vancouver feels electric and in celebration mode. From my apartment I can hear fans gathering and marching to the stadium.
What if you thought about summertime in terms of how you want to feel, and then decide what you're going to do?
I made a tool that will help you do that. When I tested it I realized that one of the things I had planned for this summer wasn't something I actually wanted to do--it was something I thought I should do. Those sneaky shoulds!
This tool was adapted from a workshop I co-created with Em House, which was inspired by The To-Feel List by Sky Banyes in Suleika Jaouad's The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life.
You might need to click on "wake up servers" before you can give it a whirl.
Rupture and repair
Take a moment to read the message from artist Whess Harman:
If, like me, you quickly skimmed that thinking you'll come back and read it later, I invite you to take 30 seconds to slow down and decode the message.
Trisha McOrmond is a Métis Sociologist. Policy Punk. Writer. Speaker. She's building a world that's prepared for the future.
This is the best article I've read on land acknowledgements in a while. Trisha writes:
Indigenous worldview does not expect perfection. Learning curves and different ways of experiencing responsibility are recognized as a part of everyone’s journey. This is the only way we are able to expand our skills is by being bad at things until we learn to be good at things.
However, Indigenous worldview does require accountability for relational violence. This accountability is required to repair the damage and restore trust between parties for the future.
This article gets into what repair looks like.
It's not a quick read, but it is worth your time.
Bunny Mack's ECON CLUB
Women's professional sports are everything. The basketball players and the high level of basketball at the WNBA are amazing. Equally exciting for me are the cultural things around the league, like the StudBudz, the fashion and the money.
Bunny Mackenzie (they/them) is a financial analyst, entrepreneur, researcher, popular educator, women's sports analyst, and future economist working at the intersection of finance, technology, labor, power, and economic democracy.
They write:
Economists spend a lot of time thinking about incentives, information, narratives, institutions, and the way resources flow through society. As I watched the public reaction to Alyssa Thomas' foul on Caitlin Clark, I realized this wasn't just a conversation about a basketball play.
It was a conversation about whose actions are interpreted as mistakes, whose actions become character judgments, and how those narratives influence power, protection, and opportunity.
So I did what analysts do.
I pulled the data.
I compared season-long foul statistics, reviewed the league's disciplinary decisions, and started asking a different question than the one dominating social media.
Were the numbers telling the same story people were?
Dani Donovan's Anti-Planner
There are many things I love about Dani Donova's Anti-Planner:
- it's organized by mood: stuck, overwhelmed, unmotivated, disorganized, discouraged
- her art and ideas are fun and creative (see my video review of procrastination hit list)
- it's spiral bound, so it lays flat (this is very satisfying to me)
Many of my clients and I have used her tools to get shit done. The book-book is delightful and she sells PDF bundles of many of her tools.
She's also hosting a live masterclass next Tuesday. The earlybird ticket pricing is $47 and ends today. Regular tickets are $67.
Other ways to work with me
- 1:1 coaching — 3 or 6 month packages. Book a free chemistry call to see if we're a fit. Your workplace might have professional development funds you can use, or you might ask your manager to invest in you.
- Team offsites — I design and facilitate in-person experiences for teams. I'm actively looking to do more of this, especially in person. Reply with the basics (who, what, when) and let's talk.
- Speaking — keynotes, panels, fireside chats. I'm a strong interviewer if you need someone to draw out a great conversation. Here's my current keynote on leadership and values.
- Inclusion consulting — strategy, thought partnership, and culture work for organizations building high-performance inclusive workplaces. Reach out here.
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