John McKnight – What Am I Skating Towards? Cooperation

January 28th, 2012
This is John McKnight's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Cooperation is the context for each of us to value doing well for ourselves and others. I have always believed that competition is the thin ice of society and the further we get from it, the safer...

Peter Deitz- What Am I Skating Towards? Microphilanthropy

January 27th, 2012
This is Peter Deitz's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? "What are you skating toward?" is a Canadian remix of the classic Siddharthian question, "Whither will my path yet lead me?" I recall coming across this question in high school, and thinking, "that's one of the best...

Adam Kahane – What Am I Skating Towards? Learning to Work Together

January 25th, 2012
This is Adam Kahane's esponse to What are you skating towards in 2012? We Need to Learn How To Work Together We face a widening gap between our need to work together and our ability to do so. Our societies are becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent. What people over there,...

Kathy Bromley – What Am I Skating Towards? A Big Black Unknown

January 25th, 2012
This is Kathy Bromley's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? As Shannon approaches her final semester of high school I find myself reflecting on how things have changed since Rob and I first introduced her to the teachers at our local elementary school. We wanted to make...

Exciting New Feature: File Drop

January 24th, 2012
File Drop—just another exciting way we’re working to bridge the gap between family caregivers and paid professionals. What is the File Drop? Do you want people who aren’t members of your Tyze network to be able to upload files into your network? Maybe your physiotherapist wants to share some exercise routines or your doctor needs [...]

Paul Born – What Am I Skating Towards?

January 24th, 2012
NOTE - On Thursday January 26th (noon EST/9:00am PST) Paul Born and I will offer a free tele-learning seminar on Innovating Together. More details below This is Paul Born's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? When the ice is good it is easier to skate than to...

Exciting New Feature: Tyze’s File Drop

January 23rd, 2012
File Drop—just another exciting way Tyze is working to bridge the gap between family caregivers and paid professionals. What is Tyze’s File Drop? Do you want people who aren’t members of your Tyze network to be able to upload files into your network? Maybe your physiotherapist wants to share some exercise routines or your doctor [...]

Colleen McCormick: What Am I Skating Towards? The New Public Servant

January 22nd, 2012
Here is Colleen McCormick's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? The New Public Servant I am skating towards unleashing the power of government's greatest asset - the intrapreneur. The economic meltdown has crippled governments already challenged by climate change, healthcare crises, collapsing social structures, and growing public...

Jack Pearpoint – What Am I Skating Towards? Stories of the Remarkable and Ordinary

January 20th, 2012
Here is Jack Pearpoint's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? Local stories - Local people - Remarkably Ordinary I am a prairie boy where skating on frozen creeks and homemade rinks was a way of life. There were always cracks and rills; often you had to clear...

Maggie Vilvang and Richard Faucher – What We Are Skating Towards.

January 18th, 2012
This is Richard and Maggie's response to What are you skating towards in 2012? What are we skating toward? The net, always the net! Sometimes on a breakaway, sometimes receiving a pass, sometimes offering an assist, but always, we are crossing the blue line with others who share our passion...