Selected writing

These are a few of my most-read pieces on leadership, systems, Canada, and Alberta. This page will evolve over time — but it starts with the work that best reflects how I think.

Leadership & Management

The Slow Erosion of Institutional Trust Trust is one of those things we tend to notice most when it is disappearing.

The Art of Teaching When the School and the Community Were Connected.

The Difference Between Control and Stewardship Many people assume leadership is about control.

Canada & Identity

What Hanna Taught Me About Canada: Fifty Years Later People moved away. Careers began. Families were raised.

A Common Table Is Not a Takeover Organizations naturally protect what they have built.

Alberta, Economics & Nation-Building

Series: Managed Decline A framework for long-term thinking — and better outcomes than denial.

The Seduction of Alberta How simple answers to complex problems become dangerously popular.

Alberta's Order of Business There is an order of business I believe Alberta should address first.

Strategic Brief: Canada’s Pipeline Crossroads Canada stands at a pivotal moment in its energy history.

The Economy is Bigger Than The Market Henry Hazlitt was correct far more often than many of his critics admit.