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Perspectives
Long-form essays and interviews on AI, leadership, economic resilience, and the forces reshaping Canada, from Perry Kinkaide and the KEI Network community.
KEIN Network – Issue #83 – “Imagine” – words matter
Some years ago, I was asked by the CEO of a national institute to write a paper for him about what I knew about leadership. I think it was a test, or at least an introduction, as I was being assessed
KEI Network – Issue #78 – Confronting Nature – Covid & Climate Change Compared
a) to fail to discern differences between : mix up b) to increase the confusion of 5. Skeptics maintain that human beings are not modifying their lifestyles - reducing their carbon footprint, to accom
KEI Network – Issue #82 – Madness & Civilization
- Isaiah 5:20 Can Putin's madness be ended and civility returned? Dave Yager had it right when he posited HERE that the world had lost its mind. He was referring specifically to energy, but the diagno
KEI Network – Issue #77 – Tipping Point? Turning Point? Or Both?
Weary of winter, isolation and mandates. Wary of the uniquely Canadian truckers protest that is defining the winter of 2022 as one of discontent. Is Canada at a turning point, a tipping point, or both
KEI Network – Issue #76 – Change Management in Government
A convoy of trucks has now gathered in Canada's Capital from across the country as an appeal for the federal government to lift mandatory measures to contain Covid that are viewed as no longer necessa
KEI Network – Issue #75 – Change Management – 3 perspectives
HOST & Moderator - the KEI Network , Perry Kinkaide While change managers are not fortune tellers they can help an organization make - or mess-up, their future. We have assembled three presenters, eac
KEI Network – Issue #74 – In Defense of Change Management
I read HERE and agree with the author’s warning about future forecasters such as fortune tellers and change management “experts”. My protest is with the author spoofing "change management." His mistak
KEI Network – Issue #73 – Positive Perspectives from Cool Canada
First the good news drawn from our Watch column to the right. The column serves as an environmental scan of BIG issues we are monitoring. Let me know if we've missed anything and/or if you'd be intere
KEI Network – Issue #72 – Eroding trust from within
Special interests do contribute to governance by challenging the status quo, serving as a source of innovation and change, often gaining power by tempering or merging with a related interest(s). As sp
EVALUATION – 2022 rev
EVALUATION Western Canada Hemp Conference April 20th , 2022 Edmonton International Airport REGISTRATION – surpassed targets with the Edmonton Region…
KEI Network – Issue #71 – Hindsight 2021 and Foresight 2022
Let us all hope for a more civil discourse in 2022 about climate change and Covid, governance and diversity. It spelled out several critical elements for balancing the complex interaction between the
KEI Network – Issue #70 – DECARBONIZATION. The Pathway to Sustainability
Our troubled climate is the victim of an imbalance in energy emissions. An energy transition is called for warranting for example: penalty pricing in producing and using carbon for energy, adoption of