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The call to serve: Kate Wallace’s thoughts on head, heart & home & the shot that ricocheted from Parliament Hill to St-Quentin

The call to serve: Kate Wallace’s thoughts on head, heart & home & the shot that ricocheted from Parliament Hill to St-Quentin

by Kate Wallace | Nov 7, 2014 | Contributors, Wicked Stories

The cheery ringtone of my cell phone jarred me from my reverie. I was travelling by bus through northern New Brunswick on a golden autumn day in late October. My companions were 20 New Brunswickers under the age of 40 with whom I comprise this year’s 21 Leaders cohort...
What’s so great about government services these days? Hmmm…I got nothing. How Seinfeld shows us the way to a better relationship between people and government.

What’s so great about government services these days? Hmmm…I got nothing. How Seinfeld shows us the way to a better relationship between people and government.

by Nick Scott | Nov 6, 2014 | Contributors, Wicked Stories

There are days when I think our relationship with government is just like a Seinfeld episode: oddly humourous episodes, fuelled by odd social rules that in the end, get us nowhere. Take the episode where Elaine tried to get access to her medical records because she...
Want to start a movement? Go rent a bus. 21inc & the drive to change New Brunswick

Want to start a movement? Go rent a bus. 21inc & the drive to change New Brunswick

by Lisa Hrabluk | Oct 24, 2014 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Stories

The original 21 Leaders at Old Government House in 2005.   Today I’ll be hanging out with some of my favourite people; the latest group to join 21inc. It is an amazing thing to watch one of your ideas take flight. Eleven years ago when John McLaughlin and I...
Why are we so willing to accept incremental loss? Getting to the heart of New Brunswick’s resistance to change

Why are we so willing to accept incremental loss? Getting to the heart of New Brunswick’s resistance to change

by Lisa Hrabluk | Oct 20, 2014 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Stories

The peaceful quality of life in New Brunswick belies the structural challenges that churn below the surface. (Michael Hawkins photo/Wicked Ideas)   Weird news, bumbling politics and civil unrest: congratulations New Brunswick, last week we hit the trifecta of...

Show us the money! To find it, we need to make better use of our energy resources, urban centres and people with wicked business ideas. Know anyone?

by Lisa Hrabluk | Oct 14, 2014 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Stories

This is an excerpt from my ebook “Who Gets to Lead When We Don’t Know Where We Are Going or What We Want to Become?”, co-written with John McLaughlin, president emeritus of the University of New Brunswick.  Let’s cut to the chase: We believe...

Hey Brian Gallant! Do us all a favour and act your age.

by Lisa Hrabluk | Sep 23, 2014 | Lisa Writes, Wicked Stories

Well we did it New Brunswick; we turned the 2014 provincial election into a historic event. Over 64 per cent of voters said ‘no thanks’ to David Alward and the Progressive Conservatives, electing to back the Liberal party and its 32-year-old leader Brian...
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