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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
