The IBM Extreme Blue Case Study Competition is being held this Saturday January 30, 2010 at Ottawa U.  The competition is open to female undergraduate and graduate engineering and science students and Carleton and University of Ottawa MBA students of both genders. How it works: In teams of 4, you will have 2 hours to come up with a solution to a “Smarter Planet” case study problem presented at...

A few links of the Economic Development Steering Committee in the News March 2010, Maybor Larry O’Brian’s Blog:  Moving our Economic Strategy Forward by Mayor Larry O’Brien February 22, 2010, Ottawa Citizen:  Economic Plan Vital for our Future by Randall Denley February 14, 2010, Ottawa Citizen:   Ottawa Economic Development Strategy is no Strategy at All by Randall Denley January...

I came back from Greece & Turkey, with all my walking, and all my swimming, having gained weight.  Let’s just say I enjoyed all the delicacies there were to offer :0)  After that I spent 30 days fasting during Ramadan…a month that’s supposed to be a detox, but has turned into a month long feast every night.  Fun, tasty, but as you can imagine, the result has not been great....

There are two times in a year that I try to take stock of my present situation:  New Years and my birthday.  Well, it isn’t New Years, so as you can guess, it’s that time of year again where I realize that I’m getting older and I haven’t done as many of the things as I thought I’d do. So this year, I’m going to write down my goals.  I heard somewhere that the mere act of writing down...

If you missed our CBC Radio debut about TalentBridge and the opportunity it brings, you can still hear it at:  http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/features/thewayforward/!  The good news is lots of people have heard it, and already just a few hours later, TBridge has gotten +10 leads from interested parties to the program.  I never thought I’d be on the radio, nor inside a national newsroom.  Dreamed...