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Reading: The Oppermanns

March 28, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

In Brief. This post is about a remarkable book which I have only recently discovered. A few weeks ago, a friend told me about The Oppermanns, a book that I had not been aware of. I was surprised when I heard about it, for I’ve been a long-time reader of European history and, in particular, …

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Filed Under: Current Events, History, Journal Tagged With: Cleugh (James), Cohen (Joshua), Feuchtwanger (Lion), Feuchtwanger (Marta), Fry (Varian), Germany - National Socialism, Nazis, The Oppermanns (book), Weber (Donald)

Vancouver: The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

March 14, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

“Joy is a well-made object, equaled only by the joy of making it.” – Bill Reid, 1988 Bill Reid (1920-1998) was an acclaimed master goldsmith, carver, sculptor, writer, broadcaster, mentor, and community activist. He was born in Victoria, BC to a Haida mother and an American father with Scottish German roots. The Bill Reid Gallery …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Journal, Nature, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, First Nations, First Peoples, Northwest Coast Art, Reid (Bill)

Vancouver: Bill Reid’s Monumental Sculpture

March 6, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

In Brief. When we think about Northwest Coast Art and Vancouver, we are naturally drawn to what is considered by many to be the most important (I think I earlier said “almost-iconic”) work of Haida artist Bill Reid. I’m not sure – and probably not enough of an expert in the study of this art …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Journal, Nature, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, MOA, Museum of Anthropology, Raven (creation myth), Reid (Bill), The Raven and the First Men (sculpture), University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver

Vancouver: Northwest Coast Art

February 15, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

Last October, after we had crossed Canada by train (The Canadian, highly recommended), Andrew and I spent the remaining weeks of our vacation in further explorations in Vancouver and, for a bit, in Victoria. Some of these activities (and the train trip) were captured in our several “digital postcards,” posted to the right here. The …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Journal, Nature, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art, Bill Reid Gallery, First Peoples, Haida Gwaii (First People), Manion (Kevin), Museum of Anthropology (MOA), Northwest Coast Art, Raven and the First Men (art work), Reid (Bill), Stanley (Dale & Debi), University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Applied Knowledge Services: A New Approach to Management and Leadership

February 8, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

[Guy St. Clair: This post is co-authored with colleague Barrie Schessler Levy, with whom I wrote The Knowledge Services Handbook: A Guide for the Knowledge Strategist (a companion volume to Knowledge Services: A Strategic Framework for the 21st Century Organization). Both titles are published by De Gruyter in Munich and Berlin. This post was first …

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Filed Under: Journal, Knowledge Services Tagged With: Creating Conversational Leadership (book), De Gruyter (Publisher), Diversity & Inclusion, Gach (Jake, Garfield (Stan), Hesselbein (Frances), Hovell (John), Knowledge Services, leadership, Levy (Barrie), management, Manion (Kevin), Organizational development, SIKM Leaders Community, The Knowledge Services Handbook

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