Marie-Hélène Budworth

I am completed addicted to watching the Olympics!  I watch them every time – winter, summer whatever. They allow me to experience a full range of emotions – anticipation, excitement, pride, and even tears.  This year’s Olympics have not disappointed; the win by the Dufour-Lapointe sisters, the repeat performance by Bilodeau – amazing moments.   […]

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It has been a while friends!  Please forgive my absence.  It has been a busy semester but I am about to start a new MHRM course so I thought it was time to restart this Blog.  I really enjoy having this here to engage students between classes.  Due to the structure of the MHRM course, […]

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I just started reading Adam Grant‘s first book called Give and Take.  It is quite well done.  When reading non-fiction written by an academic, it can sometimes be inaccessible and at other times overly simplified, Grant does a really nice job of representing the complexity of the research while using rich and entertaining storytelling devices. […]

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There is something really interesting happening in Canadian politics at the moment.  The Liberal party who, for decades, held great power in this country has been struggling.  There was a need for some kind of reinvigoration.  As you will be aware, this came in the form of Justin Trudeau, the newly elected Liberal leader.  I […]

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Dan Ariely, a famous behavioural economist, recently gave a TED talk on motivation at work.  He provided evidence for the notion that in today’s world, people are motivated by something other than money.  His main message is that people are motivated when they can accomplish something, make progress, feel as though they have added value. […]

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It is a big day in the Budworth household.  My youngest son is turning 6 years old AND Roanic is playing in the Davis Cup for Canada.  Pretty exciting times.  So the questions is – what do I Blog about?  My child or tennis – two things that I have consciously chosen to focus on […]

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I really enjoyed Mike Winerip‘s piece in the New York Times this morning.  He presents balance to the current media frenzy over the limits placed on women in corporate America.  Mr. Winerip reminds us that any individual who chooses to focus on family over career makes sacrifices – and it is perfectly okay.   Recently […]

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It has taken me a while to form an opinion about Marissa Mayer’s decision to abandon Yahoo!’s telecommuting policy.  To be honest, I am still not clear on what I think about it.  Others have come down hard on Mayer.  Both Richard Branson and Bill Gates have criticized her publicly and the media has been […]

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I stayed up to watch the Oscars last night – the whole thing.  I found it to be long and a little dull – disappointing given the amount of talent in that room.  I spent most of the night thinking about the fact that most of the faces are familiar ones and that awards nights […]

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I must be the web’s worst Blogger.  It has been close to three months since my last entry!  Despite my best intentions I have found it pretty difficult to find something to write about that I could ‘get behind.’  This does not mean that I have not been busy.  My paper on feedforward is close […]

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