In Episode 11 of the podcast I talk about how I started the Good Boi Dog Treat Company. Go to goodboi.ca to find out where you can find tasty treats for your doggos!

In Episode 10 I finally to to clarify from stats from some previous eps, talk a little about my take on CED (Community Economic Development) and a little bit on starting a business…

In episode 8 I talk a bit more about the types of responsibilities the various levels of government usually have, which is something I started out with in episode 5 but quickly got off track from that. I also try to carefully navigate the divisive debate locally on whether or not “they” should build a new airport in Inverness (unbeknownst to me at the time a decision of sorts was about to be revealed). Hopefully I don’t crash and burn with this one!

In this ep, lucky number 7, I talk about authenticity. A few episodes back I spoke about how sometimes we are great, and not-so-great, at marketing, here in Cape Breton. But most often what people want is an authentic experience with real people, not flashy signage leading to plastic-wrapped gadgets with a Cape Breton Island logo that was ‘Made in China’. And I get impatient in traffic. Cheers!

In this, the 6th ep, I talk about my origins in getting involved with community development in Judique as a way of describing a bit about how organizations go about making decisions.

What is this, episode 5? Ok, sure. Either way, in this ep I was driving to Moncton so I had close to four hours in the car in order to get out some thoughts on something that has been wanting to explode out for many years: how the government works. It’s really a lot simpler than you might think. At least, I hope that’s what I convey here. It’s a bit longer than usual, and truthfully, only touching on the subject, but I’d love to hear what you think. Use the contact form on the website, communityfromwithin.com to send me a note. (Also, I do pick up on some things I missed in a later ep)

 

 

In this episode I finally get around to talking about Monkey Business, the week-long summer camp I attended in 1991 where I was bitten by the bug of entrepreneurship and began I lifelong love affair with innovative marketing and business ideas. I almost named this podcast “the Monkey Business Podcast” and even designed a logo and everything.

In this episode I reflect on a huge pet peeve of mine, something I really, really love, and then I dive into my own personal struggles with alcohol, and how that affect my ability to get things done. I also try to relate alcoholism to community development, because that’s the whole point of the podcast, right?

Are we helping the world by picking up the useful things people leave out for garbage collection, or are we littering our yards to the point where visitors won’t want to come back? In this episode I think about my redneck tendency to collect pieces for projects and how this possibly wonderful resourcefulness should make me feel, and how unsightly premises affect a community. [audio