Over the past number of weeks, the subject of provincial royalties has once again entered into public debate. The discussion remains fixed along a familiar divide: those who want better returns, and those who want to protect the investment environment. Both the...
I’ve built a lot of teams over the years. For a long time, I had a formula. Find the strongest people you can and pay them more money than the other guys. Give them a schedule, a budget, and drop them into a problem like a match into dry grass. Fast. Focused....
(Originally posted on LinkedIn on April 8, the day after the ceasefire was announced) Well…that was an interesting 39 days of people finding out about the Strait of Hormuz…and I am not suggesting anything is over, but what an eye opener as to the fragility...
This weekend, I took a 2,200 km road trip from the farm to Edmonton and back in my old pickup. I’ve probably made that drive two dozen times over the decades. Same old prairie. Same old small towns. Same endless highway. But this time, it felt different because...
In the late 90s, we were told engineering software was going to replace engineers. My thermodynamics textbook came with a 3.5-inch floppy disk loaded with digitized steam tables. That felt revolutionary. Instead of flipping through paper charts and...
Like coal, our sunshine and wind are free for the taking, and they will likely last forever. Although abundant and generally predictable they are both intermittent and must be backed by natural gas and hydro generation to cover the gap. But here’s the thing:...
