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VIDEO: Failing well on the farm

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk December 13, 2023

Is there such a thing as failing well? Dr. Amy Edmondson of the Harvard Business School thinks so and explores the subject in her latest book, The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well. Consider times in the past when you have experienced failure. Were some of them done poorly and some done […] Read more

Agriculture is a business. So, in our operations, we need to consider not only the technical (or production) aspects but also the business side of it.

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VIDEO: Entrepreneurial myths revisited

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk November 1, 2023

Close to 30 years ago, Michael Gerber wrote The E-Myth and founded a small business development support/coaching company. (E-myth stands for entrepreneurial myth). “It is self-evident that businesses, like people are supposed to grow; and with that growth, comes change,” Gerber wrote. He recognized that small businesses have significant challenges and many of them are […] Read more

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VIDEO: A foreign perspective of Canada’s cattle industry

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk October 18, 2023

I have written about differing perspectives and how two people can experience the same thing and have widely different interpretations. Also, when we leave our home operations, we can shift to another way of seeing things. Recently, we had the opportunity to host visitors from other parts of the world and ask how they see […] Read more

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Can byproduct feeds play a role in growing calf programs?

You'll need to know their nutritional content and digestibility

By John McKinnon October 3, 2023

This column is the last in a three-part series focusing on factors influencing the profitability of backgrounding cattle. To this point, we have covered economic and management issues related to this sector as well as the concept of formulating diets to match specific program objectives such as overwintering lightweight calves for grass and backgrounding medium- […] Read more

When confronted with large and difficult decisions, one author suggests giving them some space, letting the ideas percolate and then coming back to them for better solutions.

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Conscious and subconscious brain: It’s all in our heads, or is it?

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk September 21, 2023

Simon Sinek, author and inspirational speaker, has some very interesting ideas on our brain and how it works. He relates our conscious brain to being in the range of two feet. We can access all the information that is in that two-foot area to make quick decisions. This is also the logical, thinking, rational part […] Read more

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VIDEO: Positive psychology

Depth of File with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk August 21, 2023

The other day when trying to determine price insurance coverage for grass yearlings, we received a text from our buyer: “This is not for the faint of heart.” This caused me to reflect on non-ag businesses who, from my perspective, do not seem to have to deal with so many variables beyond their control. However, […] Read more

Young Wyatt studies his handiwork tethering Sam.

Comment/Columns, Vet Case Study

Sam

Veterinary Case Study: A favourite mule at an Alberta grazing association exemplifies hybrid vigour

By Dr. Ron Clarke August 18, 2023

Sam is an oddity and a legend at Willow Creek cow camp, Willow Creek Grazing Association, west of Nanton, Alta. He is an Appaloosa mule with a heart of gold. Anyone can ride him under saddle, from seasoned cowboys to kids learning the basics. You can rope off him and he will carry 200 pounds […] Read more

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VIDEO: Feedback and the Johari window

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk June 26, 2023

How is it so simple to see what those on the other side of the fence should be doing but not always as easy in our own operations? If only they calved later. Or seeded a different crop. Ran more machinery. Ran less machinery. Ran a different breed of cattle. Some reasons for this can […] Read more

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Understanding our own paradigms

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk June 3, 2023

Many have heard me reference paradigms, either during presentations or in this column. Paradigms are the beliefs, values, assumptions and ways in which we view the world. Trying to challenge our own assumptions and thinking is one way to expand our personal growth. One of my beliefs is as human beings, we are meant to […] Read more

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VIDEO: David Irvine on clarity, character and connection

Depth of Field with Kelly Sidoryk

By Kelly Sidoryk April 21, 2023

While preparing for a recent holistic management conference which featured David Irvine as the keynote speaker, I came across a video that we had done at an earlier conference. Much earlier — 1990, in fact. Irvine is referred to as the leadership navigator. He has worked extensively with organizations, teams and families as a speaker […] Read more

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VIDEO: Failing well on the farm

VIDEO: Entrepreneurial myths revisited

VIDEO: A foreign perspective of Canada’s cattle industry

Can byproduct feeds play a role in growing calf programs?

Conscious and subconscious brain: It’s all in our heads, or is it?

VIDEO: Positive psychology

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Understanding our own paradigms

VIDEO: David Irvine on clarity, character and connection

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