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The pleasures of shopping for food. In any supermarket chain, some things are easy to find. Apples. Milk. Bread. But if you're looking for flaxseeds? Coconut milk? Prunes? Who among us has not felt the stirrings of...

Winning the Stanley Cup is no easy task. Now imagine what it���s like for a team in a land without snow or even ice! (well, unless you drive up to the mountains) But when they finally won after 44 years of franchise...

The amount of time management spends measuring sales activity and salespeople (or dumber, the ROI of some investment they made in CRM), is generally wasted effort. The same amount of time could be invested in making...

Leaders of any ilk are struggling. Society is awash with new technologies, employees want to be included in the discussion, the conversations, the decisions, and management is stuck sorting out how teams and...

Cooking good food from scratch is a skill that can save you money, keep you healthy, and make you and your family and friends happy. What I���ve tried to do in this book is pick a whole load of meals that we all love to...

In 2010, IBM released a research report entitled ���Working Beyond Borders: Insights from the Global Chief Human Resource Officer Study.��� The findings germinated from surveys and discussions with over seven hundred CHROs...

Understanding people through direct experience has become a forgotten part of American business. Here's how strangers can and should help shape brands. As I crawled up to the 19th floor, stumbling over broken glass, old...

Marketers were simply responsible for creating a demand for their products or services. Someone else took care of the consumer relationship ��� pre or post sale. All that changed with the web. Marketers are not just...

How would you define The Art of Leadership and why is it important? The Art of Leadership is in a sense what we describe in the book as ���conscious leadership.����� It has to start with purpose. Leaders must begin by asking...

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In January, 2011, the World Economic Forum and Bain & Company published a report entitled ���Personal Data: The Emergence of a New Asset Class.��� The report quotes Meglena Kuneva, the European Consumer Commissioner,...

There is nothing wrong with hard work.�� But what if there is a way of extracting the greatest amount of value with the least amount of effort, thus freeing you up to do other more valuable things? As an entrepreneur,...

As Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS, Dan is responsible for the overarching learning, collaboration & leadership development strategy for the company. Dan championed the introduction of the TELUS Leadership...

For five days in April 2009, the world was glued to their TV screens as Captain Richard Phillips became the center of an extraordinary international drama when he was captured by Somali pirates who hijacked his ship,...

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Love him or hate him, you've heard the name Justin Bieber. You���ve heard of the term, ���Bieber Fever,��� and you���ve probably even seen commercials of his documentary, or at least heard one of his annoyingly catchy songs on...

"Probably the most common - and damaging - misunderstanding about personality type is that introverts are antisocial and that extroverts are pro-social. ... neither formulation is correct; introverts and extroverts...

W. Brett Wilson, Dragons' Den co-star and Risky Business host, often gets asked about his secrets to success. He became one of Canada's top investment bankers because he was driven, willing to take risks and saw...

With a penchant for investing in people rather than projects, W. Brett Wilson is proof that it���s possible to succeed in business without losing your principles. His stories about success, loss, and finding balance leave...