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Summary written by Sara Saddington The Big Idea "Organizations were forced by circumstance to focus on consistency and process, but in the process, they have lost sight of the impact it has on people. You need to...

Here are two ways to influence behavior: you can manipulate it, or inspire it. Manipulations are simple and effective short term, but they are expensive to maintain and unstable long-term. Inspiration takes more...

Looking back on the past three years, three things have become abundantly clear: The world around us is moving faster than it ever has before, the labour force is tighter than it has been in the past 50 years, and that...

Let me introduce you to a new breed of disruptors. This category of disruptors writes their own rules. They build their own universes. For decades, our society has been obsessed over a singular type of disruptors: the...

Perhaps it goes by another name: Equity and Inclusion, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, or some variation of those words. If so, well done! This is an important step. Now, I want to ask a slightly more challenging...

Excerpt: In Right Here, Right Now: Politics and Leadership in the Age of Disruption, the former PM argues the ���deplorables��� have something important to tell us. Present-day populism is not an all-or-nothing proposition....

I think Yogi Berra was talking about leadership when he spoke of the difference between theory and practice. ���In theory���, he said, ���theory and practice are the same but in practice they are different���. That���s because in...

The Rule of Two is when two or more women, or those of colour, are on the hiring ���shortlist,��� they are more likely to get hired. Our assumptions and the behaviours associated with them are often based on bias. Bias can...

A HUNDRED YEARS ago, our attention span averaged twenty minutes: one minute for each year of age, up until age twenty. Things were slower on the farm, with fewer distractions beyond crop rotation and bird migration. But...

The most common theme in the return-to-office debate is whether remote work is productive. I���m worried about how we���re managing the return-to-office transition. We���re pretending the issue is productivity while actually...

A Look at Jessica Bacal���s Book: Mistakes I Made At Work Summary Written By: Vanessa Chase We live in a culture where success, achievement and the appearance of reaching both effortlessly are revered. Very few people...

There���s a word I love - SAWUBONA. It���s a Zulu greeting that means ���I see you, you are important to me and I value you.��� Being an ally means you recognize, see, and value the experience and contributions of others. I...

Coming out of the 2002 Salt Lake Games, I wanted to give my game a new look. By that point, I had played in two Olympics and four World Championships. We were the best women���s hockey team in the world. I was 24 and had...

As the courier at the door hands over a package, he blurts out a few words. ���Oh my God, it���s you! I thought I recognized your name. I miss watching you on the news.��� Lisa LaFlamme���former national news anchor,...

How many times have you heard the phrase ���be yourself���? Most of us have received this advice countless times. But while our culture talks a good game about valuing authenticity and how we should live more authentically,...

Stressful conversations can cause a lot of anxiety. As a negotiation consultant, I help clients through those stressful conversations every day and I have witnessed first-hand that people can be their own worst enemies...

We are living in an era of disruption and exponential change requiring innovation, adaptability, new and diverse skills for communication and collaboration. At the same time, the World Health Organization (WHO)...

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