This week I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Sean Fine of the Globe and Mail for Business Without Borders, a collaborative project exploring the opportunities and challenges for Canadian businesses going global, put together by Canadian Business, Report on Business, the Economist, ...Read More

It might be a quarter life crisis or just the stirring in my soul Either way, I wonder sometimes about the outcome of a still verdictless life Am I living it right? -John Mayer A rare one from me - a bit of a personal post. ...Read More

Check out this infograph we came across at Focus.com on the The State of the World's Female CEOs. How many are there? What percentage of leadership positions do they hold? What do they earn? And where do they come from? While it's ...Read More

Perhaps inspired by the recent State of the Union address from Barack Obama, I've spent the last few days thinking about the raw power of a leader's ability to speak. As we know, a speech - whether a pep talk ...Read More

I came across this excellent video today from Harvard Business School on where leaders go wrong. In your experience, what is the biggest mistake a leader can make? Read More

Fred Wilson had a great blog post today on AVC.com about the importance of CEOs having a good mentor or coach. If you're not following Fred already, you should be - certainly if you're running a business or thinking about ...Read More

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A couple of months ago, Eugen Sakhnenko got in touch with me about a cool new photoblog he'd be starting profiling interesting people in the Toronto area. The project, called ATLAS, has featured a handful of cool personalities that I've ...Read More

Originally posted at Wikinomics.comIn my research on how social networks can be leveraged for talent purposes, one of the core themes that has emerged has been how organizations can evolve relationships with candidates throughout a more complete employment lifecycle. Traditionally, ...Read More

Originally posted at Wikinomics.com Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Open Government and Innovations Conference in Washington, DC. The two-day conference was a fantastic opportunity to hear some of the leaders in open government thinking, including: Aneesh Chopra, Federal ...Read More

This post was originally published at Wikinomics.com I still keep in touch with a handful of teachers from high school. One of those teachers, Mike Perosevic, taught me grade 11 economics and always seemed to push the envelope when it came ...Read More