Innovate Now or Suffer Later
Getting off the Local lounge chair to sit at the Global dinner table In a recent study, Canada dropped two places in global competitiveness in 2011, trailing behind the United [...]
Raising the Bar for Teams
Organizations in many sectors of society focus on strengthening teamwork. Consider a sports team, a ballet troupe or an orchestra. They tend to invest a great deal of time and [...]
When the Answer ‘No’ is More Strategic than ‘Yes’
Prime Minister Tony Blair is attributed with having said: “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” I worked with client a [...]
The Economic Recession – What Does This Tell Us About Ourselves?
Our economy these days seems to be in free fall – we hear one bad new story after another, and at the end of all those stories are ordinary people, [...]