Perhaps you’ve enjoyed participating in or teaching a Junior Achievement course in the past? Junior Achievement is a not for profit organization that offers learning programs for children in over
Strategy & Decision Making
Sports Sorts – Evolution of Excellence II
Performances in sport suggest that humans get better over time. The improvements occur at a pace that is far faster than genetic adaptation. Additionally, the improvements aren’t evenly spread throughout
High Grades for Type A’s
Influential business writer, Tom Peters, shares a formative experience he had as a young engineer in his book The Excellence Dividend. He was assigned to a division of the US
POLR – Path of Least Resistance
A few Thanksgivings ago, I was able to convince one of my son’s to accompany me on a stroll through our neighborhood. In an effort to get some fresh air
Sensible Stealing
In our early twenties a friend of mine and I stumbled across a niche product during our normal jobs. We decided to dive in and try to figure it out
Helpful Heroes
I received a text from a friend recently which included a picture. The picture was of a ten-storey building in downtown Calgary. On one side was an impressively painted mural.
What’s Your DTE?
David Robson, in his book The Expectation Effect, recounts a story about the mysterious spread of illness amongst teenagers in Portugal in 2006. From seemingly nowhere, several hundred students from
It Takes Two
Business, like most things, is difficult to learn in a classroom or from a textbook. Have you ever heard someone successful say, “Everything I learned about business, I learned from
Tell Us About Your Trellis
A trellis isn’t just used on the sides of houses to give vegetation something to hold on to as it grows in all kinds of directions. Nor are they intended
Good Food Takes Time to Prepare
Our go to restaurant as a family for culinary celebrations was a spot called Nick’s located in Calgary just to the East of McMahon Stadium. I was always struck by a
