by John Horn | Jun 15, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
As a member of Vancity’s leadership development program I am on a journey to become a better leader. Engaging in deep self-reflection, peer-mentoring and self-directed learning with the intention of creating new habits that help me to be more present, focused and...
by John Horn | Jun 8, 2022 | Creativity
Describing how we kill stuff like exams, exercise routines, and/or big meals, reflects a shortcoming of creativity in North America (where such phrases are used most often). I believe that we should stop “killing it”. The casual language and colloquialisms...
by John Horn | Jun 1, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Learning & Thinking
I’m spending next week at my family home in Merville, British Columbia. It’s where I grew up and it’s my place of Zen. If people are the soul of our communities then our souls also connect to physical spaces that shape us in profound ways. It’s important to have...
by John Horn | May 18, 2022 | Adaptability, Futureproof Kids
Two of my best friends and I are riding bicycles across the San Juan Islands this week. Bicycles feature prominently in my life (they represent the most awesome way to explore communities). In fact, more people on Earth ride bikes than drive cars (it would be very...
by John Horn | May 11, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
Between April and September 2021, more than 24 million American employees left their jobs, which was a record. More than half of Canadian employees would rather quit their job than return to the office full-time. As the Great Resignation rolls on, leaders are looking...
