by John Horn | Mar 2, 2022 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Collaboration
The world is less democratic than it was 15 years ago. Peoples’ growing malaise with democracy has been a disturbing trend that dates back to the 1970s. The way we govern our communities – neighbourhood associations, corporate boards, regional elections...
by John Horn | Feb 23, 2022 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Pop Culture Career Advice
We tend to remember Indiana Jones as a Nazi-fighting, world-saving, rough-and-tumble adventurer, not as a Professor of Archeology. We tend to remember Erin Brockovich as a feisty, community-minded legal aid who held corporations accountable, not as a single mom. And...
by John Horn | Feb 16, 2022 | Adaptability, Business & Entrepreneurship, Co-operative Leadership, Futureproof Kids
Burnout is a state of physical or emotional exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity. Due to factors such as recognition (or lack thereof), workload, and safety, nearly one third of Canadians are feeling burned out...
by John Horn | Nov 3, 2021 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Creativity
Ambidexterity means being able to use our right and left hands equally well. It means being able to hold multiple competing perspectives or realities simultaneously. Hybrid work is requiring all of us to be ambidextrous in terms of shifting between modes of work....
by John Horn | Sep 29, 2021 | Adaptability, Business & Entrepreneurship, Campus Career Centre 3.0, Have Better Conversations
As I wiped down my chair and a nearby desk that I may or may not have touched with various cleaning supplies, I looked up at my colleague, Deanna, and said “okay…returning to the office will be weird for everyone.” We had just finished a walking meeting and were...
by John Horn | Aug 4, 2021 | Adaptability, Business & Entrepreneurship
Lately I’ve been struggling with time management. Following a recent promotion (mine) and a recent leave (an awesome manager who is having an awesome baby), I temporarily have a lot of people are reporting to me and the complexity of my work is increasing (and we’re...