by Kurt Heinrich | Jan 24, 2018 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Pop Culture Career Advice
Made in America tells the fictionalized (or Tom-Cruise-ified) story of Barry Seal, a maverick TWA pilot who, in the 1970s, gave up the monotony of flying commercial planes to fly missions for the CIA in Central America. In the film, what begins as hot-shot spy...
by John Horn | Oct 18, 2017 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
Co-operatives are an underutilized model for running an enterprise. October 16-20 is International Co-operatives Week and I work for one of Canada’s pre-eminent co-ops, Vancity Credit Union. I am quite biased in my thinking that the world needs more co-operatives. I...
by John Horn | Sep 6, 2017 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Learning & Thinking, Pop Culture Career Advice
Last weekend I was prompted by Netflix’s algorithm to watch The Intern and The Internship movies. Both movies got the juices flowing in terms of what so many co-op students and former interns are thinking about now that they’re back in school. This week I’ll focus on...
by John Horn | Aug 2, 2017 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Campus Career Centre 3.0, Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice
Last month our team shared a summer reading list that blended awesome works of fiction and non-fiction literature. The thing about books is that they aren’t easy to consume on road trips, which is a very awesome summer past-time. For car travel or your outdoor commute...
by John Horn | May 17, 2017 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Campus Career Centre 3.0, Collaboration
Shipping containers fascinate me. It’s an invention that human civilization agrees on more than anything else. Around the world, people who disagree on politics, Internet access, fashion, art, and what side of the road to drive on. No matter how much money finding...
by John Horn | May 3, 2017 | Adaptability, Business & Entrepreneurship, Campus Career Centre 3.0
This past weekend was brutal for my physical health. Food poisoning and a nasty flu bug took away my bodily fluids and ability to sleep. In the grand scheme of things this was a minor setback and I was able to recover and perform at an acceptable level as a dad by the...
