by Kurt Heinrich | Oct 8, 2014 | Learning & Thinking, Pop Culture Career Advice
We all have our favourite board games. The professional lessons from popular board games like Monopoly, Risk, Settlers of Catan, Clue, and Scrabble can have a powerful impact on your career. For example, while almost all board games involve chance, many also require...
by potential | Sep 10, 2014 | Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice
In his book, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life, Commander Chris Hadfield, weaves relevant suggestions for leaders through the story of his life journey as an astronaut. While some of these lessons are pretty obvious, others fly in the face of advice of renowned self-help...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 16, 2014 | Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice
After nearly a month of epic play, the 2014 World Cup is over. Germany is basking in the glow of victory. Brazil’s football soul has been crushed. And the United States’ love of the beautiful game is ascending. Countless stories have emerged from Earth’s most popular...
by John Horn | Nov 21, 2012 | Adaptability, Pop Culture Career Advice
Panda bears are the poster-animals for numerous conservation causes and luck-based Chinese philosophies. Yet these malnourished creatures are not adaptable to their changing surroundings. So, here is an argument to stop celebrating these overrated beasts. Every day we...
by John Horn | Mar 5, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories, Pop Culture Career Advice
If you like The Wire, March Madness and democracy then you should read the next 250* words. Recently a new project has sought to mesh the popular March Madness bracket with pop culture hit The Wire. The result is Smacketology, a tournament that pits Wire characters...
by Kurt Heinrich | Nov 1, 2011 | 1000 Community Stories, Pop Culture Career Advice
It was about an hour before game day. The Washington Huskies were taking on the Arizona Wildcats and it was do or die time for the Huskies after being crushed last week by Stanford. At least that’s the story according to the local university newspaper, which had...
