by John Horn | Sep 4, 2024 | Co-operative Leadership, Learning & Thinking
The War for Talent is over. Talent won (and is still winning). The way we work is experiencing a significant shift. The conventional notion of a multi-decade career with one employer is being replaced by short-term, dynamic engagements that workers can complete from...
by John Horn | Aug 28, 2024 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
The Great Resignation is causing an existential awakening throughout the world of work because “the dramatic upheaval of the past year and a half, along with the looming specter of death, likely inspired many to rethink how they spend their limited time on Earth.”...
by John Horn | Jul 3, 2024 | Co-operative Leadership, Collaboration
Earlier this year I took part in two different learning experiences. The first was some pretty standard classroom training that introduced Agile Methodology to employees at Vancity. The second was not standard because I traveled to Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region...
by John Horn | May 8, 2024 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Co-operative Leadership, Collaboration
Friendship is a fundamental and universal human need. This form of social connection cultivates mutual affection, trust, interdependence, and joy. According to one of modern social science’s longest ongoing studies, the social connections of friendship enrich and even...
by John Horn | Apr 24, 2024 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
Co-operatives are democratic, highly adaptable and very resilient. In my opinion, the world needs more co-opetition from its leaders – when we compete to make society better then we’re all winning. Leading as a member of a co-operative requires different thoughts and...
by John Horn | Feb 21, 2024 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership, Learning & Thinking
According to the Internet, most corporate retreats suck. After all, many senior leaders aren’t even great at running effective meetings, so why would a group of us be awesome at designing and delivering what is essentially a multi-day million dollar business...
