by John Horn | Jan 31, 2024 | Adaptability, Co-operative Leadership, Futureproof Kids, Leadership
Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. It involves perceiving and connecting with their emotions, fostering understanding, and often responding with compassion and support. Mathematics is the language of patterns and relationships in...
by John Horn | Jan 24, 2024 | Co-operative Leadership, Futureproof Kids, Learning & Thinking
We are all going to die. But we also avoid thinking about our mortality. And we are likely to reflect on our deathbeds that we didn’t spend time doing on the most important things during our life. I’ve had some near death experiences – tumbled over a waterfall, got...
by John Horn | Nov 29, 2023 | Co-operative Leadership, Communication
A little over a month ago, I partially tore my Achilles tendon and fully tore my calf muscle playing soccer. For nearly five weeks I have been conducting something called the unintentional walking boot open listening experiment. Let me explain. For nearly five weeks I...
by John Horn | Oct 25, 2023 | Co-operative Leadership, Communication, Have Better Conversations
For the last decade I’ve worked for two of Canada’s leaders in financial services (Vancity Credit Union) and pension administration (BC Pension Corporation). Through activities like estate planning and benefits changes many of my colleagues are required to talk about...
by John Horn | Sep 13, 2023 | Co-operative Leadership, Collaboration, Pop Culture Career Advice
In their excellent book, Laziness Does Not Exist, Dr. Devon Price argues that the myth of the heroes journey highlights how individualistic problem-solving and world/galaxy-saving is wrongly elevated in pop culture. While I take issue with some of Price’s...
by John Horn | Jun 21, 2023 | Co-operative Leadership, Collaboration
For two weeks I am participating in the Emilia-Romagna Co-operative Study Tour, which is a Vancity program designed to enhance knowledge about the co-operative movement and inspire connections between each other, our work and co-operative leadership. The Italian...
