by John Horn | Feb 1, 2023 | Co-operative Leadership, Futureproof Kids, Leadership, Learning & Thinking
Worklife is complex. Whether we are making sense of hybrid work and its impact on the employee experience, raising a family, or changing career paths, every day we make decisions amidst complexity. Recognizing this reality and the impact that it is having on leaders,...
by John Horn | Jan 11, 2023 | Adaptability, Campus Career Centre 3.0, Co-operative Leadership, Have Better Conversations
Work puts too much emphasis on process, transactions, technology, outcomes, outputs, and the bottom line. Even though we work with people we really like and respect, we often treat our colleagues differently on the job than we do our friends. Somewhere along the way...
by John Horn | Dec 28, 2022 | Adaptability, Co-operative Leadership, Futureproof Kids
Time management is commonly thought of as the ability to keep oneself organized in order to get as many high value tasks completed as possible. Time management is also the acceptance of what Oliver Burkeman calls “the finitude” of time and understanding...
by John Horn | Dec 14, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Learning & Thinking
The FIFA World Cup final is on Saturday. Argentina will probably play France. Despite Group F’s success (two teams in the semi-finals!), do you know what team has not been playing futbol for a few weeks? Canada. The Kings of CONCACAF finished the tournament with no...
by John Horn | Nov 30, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Collaboration, Have Better Conversations
I think that we need to disrupt our social networks by thinking of and engaging with other people. Wharton super-professor Adam Grant recently tweeted that what actually drives prejudice is “in-group love, not out-group hate”. We need to engage and connect with...
by John Horn | Nov 23, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Futureproof Kids, Have Better Conversations, Learning & Thinking
We are a society that is addicted to distra- [checks phone] … what was I writing about? To say the least, we need to find our flow so that we can focus on the most important things in our worklife and create the most value for our communities. According to Cal...