by John Horn | Aug 17, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Collaboration, Futureproof Kids
Being a prosocial human means acting in the best interest of our communities because serving the public good is more important than advancing our own agenda. Cooperative economist Stefano Zamagni argues that seeking to help the world is an emerging worklife practice:...
by John Horn | Jul 6, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Collaboration
There are a lot of community building lessons from trees that we can (and should) apply to our worklife. Here is an example of how trees take care of each other: It’s been said that the measure of a community is how we care for our weakest and most vulnerable...
by John Horn | Jun 15, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
As a member of Vancity’s leadership development program I am on a journey to become a better leader. Engaging in deep self-reflection, peer-mentoring and self-directed learning with the intention of creating new habits that help me to be more present, focused and...
by John Horn | Jun 1, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Learning & Thinking
I’m spending next week at my family home in Merville, British Columbia. It’s where I grew up and it’s my place of Zen. If people are the soul of our communities then our souls also connect to physical spaces that shape us in profound ways. It’s important to have...
by John Horn | May 11, 2022 | Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
Between April and September 2021, more than 24 million American employees left their jobs, which was a record. More than half of Canadian employees would rather quit their job than return to the office full-time. As the Great Resignation rolls on, leaders are looking...
by John Horn | Apr 13, 2022 | Campus Career Centre 3.0, Co-operative Leadership, Creativity, Futureproof Kids
Everyday vitality means cultivating “the feeling of aliveness and energy that lies at the core of well-being.” According to Samantha Boardman, psychiatrist and author of Everyday Vitality, investing in energy inoculates us against disruption, unpredictable hassles,...
