by John Horn | Dec 21, 2022 | Creativity, Futureproof Kids
Christmas is this Sunday. Christmas carols are a cool part of the holidays. About a month ago, my oldest son’s music class was asked what Christmas carol they should perform for the school’s concert. He recommended “Christmas in Hollis” by Run DMC because he really...
by John Horn | Nov 2, 2022 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Futureproof Kids
Human beings are designed for play. It’s a scientific fact. Most adults, however, are too busy or serious to hurl themselves into the joy of play with great frequency, let alone daily. There is a strong business case for playing every day, as building blocks, painting...
by John Horn | Aug 10, 2022 | Campus Career Centre 3.0, Creativity
Workplaces are not synonymous with joy. According to Gallup and everyone else who measures this stuff, 85% of the global workforce is not engaged or actively disengaged. This is concerning enough on its own, but Gallup has also found that great workplaces literally...
by John Horn | Jun 8, 2022 | Creativity
Describing how we kill stuff like exams, exercise routines, and/or big meals, reflects a shortcoming of creativity in North America (where such phrases are used most often). I believe that we should stop “killing it”. The casual language and colloquialisms...
by John Horn | Apr 27, 2022 | Creativity, Futureproof Kids, Have Better Conversations
Seth Godin, as he often does, captured our relationship with boredom perfectly in a recent blog post: “…the market has figured out that we simply don’t like to be bored. And so there’s more stimulation, more options and more noise than ever before.” Whether we...
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,...
