by John Horn | Sep 4, 2019 | Campus Career Centre 3.0, Co-operative Leadership, Leadership
Dear Vancity Interns (specifically those of you from the 2019 Community Leader Internship Program), Thank you, good luck with your next steps, and holy crap you are a talented group of human beings. Last Friday you completed your internship experience with Vancity,...
by John Horn | Jul 31, 2019 | Futureproof Kids, Leadership
“Grandpa, what chores are we doing today?” is how my two kids started the second day of our vacation to my family home this summer. Sure, my oldest son works the land like most city kids do (with a lot of effort and enthusiasm in the first 30-minutes with...
by John Horn | Jun 5, 2019 | Futureproof Kids, Have Better Conversations, Leadership
Waking up early has long been a tenet of leadership guru Robin Sharma. In his recent book, The 5AM Club, he outlines tactics for making mornings active, focused and super productive – “own your morning, elevate your life” is a much repeated phrase in the book. Over...
by Kurt Heinrich | Mar 6, 2019 | Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice
Show Me a Hero is an HBO mini-series classic. Based on a book by New York Times writer Lisa Belkin and written by David Simon and William F Zorzo, the series explores the political career of Nick Wasicsko, the youngest elected Mayor of Yonkers New York, as he and...
by John Horn | Feb 27, 2019 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Campus Career Centre 3.0, Leadership
Today I turn 38 years old. Well into my late-30s and with a stronger sense of myself, I find myself reflecting daily about how I show up as a parent, colleague, friend, and leader in my community. Academics like Carol Dweck and leadership gurus like Robin Sharma and...
by John Horn | Jan 2, 2019 | Campus Career Centre 3.0, Leadership
Every January our team at The Potentiality engages in a New Year’s tradition of making public commitments about how we will realize our potential as professionals, parents, partners, and human beings. For 2019, Godfrey, Michael, Kurt, and I are leveraging our talents...
