Co-operative Communities
Over the past few days, my life has been very Co-operative. On Saturday night, I participated in a panel discussion about the past, present and future of co-operatives in Vancouver. On Monday night I was part of the riproarin’, kick-ass…
Pirate Communities: Business and Governance
[Editor’s note: Sunday, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day…I’m just saying.] Last week two dear friends sent me two different articles about pirate prominence. The first was from my friend Stewart and it discusses the rise of…
Thriving in an Employer’s Market
As it turns out, the recession is effecting the global economy, which, consequently, is negatively impacting the Canadian economy. Shocking, I know. And you heard it here first, from The Potentiality. “What’s that? Oh, everyone already knows this? Um, okay,…
Mentorship Builds Community
We here at The Gumboot are all about planning for the future. For some of us this means canning food – according to The Globe and Mail, this is being done by “hipsters” more than anyone else (in fact, we…
Harvard and The Gumboot: More than 10 Global Trends to Watch
About a month ago, an up-and-coming business magazine, the Harvard Business Review, released an article called “The 10 Trends You Have To Watch.” The article is penned by Eric Beinhocker, a Senior Fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute, and also…
When Work Effects My Community
When you get busy at work its really easy to turn in on yourself, and your interests and ignore the outside community. Sometimes, I find this happening to myself. These days, I have a full time job along with a…