The Potentiality

John Horn's Website for Community Builders

Haikus Learning & Thinking

A Cite Your Sources Haiku

Cite sources always.

Respect, intelligence, growth.

Bad plagiarism.

– A haiku about the pitfalls of being the VP of Strategy who didn’t credit Harrison Owen when they applied (not “invented”) Open Space Technology or the COO who takes credit for Toyota’s “five whys” methodology because the Internet has pretty much all the citations… Also, it’s why your organization needs Historians.

John Horn is the Founder and Principal of Potentiality Consulting. Over the past 25 years, John has helped leaders reach their community-building potential, bringing a unique professional, intelligent and edutaining style to his seminars, presentations and essays. John applies his talents as a senior people and culture leader, coach (from youth athletes to executives), DIGITAL Canada Advisor, and as an advocate for career development, rare diseases (EPP), and building healthy communities. John lives in Victoria with his wife (who is her own person) and two kids - he loves exploring neighbourhoods via bicycle and making friends through basketball, boardgames, and conversations over coffee.