by John Horn | Mar 25, 2020 | Co-operative Leadership, Creativity, Futureproof Kids
Last week I wrote about three human capabilities being surfaced by COVID-19 and the global pandemic. At best, things are pretty weird times for humanity. More likely, these are definitely uncertain and very scary times, especially for the most vulnerable folks in our...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 26, 2017 | Creativity, Pop Culture Career Advice
Back to the Future is an American cinematic classic. The story of Marty McFly traveling through time to the year 1955 (and then into the future) in a tricked out DeLorean time machine has got everything: cool sci-fi premise, great acting by Michael J Fox and...
by John Horn | Jul 20, 2016 | Creativity, Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice
My favourite podcast is called Stop Podcasting Yourself and a few months ago its hosts Dave Shumka and Graham Clark talked about Running Down a Dream, the documentary about Tom Petty that you can find on Netflix. I love Tom Petty and I think that Dave and Graham are...
by John Horn | Jun 29, 2016 | Learning & Thinking
My wife just forwarded me an email from her organization’s Human Resources department that reads, “Don’t forget to take your vacation!” You’d think that things like this don’t require reminders, but Canadians aren’t great at having or taking vacation days. As a...
by John Horn | Nov 18, 2015 | Creativity, Pop Culture Career Advice
As the dad of a toddler I read a lot of kid’s books. In fact, I read a lot of the same books over and over and over again much to my son’s delight. Such repetitive reading uniquely positions me to share with you these seven professional lessons from children’s books....