Three Essential Ingredients for Successful Digital Transformation
Digital transformation means adopting digital technology to fundamentally change businesses, services, and experiences in our communities. Everyone is talking about digital transformation. Some organizations, like Nike, Celero, and BCIT, are making it happen for their customers and stakeholders. Accelerated by…
Potential
Channeling the way we grow as people can (and should) build healthy communities that are sustainable for the long term. We all have potential and there is always potential for making the world better. Potential means possibility. It means that…
Kindness
Kindness is in all of us. We need more of it in the world today. When I observe fans at sporting events combined social trolls spewing garbage content at everyone from public health officials to women of colour who have…
Three Ways to Lead with Love
Valentines Day is coming up and you will probably have a few conversations about love in the days ahead. I think that we need to be having more conversations about love at work because there are profound benefits when it…
How to Bring Agile Learning to Your Community
The ability to learn is what individuals need to build sustainable and interesting careers. The ability to create learning agility at scale is the most important talent capability for organizations across all sectors. Futurist and my personal learning agility hero,…
Disruption
I aspire to be a Respected Rebel. Colleagues, clients, and friends say I have a knack for turning processes upside down and challenging cultural conventions with powerful questions and bold ideas. My track record of disruption spans industries, organizations, and…
Three Strategies for Effective Brainstorming
Creating an Awesome Brainstorm I love brainstorming. Whether we’re planning a camping trip, riffing on hilarious “what if?!” scenarios, solving a complex technical problem or strategizing for the upcoming school year, the creative exercise of collecting ideas is one of…
Why We Should Strive to be Strange
I am not a normal person. It’s pretty awesome to be comfortable with my strangeness because, in a world of conformity, this is a differentiator. One of the best things about being a dad is noticing and experiencing how my…
Six Lessons About Being Cool from Pete the Cat
Having two kids under four means I have the privilege of reading Pete the Cat stories by literary genius James Dean. My wife appreciates that the characters are always kind to each other and that each story ends with a…
How to Ask for (and Act on) Feedback
This article is about how to ask for (and act on) feedback. Because one of the best ways for people to realize their potential is to receive and act on feedback. Unfortunately, human beings are fairly terrible at accepting praise…