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Every so often I purchase a book as soon as it hits the bookstores. Every so often, I sit and read a book cover to cover. This book is worth that level of commitment. Walter Isaacson has written a...
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Starting a new job is always challenging so mea culpa for my absence! Making the move to Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning was made easy by the welcoming faculty and staff and I’m...
View ArticleThe Boiling Frog Dilemma
Calling all Canadians (and even if you are not, the message is worthwhile reading). Todd Hirsch and Robert Roach have produced what should be the Canadian primer on innovation. They call for a...
View ArticleCreating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World
I have to admit I’m getting a little nervous. In a couple of weeks (or as my niece calls it – 15 more sleeps), I am getting on a plane for Doha, Qatar to speak at the Global Innovators Conference in...
View ArticleThe 7 Virtues of a Philosopher Queen
It has been a really hectic couple of months. Finishing off the school term, a couple of academic papers and a major conference presentation in Doha, Qatar has kept me running. Doha is an amazing city...
View ArticleDisciplined Dreaming: A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity
When you straddle the world of business and the world of the arts, it can sometimes be a stretch. Josh Linkner reminds us that the only thing that can’t be commoditized is creativity. He has come up...
View ArticleCtrl Alt Delete
OK the title got me. I spent years hitting those keys. Needing a little break from summer school, this book called my name. Yes, fun reading – but big message. The new true marketing imperative is...
View ArticleThe Orange Line
I love doing keynotes! It gives me a chance to not only share my story but also to hear the story of others – where they are and where they may yet go. Recently I keynoted a conference of Women...
View ArticlePractical Ethnography
Once again I’m packing for my return to the Copenhagen Business Summer School (ISUP). I am so looking forward to teaching Business Anthropology and Organizational Ethnography – big mouthful but...
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