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So how do you like Canada? Heroes, history, the next generation and ties that...

Montreal was a great place to grow up for a kid who enjoyed surfing the AM dial at night. With no major population centres within 120 miles, I could listen to stations in New York City, Chicago,...

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Generation lost? World Economic Forum warns of dangers in growing inequality

From Global Risks 2014, Ninth Edition: “The generation coming of age in the 2010s faces high unemployment and precarious job situations, hampering their efforts to build a future and raising the risk...

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Univer$ity by the number$

In its April 5th – 11th issue, The Economist asks “Is college worth it?” The numbers it cites refer to the U.S. The market conditions it references apply in Canada as well. If you’re contemplating...

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Change is older than the universe itself, by definition

Enough said.

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Parochialism, Canadian modesty, and getting out of our own way

When I was growing up, my world was the size of the Island of Montreal and, mostly, the part of it west of St. Lawrence. You could fit what I knew about goings-on on the far side of the St. Lawrence...

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The economy is the environment: Here are three rules for surviving in it

McLuhan said: ‘The medium is the message.’ Robert Baden-Powell said: ‘Be prepared.’ PDD says: ‘The economy is the environment.’ Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scout movement to teach young men and,...

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Thinking university? This isn’t your parents’ labour market

  My parents and I first talked about university at the end of Grade 9. We’d learned that I would have to choose between a “Latin-science” and a “math-science” stream. I chose Latin-science. Neither of...

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Diversity in the Boardroom: Resistance is Futile

If you’re reading this, chances are you sit on at least one board.  If that board happens to be one that understands the value of diversity (and here I’m speaking of gender diversity) or has moved...

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James T. Kirk and the Kobayashi Maru

  On his third attempt, Captain James T. Kirk of the starship Enterprise passed the Kobayashi Maru holodeck “no-win” training exercise by reprogramming it. He was subsequently commended for original...

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Kevin O’Leary’s Best Advice

  On July 5, 2013, I wrote “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.” — Albert Einstein What follows is what Kevin O’Leary, Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank and late of...

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Customers First, Investors Last: What were they thinking?

For years now, my colleagues and I here at BoardBench, have been saying that Wall Street has it backwards.  In the boardroom, directors have been fed, with a very large spoon, the mantra that they are...

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Technoliteracy is the New Black.

At this point, all public U.S. Corporate Boards have (or can explain why they don’t have) one or more qualified financial experts on board. This, of course, has been mandated for some time. The logic...

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2015 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times in 2015....

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2015 in review

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“Control over change would seem to consist in moving not with it but ahead of...

Due diligence is behaviour designed to ensure before we put our money down that what we intend to buy and what the seller ultimately delivers are one and the same. Some would call that protecting an...

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Education shouldn’t be taken lightly

  In Ontario, Section 21 of the Education Act requires that a family send its children to school until the age of 18 (Grade 12). The world prefers at least 4 more years (university). Even though the...

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The World Economic Forum, higher education and outcomes for our children

The World Economic Forum “engages the foremost political, business and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas.” Its 2019 Annual Meeting took place in Davos from Jan....

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