Leadership

Surviving the Crisis - A Strategy for Cautious Re-entry for Lenders
Lenders, in the weeks immediately following the outbreak of COVID-19, have been in fully fledged crisis mode. Now, the attention is starting to shift to how to cautiously re-enter the market.

Brock and the Boat – A Tale of Servant Leadership
To thrive in a rapidly transforming digital world requires a different mindset than the past. A new leadership mindset has emerged, that of the servant leader. Yet, old habits are hard to break!

Awake Labs – Empowered Care for Autism
Awake Labs is building technology to empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live healthier and more independent lives.

Don’t Wait – How I walked away from a great job to pursue my dream
It has been exactly one year since I left Bay Street and the cozy confines of Capital One. It has been an amazing journey, but it was probably the hardest decision I’ve had to make in my life.

Janitor on the Roof
When I was growing up, I went to a one-story school with a flat roof. Every recess, we would play games on the asphalt beside the school – games like handball and foot hockey. I can remember sittin...

The Elf on the Shelf – what my daughters have taught me about the power of optimism
I learn something from my daughters, Payton and Addison, every day. Their curiousity, their zestfulness, and their learning agility are such a huge inspiration to me. It is so amazing to see the sp...

The 3 books that helped shape me as a leader
We are always searching outside of ourselves for ideas and inspiration. There is so much great literature out there on leadership with more mediums than ever before – from blogs, to podcasts, to we...

I’m too busy to innovate today
I woke up one day and started heading into work, just like any other day. But as I was walking to the subway and thinking about my day ahead, I suddenly had this jarring revelation – I was stuck in...

Why Is Change So Hard?
Futurist Alvin Toffler said, “Change is not merely necessary to life – it is life.” This is truer today than ever before. The rate of change is constantly accelerating, and all organizations are fa...