Monthly Archives: November 2011

About 15 years ago I met a teacher named Richard Ford in a highly frenetic classroom in North York. I was looking for bright young students to design web pages for a project I was working on. Richard called over … Continue reading →

Yesterday I had the opportunity to see Jeff Sach’s speak on the New Progressive Movement in Toronto. The room was surprisingly small for such a distinguished speaker. The last time I saw Sachs speak was  at Deepak’s Alliance for a … Continue reading →

Tim Seeton is a brilliant coach, facilitator and sage who is working globally with Danone. Groupe Danone‘s CEO Franck Riboud, for those of you who don’t know, is one of, if not the leading visionary CEO’s on the planet. He … Continue reading →

Today I had a meeting with a good friend, Scott Thornley and we got to talking about his work as a storyteller. Scott has this amazing ability to look deeply into an initiative, company, campaign, performance or organization and find the … Continue reading →

A few years ago I had a thinking partnership with an amazing woman – Dawna Markova – and one of the first questions she asked me was, “What have you been teaching people lately?” I thought about it and gave … Continue reading →

I had an amazing meeting this week with one of my favorite Canadian thinkers, Ric Young, and we were talking about culture and strategy. I was talking about a friend who was obsessed with strategy and how she thought it … Continue reading →