Lougheed Leadership

Lead in Real Time with a User-Centred Approach

As part of Banff Centre’s four-day Leading by Design program, participants tasked to look at how Rocky Mountain Soap Company can share their toxin-free story wi

The Journey to Self-Governance Is Just as Critical as the Destination

While the long-negotiated, landmark establishment of Canada’s first modern urban land treaty was a major victory for the Lower Mainland First Nation, it also pr

Buddha’s Eyebrows: Why Organizational Creativity Fails

Jerry McGrath references Honda’s entry into the North American motorcycle market in the 1950s as a prime example of adapting at an incredible pace to new inform

How Vulnerability Drives Innovation

Jerry McGrath suggests that success in new acts of creation does not come from a fixed process, but rather a vulnerability and openness to other ideas, experien

Innovation Paths: Differentiation, Neutralization and Optimization

Certified ScrumMaster Jerry McGrath writes about the power of agile methodologies to drive product and service development for clients. One hint: supporting peo

Why Metaphor Matters

Organizations are defined by the stories we tell. Reframing a problem through a different perspective offers a broader solution set to draw upon. Encoding probl

Jennie Winhall: drawing on a blank slate

Jennie Winhall: Drawing on a Blank Slate

Sometimes, you just need a blank slate. Jennie Winhall applies the concept of design thinking to reframe large-scale problems, stepping back to do what’s referr

Building Community Through Deep Listening

We traveled to Melbourne, Australia for a cross cultural exchange with The Deep Listening Project to learn new ways to define relationship through arts dialogue

Leading the walk into two worlds

Leading the Walk into Two Worlds: A Cultural Approach to Negotiations

Indigenous leaders walk in two worlds. They must be responsive to their people and to the needs of their nation. And they must also represent their nation to go

Intersecting local leadership

Intersecting Local Leadership: A Community of Leaders Learn From Wise Practices

Indigenous and non-Indigenous local government leaders take the opportunity to share their experiences, unique challenges, approaches, and dreams in the Communi

Art of leadership and the leadership of art

The Art of Leadership and the Leadership of Art

If you are asked to imagine an Indigenous leader, what image comes to mind? Is it politicians, entrepreneurs, or bureaucrats? Don McIntyre explains why Indigeno

Indigenous Youth Are Reshaping the Future

Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux expalins how Indigenous youth are reshaping the future, and have the energy, determination, and access to social media to do it.

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We recognize, with deep respect and gratitude, our home on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain. In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge the Banff area, known as “Minihrpa” (translated in Stoney Nakoda as “the waterfalls”) and the Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) – comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations – as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta, Rockyview District 4. We acknowledge all Nations who live, work, and play here, help us steward this land, and honour and celebrate this place.