Leadership Stories

Charles Leadbeater, ALT/Now: Economic Inequality advisor

How is technology changing our workplace culture?

Program advisor Charles Leadbeater questions if advancements in technology are making us more productive or inefficient.

"You need to face the Bear. You need to be the bear."

Faculty member Cheryl Rose shares her experience at Getting to Maybe: A Social Innovation Residency.

Indigenous Negotiation Skills Training faculty Troy G. Chalifoux

Reaching reconciliation through interest-based negotiations

Through interest-based negotiations, Indigenous communities can place themselves in a desirable position develop processes that generate better outcomes, better

Margaret Froh

Identity and Culture: Building Blocks for Indigenous Governance

First Nation, Métis, and Inuit leaders across Canada are recognizing the need to establish, strengthen, and implement their own systems of governance and econom

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

Community Leadership in the 21st Century: Leveraging Information as a Leadership Tool

Twenty-first century leaders are guiding their communities or organizations through a world of redefined relationships, constant change, globalization, the “inf

Elder Dila Houle delivers opening remarks at the Hope Decoded summit

Even Thought Leaders Need Guidance

Who leads the thought leaders? People like Blackfoot Elder Dila Houle, who spent a week providing spiritual guidance to frontline advocates at Banff Centre.

Transforming a vision into results

Transforming a Vision into Results: Stay on the Path and Keep Out of the Weeds

Translating a vision into the desired outcome is a major challenge for even the most skilled leaders and managers of today. Staying on the path between the visi

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

Francis Gosselin

Why the Hell Do We Do Things With Others?

Co-create, co-design, co-make, co-whatever-you-want — Francis Gosselin outlines why there seems to be a recognition in the business and education worlds that to

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