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Recently, we traveled to Nova Scotia. If you haven't made the trip, I highly recommend it. There’s something grounding about the Maritimes. We found cooler air, coastal beauty, and a slower pace where life moves with the tides. Conversations stretch o...

It’s been an unusual month. Since my last post, I’ve had a series of amazingly honest conversations with leaders in the region. Some are Boomers, others are Gen Xers, and most are Millennials - except for one who proudly identifies as Gen Z. Despite the ge...

How many industry luncheons did you attend last year—white linens, lukewarm chicken, and rubber vegetables? The wine was complimentary but not great. Often, dinner is little more than a blasé interruption to a series of carefully curated panels where every...

More than 20 years ago, my business partner and I landed a government-funded research project that took us across the province interviewing stakeholders from every corner of British Columbia. It was a big win for us —and a big undertaking.Our work culminat...

How amped up is your workplace these days?Today’s workplaces haven’t been this charged since the early days of COVID when we argued over masks, vaccines, travel bans, school closures, Anthony Fauci, Bonnie Henry, Theresa Tam and what the actual cause of CO...