by mvboronowski | Jul 18, 2018 | Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice
We probably just experienced one of the greatest Men’s Football World Cup Finals in modern history. There were own-goals, there was controversial technology, titans of the sport fell, young-upstart-squads excelled, and we all compartmentalized the event’s unfortunate...
by mvboronowski | Jul 11, 2018 | Adaptability, Have Better Conversations
It happens from time to time. Your partner comes home from work defeated. A project went off the rails, they failed to hit their annual target, or were fired after making a big mistake that cost their organization big bucks. In situations like these, being empathetic...
by mvboronowski | Jul 4, 2018 | Creativity, Have Better Conversations
When I was in Italy as a member of Vancity’s Co-operative Study Tour we visited a worker co-op called Kilowatt and I fell in love with the space and its people. The organization focuses on consulting, communication and education that serves social innovation, the...
by mvboronowski | Jun 28, 2018 | Learning & Thinking
Its World Cup time and this year there will be plenty of teams whose hopes and dreams will fall by the wayside in the coming month. Meanwhile, back at home, I recently returned from a soccer tournament in Alert Bay, BC. We’ve written about June Sports before. It is a...
by mvboronowski | Jun 20, 2018 | Learning & Thinking
For the last two weeks I’ve been exploring the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy with my colleagues from Vancity. Our home base was Bologna, the region’s capital, which is the epicenter of the co-operative movement and in possession of Europe’s oldest university....