Three Professional Tips I Learned from Cooking in the Backcountry

by mvboronowski | Sep 21, 2016 | Adaptability

This September, John, Godfrey and I along with a gaggle of other fellows headed north of Vancouver to hike Elfin Lakes in Garibaldi Provincial Park. That day we had a lot of fun climbing to the top of an ancient volcano setting up our alpine camp and recalling...

Eight Professional Lessons from the Movie Chef

by mvboronowski | Sep 14, 2016 | Communication, Pop Culture Career Advice

Last week I re-watched Chef – written, directed and starring Jon Favreau – on Netflix. The film is about Carl Casper, the head chef at a high-end Los Angeles restaurant who loses his cool, loses his job, loses a lot of peoples’ respect, but then finds himself on a...

Three professional lessons from your favourite college films

by mvboronowski | Sep 7, 2016 | Adaptability

This week millions of students all over the world will be heading back to school. Most peoples’ experiences at university bear little resemblance to the Hollywood hijinks in films like Old School. But there are pearls of truth in plenty that’s popular these days. Here...

10 Better Things to Say than “Be a Man”

by mvboronowski | Aug 31, 2016 | Have Better Conversations, Leadership

“Be a Man”. We’ve heard the phrase jabbed at a dude caught in a circle of dudes (sometimes women are there, too) who are using peer pressure tactics. Or it’s a classic movie line aimed at motivating male protagonists to realize their potential. Some of us might’ve...

Four Professional Lessons We Can Learn from Gawker (RIP)

by mvboronowski | Aug 24, 2016 | Learning & Thinking, Pop Culture Career Advice

This week, Gawker posted its last story. The snarky, gossipy website was the scourge of the New York media establishment, Hollywood and Silicon Valley (among other communities). Plenty has been written already about who killed Gawker and whether we should mourn its...