Three Career Lessons from Rogue One

by mvboronowski | Feb 1, 2017 | Creativity, Pop Culture Career Advice

Rogue One is a dynamic and exciting new Star Wars story that has broken box office records. Star Wars: The Last Jedi will hit theatres in December 2017. Packed into this great film are plenty of professional lessons for both the characters, the Rebellion and of course...

7 Professional Lessons from The Greatest Generation Podcast

by mvboronowski | Nov 23, 2016 | Creativity, Pop Culture Career Advice

Kurt and I are two guys who like Star Trek, but we’re kind of embarrassed that we listen to “The Greatest Generation”, a Star Trek podcast hosted by two guys who are kind of embarrassed to host a Star Trek podcast. Not only is our consumption of thoughtful...

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...

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...

Five Lessons in Awesomeness from Tom Petty

by mvboronowski | Jul 20, 2016 | Creativity, Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice

My favourite podcast is called Stop Podcasting Yourself and a few months ago its hosts Dave Shumka and Graham Clark talked about Running Down a Dream, the documentary about Tom Petty that you can find on Netflix. I love Tom Petty and I think that Dave and Graham are...

Five professional lessons from Pulp Fiction

by mvboronowski | Jun 15, 2016 | Leadership, Pop Culture Career Advice

  Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is an American neo-noir film chock full of crime, drugs, twisting, and jiving. It’s hip, happening and, while it dates back to 1994, there are plenty of professional lessons scattered between Vincent Vega’s (freaky) stabbing of Mia...