Six Tips for Thriving after the Collapse of Western Civilization
A few things happened last week. My wife and I watched Mad Max: Fury Road on Netflix (it’s really good) and Rachel Nuwer wrote a depressing article for the BBC Future about how Western Civilization could collapse. Facts are facts and there is a probably a slightly...
How to Give Feedback
A focus of this blog is to help you have better conversations. Enhancing dialogue at work, in classrooms and throughout neighbourhoods makes our communities more engaged, diverse and healthier. Accepting and offering feedback are essential elements of great...
How to Ask for Feedback
A focus of this blog is to help you have better conversations. Enhancing dialogue makes our communities more engaged, diverse and healthier. Accepting and offering feedback are essential elements of great conversations. Giving and receiving praise or criticism isn’t...
Five Ways to Triumph Over Jerks
This article tells the story of five ways to triumph over jerks and other mean people who will infect your community. Recently, I encountered a wide variety of jerks. Let me tell you, it took adaptability, creativity, thoughtfulness, and great leadership to win...
Helping Students Explore Education and Career Options Online
Our case study this week focuses on a BC based start-up that ticks a lot of boxes for us here at The Potentiality. It touches on the core competencies of Thinking and Learning, Communication, and it’s a nice blend of competition, education, and entertainment - what we...
How to Get the Most out of Your Summer Job
For those of you students out there who started their summer job search in October or November or who are enrolled in university co-op programs, congratulations! You may be one of the lucky few students to lock down a position that is higher paying, linked to what you...
Greendipiti Makes Re-Gifting Cool and Kind
THE OPENER | HOW RE-GIFTING IS AWESOME, NOT “CHEAP” OR “LAZY” The Potentiality inspires and educates people who are passionate about building community. One of the ways we do this is by featuring organizations (businesses, social enterprises, schools, and non-profits)...
How to Ask for (and Act on) Feedback
This article is about how to ask for (and act on) feedback. Because one of the best ways for people to realize their potential is to receive and act on feedback. Unfortunately, human beings are fairly terrible at accepting praise and listening to criticism. How to Ask...
How to Be a Better Workaholic
Good for the Career, Bad for the Soul These days working long hours can seem like a necessary evil in order to get ahead. While impressing your boss through workaholism can be exhausting, studies show that the long hours put in by many young professionals do usually...
Three Career Building Tips for Recent Graduates
Congratulations. You’ve graduated and want to start a successful career. As a recent graduate, you’re leaving the meritocracy of higher education and are about to enter a highly competitive workforce and try to build a successful career. Not only does Canada yield one...
Five Negotiation Tips Learned the Hard Way in Thailand
Last month I had the good fortune of travelling through Thailand. It was a fascinating experience that got me thinking about how different cultures negotiate. In Thailand, there aren’t many fixed prices when negotiating with the locals, especially when it comes to...
How to Lead Without a Title
Let’s say you want to find some leaders to learn from, so you jump online and Google ‘great leaders’. The first result is images of Ghandi, Steve Jobs, Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln. So hey, no pressure, but if you want to be a great leader, apparently...
Three Professional Lessons from Being a New Dad
Here are three professional lessons from being a new dad. I recently returned to work after nearly three weeks of amazing family time and bonding with my wife, Michelle, and first child, Miles. As the dads behind this blog, this blog and this blog will tell you, being...