Five Ways to be a More Engaged Citizen
2016 will be remembered as one of the weirdest, disruptive and polarizing years in recent human history. From a Canadian perspective, we elected a government on promises of environmental and electoral progressiveness, but, much to the chagrin of many folks who voted...
How We Will Realize Our Potential in 2017
Every January our team at The Potentiality engages in our New Year’s tradition of making public commitments about how we will realize our potential. For 2017, here is how Godfrey, Michael, Kurt, and I are leveraging our talents and stretching ourselves in 2017. Here's...
Three Tips for Achieving Mid-Holiday Productivity
It’s in between Christmas and 2017 and you’re staring down the business end of a messy home and counting the days before New Years Eve sucks up a lot of your energy. Here are three tips for achieving mid-holiday productivity so that you can survive the gauntlet of...
Three Ways to be a Team Player When You’re Not
“So I’m not really a team player, and if there’s one thing I absolutely can’t handle in a work context it’s interacting with people in a team environment”. Said no person in a job interview. Ever. And this is why you need to know how to be a team player when you're...
The Vancouver Street Soccer League: Connecting and Inspiring Communities
The Opener: Vancouver Street Soccer League Helps Participants Reach their Potential The Potentiality inspires and educates change-makers who are passionate about building community. One of the ways we do this is by featuring organizations (businesses, social...
Gender Equality in the Workplace
When it comes to re-imagining gender equality in the workplace, where does the onus lie? Women have been making gains in education for years – more women than men currently enroll in college and university, and a higher percentage of these women leave with a diploma...
Tips and Tricks from an Adaptable Parent
As a working dad, adaptability and resiliency are key competencies that I use every single day. What follows is what I’d like to offer by way of insight and advice for people who are striving to reach their parenting potential! It’s Saturday, 12:45 in the afternoon....
How to Communicate: Stories, Focus and Listening
The Potentiality’s Cartoonist in Residence, Phil Skipper, has an interesting take on communication. Here is how Phil captured our personal and collective definitions of communication: “Communicating means speaking and writing with simplicity, clarity and influence....
Communicate with Success on Camera
Here are three tips for new spokespeople looking to communicate their message through the media Whether you're an Executive Director telling the story of your non-profit's fundraising campaign, a neighbourhood association spokesperson who is promoting an upcoming...
Positivity and Resilience Overcome Political Attack Ads
Are Acknowledgement and Humour the Antidotes to Attack Ads?
Lifeboat: Enhancing the Potential of Friendships
The Opener | Rediscover Great Friendship with Lifeboat The Potentiality inspires and educates changemakers who are passionate about building community and enhancing well-being. We research and present stories, tools and ideas that help communities realize their...
Three Tips for Creating Thriving Communities
Happy communities are more inclusive, productive and sustainable. Logically, great leaders should put happiness and well-being at the centre of any strategy for building positive communities at work, at school, and in their neighbourhood. Richard Branson recently...
The College Monopoly on Unpaid Internships
This week, Vancouver tech darling Hootsuite was “hammered” (according to Global News) with complaints connected to its practice of hiring unpaid interns. Critics charged that the practice was not only unethical, but also illegal. According to a recent article in the...