Three Professional Lessons from my June Sports Soccer Tournament
Earlier this month, I travelled with soccer players from the Vancouver Street Soccer League to Alert Bay to compete in the Aboriginal soccer tournament called June Sports. To read more about this tournament, you can check out this excellent article in the Guardian...
Three Reasons Why You Should Take Vacation Right Now
My wife just forwarded me an email from her organization’s Human Resources department that reads, “Don’t forget to take your vacation!” You’d think that things like this don’t require reminders, but Canadians aren’t great at having or taking vacation days. As a...
Five Ways that Cycling to Work Enhances Wellbeing
The June 2016 issue of BC Business is chock full of statistics and stories about commuting – Frances Bula argues that big investments in transit, bike lanes and even non-driving Millennials aren’t doing much to de-throne the car as commuters’ choice. I am a...
Youth, Riots, Rwanda, and Ridiculousness
This is a post about the vancouver riots, sensationalism in the media, the plight of youth in a chaotic world, nega-community, and how they all fit together in a ridiculous way. It will take you a while to get through it all - and your head might spin - but if it's...
The Culture of Mentorship
A very cool and educational event took place this weekend during UBC Alumni Weekend. UBC Career Services and Alumni Affairs celebrated 10 years of Tri-Mentoring at the school. Here is a superawesome video that highlights some of the best components of this unique and...
Rochelle Grayson
Who are you? I’m Rochelle and I’m the CEO of BookRiff. What that means first and foremost is that I focus on delivering rockin’ digital media and social experiences that make lots of money for content owners, creators and contributors, AND that are fun and flexible...
Netflix is killing the Video Store
Just as video killed the radio star, now Netflix is killing the video store. And I most certainly do not feel fine about this. Don't get me wrong. I love Netflix in some ways. I recently enrolled in their "program" and have been immersed in a steady stream of...
Wasted Talent
You see, human beings are the only species on this planet without full employment. All the other ones – from worms to whales to walruses to wallabies – have jobs (or, more accurately, they all have work to be done). This is not a new concept – undoubtedly, the delicious jugs made me seem very wise at the time – but it should be noted that, according to the International Labour Organization, nearly one billion people on this planet are unemployed and countless others are underemployed.
Failing Builds Community
When you fail at something, what’s your next step? How do you deal with it? Do you humbly admit your mistake and troubleshoot a solution with those affected? Or do you hide and/or massage the results to spin it as success?
Etiquette Builds Community
When I was working at the highly regarded Sauder School of Business, I was consistently mortified at how many doors were slammed in my face by Vancouver’s future business leaders. I definitely don’t expect to have doors held open for me based on my gender, but I do expect it to happen based on my status as a fellow human being. It’s pretty easy to do a quick head-check to see if there’s anyone behind you before you swing the door like it’s an iron gate in a hurricane.
Bill Starr
Who are you? Bill Starr is a founding partner and CEO of My Life List LLC (www.mylifelist.org), a Boston-based new-media company. He is a graduate of Bishop’s University in Quebec and is originally from Rothesay New Brunswick, Canada. Starr is an avid life lister,...
What’s in a Ship?
Strangely, the economic crisis brought, mostly out of fear, a whole new respect and acknowledgment of shipping’s importance. In the months following Lehman Brothers’ stunning collapse, shipping languished at unprecedented levels.
Harvard: The Bishop’s of America
No, I didn't flinch or stutter as I wrote the title of this article. It should be noted and emphasized that Harvard is behaving a little like Bishop's University. Let me explain. Last week, up-and-coming "newspaper" the The Globe and Mail published a story about the...