In this series, professionals at the Milken Institute Global Conference debate the most pressing issues facing their industries today. Write your own #MIGlobal post here. In April 2016, the cover of the Harvard Business Review read: “You Can’t Fix Culture”, which made me wonder what was wrong with culture in the… Read More »We can’t fix culture, but we can rethink our assumptions
The frequency in which I hear people talk about their ‘hustle’, or their ‘side hustle’ (a side project from which they get fulfillment that they cannot get from their 9-5 gig), has been on a steady increase for the past few years. The fact that… Read More »Why We Shouldn’t Hustle
At the risk of generalizing whoever is reading this, I’m simply going to make this about me. My feeling though, is that many of you will be able to relate. This is my fear. I’ve found that on my phone are a series of apps… Read More »Why Knowing More and Understanding Less Is Now My Biggest Fear
Millennials: You either love them or hate them, and chances are, you don’t really understand them. Look, it’s not you, it’s… well, it’s not me either; it isn’t either of us really. And I can’t say I blame us. I’m a Millennial (I think), but… Read More »Why We Can’t Generalize Millennials
Ilona Dougherty, founder of Apathy is Boring and recent recipient of Canada’s Top 100 Women in 2015 has done some very interesting research around the shift in the number of students attending university. In her recent article, she found that ‘the number of students enrolled full-time in university… Read More »Five Questions Students Should Be (But Aren’t) Asked
Here we are, the latter half of 2016. Cars are starting to drive themselves, devices are connecting and communicating with each other, and work…well work is bigger than it has ever been before. Why? Because we can work in more places than we could 10… Read More »How Work-Life Integration Proves That We Have To Love Our Jobs
Co-authored with Connor Beaton and originally posted in Influenvice.com This week, 11,414 athletes step into the global spotlight. Win or lose, for many the dream was to make it to the most prestigious athletic event in the world. They did it. These Olympians have trained countless hours, sweat endless beads,… Read More »Priorities Have To Be Established, And Other Business Lessons I Learned From Olympians
‘The Top 100 Places To Work’, ‘Best Cultures in America’, ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’, and all of the other ‘Top X’ lists are accolades many companies strive to be awarded. We all want to create a great place to work, no doubt, but what… Read More »A Universal ‘Best Culture’ Doesn’t Exist
The way we work and talk about work is changing. No longer is work just something we punch in to and out of, it is an identifier of who we are what we like to do. More so now than ever though, volunteering is become… Read More »Volunteering and the Future of Talent Attraction
I first wrote this short piece as a joke, but then realized that I was so guilty of overusing powerful words that it wasn’t a joke at all. Yesterday when I went to my favorite restaurant, I ordered my favorite meal, and had the highest… Read More »Why My Lunch Will Never Be Better Than Great