It’s time for self-reflection, hotel brands
I wrote an article at the end of 2018 about the “Soul of Hospitality”, hoping that our hotel brands would see fit to support franchisees by managing supply growth and reducing […]
Deceit, Evasion — and Progress? Cheating in the sports and corporate world
The month of February was been tumultuous in the sporting world (remember when February volatility felt like it couldn’t get worse?). It started per usual: the NHL and the NBA […]
Dispute ‘Evolution’ – Managing disputes in the social media age
A depressing annual event happened this past Saturday (as it does twice a year) – a football (the European kind) match in which I hope both teams lose by a […]
‘Soul’ and Basketball – Dan Le Batard, ESPN and the Soul of a Corporation
A particularly insightful podcast from the Ringer’s Bill Simmons (now two – makes me feel less bad about getting this out once the story is forgotten), brought forward a concept […]
Changing the Narrative: A Lesson from the Los Angeles Clippers
2019 is the first year a Canadian team has won the NBA championship, but, as the draft coverage noted, is also 10 years since the Los Angeles Clippers – and […]
A Theoretical Quandary of Inner-city Community Building
A month ago, developers, business owners and I were invited to discuss ‘Climatic Resilience of Inner-City Neighborhoods’, specifically speaking about McCauley and the Quarters in Edmonton, by Ashley Roszko, a […]
Data Security by Process Design: The Next Step for IT and IP Protection
I was sitting next to a HoneyBadger Bitcoin employee on a plane a few months ago – he was moving forward their kiosk deployment across Canada and I was half […]
Data in the Sharing Economy
Business has a new, annoying buzz word to go along with ‘synergies’, ‘disruption’, ‘productize’ and ‘jargon’. (If you haven’t had enough, venture over to Forbes’ list here to make your stomach churn […]
A true(r) picture of immigrant life
A recent opinion piece from the CBC – ‘The dangers of self-ghettoization in Calgary’ left me – (and undoubtedly many others) perturbed. The article (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/self-ghettoization-calgary-israr-kasana-road-ahead-1.4864998), written by well-respected journalist Israr […]
Refueling the Quarters Plan
The digital world has created avenues like these for people to yell into the wind about things that frustrate them. This is one of those times. If you’ve already heard […]
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