A job search feels like a numbers game. Until you realize it’s not. It’s not about the hundred applications you send, the ten interviews you get, or the five follow-ups you schedule. In the end, you don’t need a hundred acceptances. You need one. And that one doesn’t come from luck. It comes … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2025
The Cost of Doing Good: Rethinking the Impact Investing Chorus
When it comes to the social impact sector, and especially philanthropy, everyone - or almost everyone - is now carrying the flag of impact investing. It’s the movement of our time, the banner under which finance is expected to find its moral compass. And you would think that cash-rich … [Read more...]
Neighbours, Not Strangers: Holding Onto What We’ve Built
There’s a certain kind of noise that comes with political tension. It can rattle the room, hijack the headlines, and, if we’re not careful, cloud the relationships that matter most. But when the subject is tariffs, trade, and cross-border tension, we’d do well to remember that beneath all the … [Read more...]
The School of Failure: Lessons Learned from Building and Losing
Failure is a ruthless teacher. It doesn’t coddle, doesn’t ask for permission, and certainly doesn’t arrive at a convenient time. Yet, for all its brutality, failure is a master sculptor. It chisels away arrogance, exposes assumptions, and reveals truths that success often obscures. My ventures, … [Read more...]
Why Do We Only Listen When an Influencer Says It?
It’s baffling how often the simplest ideas go unnoticed until they’re said aloud by someone with a platform. You know the moment - the one where you’ve been mulling over a thought for ages, and then an influencer, a person with authority, articulates it, and suddenly, it’s like the light bulb … [Read more...]