This is a follow-up to The Cost of Doing Good, where I challenged the social impact sector - particularly foundations - to pause and ask some uncomfortable questions about the prevailing push toward impact investing. The first article wasn’t a critique of the idea itself but an invitation to a … [Read more...]
Wake Up, Canada: The Future Won’t Wait for Us
There’s a quiet complacency that creeps in when a nation has known peace, prosperity, and relative stability for so long. It’s almost seductive. We start to assume that what worked before will somehow carry us forward. That the formulas we perfected in the twentieth century will continue to … [Read more...]
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...]
The Rhythm of Greatness: Sprint Intentionally, Rest Deliberately, Win Consistently
Sometimes it takes stepping away from your environment and your routine to truly appreciate the why, what, and how of your own life. As I spend time in India, observing and experiencing the differences, I can’t help but notice the stark contrast in how people approach work, time, and energy. … [Read more...]
Leadership in Crisis: Hope is Not a Strategy
Lately, Canada has been spending a lot of time bracing for impact, caught in the gravitational pull of America's turbulence. I have heard a few folks talk about “coping”, as if endurance is a strategy, as if waiting out uncertainty will somehow lead to stability. But in moments like these, … [Read more...]
I See You. Take Your Time.
We move too fast. Not just in how we rush through our days, but in how we expect things from others - quick responses, immediate results, instant understanding. We measure progress in speed, efficiency, and output, forgetting that real growth, real connection, and real leadership don’t operate … [Read more...]
Stress Isn’t the Enemy – It’s the Signal
There’s a common cultural thread that frames stress as the villain in the modern story of our lives. The thing we need to escape. The toxin we need to flush. The weight we need to unload. But that framing does more harm than good. Because the truth is - stress isn’t going anywhere. It’s stitched … [Read more...]