I have never lived a year in which I wasn’t working on multiple things at once. Not because I couldn’t focus, not because I was unsure of my path, but because I have always understood that the world moves too fast to rely on a single plan. For the past 20+ years, no matter what my primary role … [Read more...]
The Rarity of Awe: Why We Should Be Selfish with Our Deepest Admiration
Awe is not a casual emotion. It is not excitement, not admiration, not even deep respect. It is something rarer, something almost sacred - an emotion so profound that it should be reserved for only the most extraordinary. And yet, in a world that thrives on instant validation and exaggerated … [Read more...]
The World Rests on the Shoulders of the Willing
There has never been a time in history when the world wasn’t on the brink of something - change, chaos, collapse, or renewal. The end-of-the-world theorists have always found an audience, but I’ve never subscribed to their view. Because every time I look closely, I see something else entirely: a … [Read more...]
Noticing is Faster Than Knowing
Breakthroughs don’t always come with a drumroll. More often than not, they slip in quietly, in the spaces between what we think we know. They do not always happen because of how much we’ve studied, researched, or analyzed, but because of what we notice - sometimes in a split second, before we … [Read more...]
Quiet Brilliance, Bold Impact: Celebrating My Sister’s Legacy on International Women’s Day
On this International Women’s Day, I honor a mentor who has shaped my life for over 40 years - my sister. Her influence in my life extends far beyond my admiration; it is a masterclass in resilience, focus, and leadership. Through her, I have come to understand that true success is not an … [Read more...]
The Risk Worth Taking: A Path Forward for Impact Investing
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...]