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Canada’s Immigrant Talent Trap

The country built its immigration system to fill labour gaps. Why are so many of these workers still stuck in the wrong jobs?

Analytics-AI

Can This New Way to Fight Misinformation Work?

As AI supercharges fake news, researchers have found that telling people what’s false may be less effective than helping them figure it out for themselves

Leadership

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How Organizational Design Drives Delivery

Matthias Spitzmuller explains how the decisions leaders make about people, tasks, structures and culture can dramatically affect organizational performance

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Three Things Leaders Must Understand About Mental Health

Julian Barling and Simon Rego explain why it’s so tricky for leaders to tend to their mental health—and why it matters that they do

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Breathing New Life into Leadership

Too many workplaces are stale and lifeless. Do you want to boost the ren qi in your workplace?

Teams

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In the OR, One Leadership Style Is Not Enough

Inspiration without direction — or direction without inspiration — falls short when lives are on the line

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What Really Holds Global Virtual Teams Back

The promise of a tech-connected, internationally distributed workforce can often outpace the reality.

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Self-Control Is a Superpower With a Dark Side

Are you secretly paying a burnout tax for being the colleague who never drops the ball?

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Diversity

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How Business Leaders Can Contribute to Economic Reconciliation

Corporate Canada can engage more meaningfully with Indigenous peoples, businesses and communities

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A Leader’s Guide to Year-Round Pride

Workplaces can do a lot more to support 2SLGBTQIA+ communities than flying a flag

Who Says You Need a Young CEO to Conquer the World?

A study of Japanese multinationals suggests aging executives steer their firms to global paths they’re cognitively equipped to navigate

Entrepreneurship

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The Untapped Opportunity of Entrepreneurship-Through-Acquisition

Founding and bootstrapping a business might be the entrepreneurial stereotype, but experts say buying a business can be every bit as rewarding

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Why Is Canada Still Doing GST the Hard Way?

Our small businesses spend billions every year doing paperwork that other countries automated years ago. A new study puts a price on the delay

Employee ownership can carry many benefits.

Understanding Employee Ownership

Elspeth Murray explains how employee ownership works in practice

Analytics-AI

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Can This New Way to Fight Misinformation Work?

As AI supercharges fake news, researchers have found that telling people what’s false may be less effective than helping them figure it out for themselves