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The Power of AI for Good
Discover how AI can offer opportunities to create positive change in the world
Globalization: Benefits, Backlash and What’s Next
Discover how Canadian businesses and consumers should be responding to deglobalization and geopolitics
Why is Everyone a Thought Leader Now?
Smith alumni share why so many professionals are now filling their feeds with ideas, insights and experiences
Cultivating Entrepreneurial Thinking in Challenging Times
Discover how leaders can drive success without compromising employee engagement
A Guide to Digital Transformation
In today’s evolving business landscape, “digital transformation” has become a buzzworthy phrase but what does it really mean for organizations?
Why You Should Develop a Giving Strategy
Experts in philanthropy share the many benefits of thinking through — and defining — what, when and how you contribute to charitable causes
The Power of Trust
Discover the keys to earning and maintaining trust in today’s marketplace
Are Bad Visuals Holding You Back?
Pretty presentations, clear charts and functional figures aren’t just matters of esthetic preference. They can impact your work
How to Measure Your Organization’s Social Impact
Best practices, tools and methods to determine ROI for social investments
Barry Cross’ Laws of Innovation, Operation and Execution
Discover 10 essential principles that can help strengthen your company’s performance and reduce risk
Turning Strategy Into Results
Learn how to close the gap between planning and execution in your organization
Understanding Non-Compete Agreements
Explore the impact of non-competes on workers and businesses
How to Build High-Performing Teams: Olympic Lessons from Team Canada
Practical insights on trust, communication and well-being
Problem Solving with Design Thinking
How to tap into your team’s creative potential to deliver solutions
Understanding the Power of Nudging
How to get people to make good decisions using behavioural science
Accounting Standards in a Dynamic Environment
How to set and apply standards in a world of fast-paced economic, technological and social change
The Business of Family
Explore why some family businesses endure while others fizzle out
The Hidden Message in What Executives Say
Discover the role of vocal cues in investor decision-making
Redefining Success: Women, Work and Finding Balance
How to design a meaningful career at all life stages
Why Are Some Family Businesses Built to Last?
The dynamics that make family businesses flourish go much deeper than a certain hot drama on TV
The Path to Leadership
Lessons on career growth and inspiring stories from Black leaders in Canada
How to Be a Better Negotiator
Discover how good negotiation tactics can not only get us what we want but can enhance our relationships along the way
Climate Reporting: What Your Firm Needs to Know
Canadian companies must start to understand their climate risk and measure emissions. Are you ready?
A Guide to Social Impact Investing
Emerging business models are reshaping traditional finance for the common good
Can a Little Tech Ease the Burden on Nurses?
A study at a Montreal hospital finds small solutions to a big problem in the health-care system
Managing and Auditing Whistleblowing Systems
Understanding best practices in whistleblowing, what to know about investigations and how to enable employees to speak up
Should Non-Compete Agreements Be Non-Starters?
Provisions that limit worker mobility have at least one thing going for them: they encourage investment in training
Shaping Tomorrow: The Purpose Revolution in Business
Unlock the secrets to building a purpose-driven business and career
Consumer Credit Assessment in the Age of Big Data
Technology is adding a twist to the creditworthiness game. The good news: it may improve financial inclusion
How to Be an Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenization Leader
CEOs play a critical role in ensuring that EDII initiatives are taken seriously. Discover why HR policies and mandatory training can fall short in efforts to increase inclusion within organizations.
How to Become a More Successful Negotiator
An introduction to the art of consensus building
How to Lead High-Performing Teams
Discover the secrets of great teams and how to help them thrive
Marketing Evolution: A Fireside Chat with Ken Wong
Understanding today’s consumer and navigating the new world of marketing
How to Boost Sales by Cutting Complexity
Adapt your sales strategies to help customers accelerate through the buying process
Leadership at Work: Hierarchy vs. Self-Managing Teams
Professor Matthias Spitzmuller explains that self-managing teams shine for organizations that need to keep pace with changing customer needs.
Brave New Workplace
Discover the seven keys to productive, healthy and safe organizations
Driving Process Innovation
How to use intrapreneurship to bust bottlenecks and re-imagine your organization’s inner workings
A Business Leader’s Guide to Blockchain
Understanding blockchain and how it will change the way organizations operate
Auditing and Controlling Cybersecurity Risks
Understanding the role of accountants and auditors in successful cybersecurity policies and strategies
Making the Side Hustle Work
How to become an entrepreneur while holding down a corporate job
Understanding the World of Blockchain
For the next few years, blockchain will generate most interest in finance, logistics and large companies but, down the line, smaller and medium-sized enterprises will benefit.
Keeping Business Relevant in the Digital Age
The ideal digital product manager has three core values: seeing the possibilities of digital transformation; helping people connect; and having self-discipline.
How Does Social Class Affect the Workplace?
Socioeconomic status—income, education and occupation mixed with perceptions of rank based on these assets—is an underappreciated force in the workplace. It can also be a source of bias and discrimination.
Why Don’t People Protect Their Online Privacy?
It’s a paradox: Most people say they are very concerned about their privacy online but few do anything about it.
Why Customer Satisfaction is Critical
Firms may be wise to focus on meeting customer expectations rather than exceeding them.
When Business Gets Political: How to Plan for Hot-Button Issues
Explore the new age of corporate social responsibility, extreme politics and consumer activism
The New Workplace: How to Build Effective Hybrid Teams
Explore the essential ingredients of hybrid teamwork
Tackling the Great Resignation in Accounting
How to attract and retain talent in the accounting profession today
The Global Financial Forecast
Opportunities and risk: What comes next in a post-pandemic world?
What You Need to Know About Digital Transformation
The business world is going digital, don't get left behind
Provoke! How Leaders Can Shape the Future
A discussion with bestselling business author Steve Goldbach
Diversity at Work: How Leaders Can Drive Change
Understanding your role in building a more representative workforce
What You Need to Know About People Analytics
Understanding the game plan for the new world of data-driven human resources
Going for Gold: Communicating the Olympic Games in a Pandemic
An insider's take on this summer's most daunting communication challenge
The Emotional State of Workers in Canada
As we head toward the end of the third wave, leaders must give their teams a sense of progress
How to Find Your Voice and Be Heard at Work
It’s in the interest of employees and leaders that everyone feels safe to speak up and contribute
Adaptive Leadership: Getting the Best Out of People at Work
Discover how diversity drives performance
Why Your Brain Hates Uncertainty and How to Overcome It
Discover three strategies to build resilience at home and at work
A Guide to Corporate Distress and Credit Markets in COVID-19
For financial and investment professionals, there’s never been a time like now
How to Make More Rational Decisions at Work
The mind plays tricks on us. But worry not: There are ways to turn the tables on these hidden influences
7 Things Every Business Leader Should Know About Artificial Intelligence
A guide for managers on AI, how it works and what it can (and cannot) do
How a Simple Nudge Can Bring in Tax Dollars
Turns out companies can be artfully encouraged to do the right thing, just like the rest of us
Building the post-pandemic workplace
Science-based lessons to design healthy and safe work for your employees
What’s next in sustainable finance
Understanding sustainable finance and how it will impact the world of business
Why normal will be different: Preparing for 2021
Put the pandemic in context and find out how organizations are reacting to build a new future
Embracing change for business success
Lessons from the pandemic on leading change within your organization
Beyond COVID: The business of healthcare
A special webinar on healthcare and health policy in Canada
How Bad Actors Infect Mutual Fund Boards
Dual-employed directors may not have shareholders’ best interests in mind
Getting started: How to build a social impact company
The do’s and don’ts of running a business that strives for the greater good
Why Emotions Belong at Work
Emotions are what make us human. Let’s learn how to use them for better decisions and honest workplace relations
Overcoming bias in the workplace: How leaders can drive change
Inclusion is not something that can wait, and leaders in organizations have an important role to play
The Cost of Execution
The common barriers that are causing organizations to misdeliver on their strategy
The post-pandemic global financial forecast
How will the pandemic impact major markets in Europe, Asia and North America going forward?
Decision-making: A guide for managers in good times and bad
There are solutions to dealing with uncertainty, and steps you can take to improve your decision-making abilities
The Emergence of the Social Enterprise
The dilemma for non-profit leaders is how to diversify their organization’s sources of revenue while protecting its social mission
Canada’s next move: What happens after the pandemic?
As we emerge from the crisis, there will be long-lasting ramifications on the economy, government and the way we do business
Marketing in the age of coronavirus. What comes next?
Never before have we seen such a sudden and collective impact on consumers, their psyche, buying patterns and actions
Leading Virtual Teams
How to drive productivity, collaboration and make your team a success
Leading in Turbulent Times
What leaders can do to make a difference in this period of uncertainty
CORONAVIRUS: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know Right Now
The coronavirus crisis presents a whole new set of challenges for business owners
CORONAVIRUS: How Will It Impact Business in Canada? And What Happens Next?
For businesses and the economy, this is all new territory
What makes a good entrepreneur/intrapreneur?
The similarities and differences between these two types of innovators, and how to spot them within your organization
What Exactly Is Sustainable Finance?
The ins and outs of the trend that's reshaping the financial industry, and why investors are paying attention to the environment
Analytics for Small Business
You don’t have to play with the big boys and girls to use their tools. Learn what you need to get started
In AI, There Are No Magical Unicorns
It takes a village to get artificial intelligence projects to the finish line. Prepare accordingly
Learning From Bounce-Back Entrepreneurs
For leaders of new ventures, adversity is just another lesson to absorb. “The second you start to frame things on the dark side, it inhibits future action”
How to Control for Honesty
The challenge is to identify those who really want to be honest and those who only want to appear to be honest
What I Learned About Innovation From Seven Years in the Bush
Shari Hughson on our survival instinct and why Millennials are not the Problem Generation but the solution to our gravest challenges
How to Use Your Intuition Strategically
Knowing your intuition style is the first step to improving your decisions
The Maddening Puzzle of Multi-Channel Campaigns
Advertisers waste a lot of money by blindly assuming that cross-media interactions will always translate into sales gains. Here’s how they can solve that puzzle
Identifying and Delivering the Ultimate Customer Experience
Ever walk a mile in your customers’ shoes? Here’s how to figure out what really makes them loyal and keep coming back for more
What Good Is CSR Now?
In the 1990s, you could count on a financial payoff from a corporate social responsibility program. Today, not so much. What marketers need to know before jumping on the bandwagon
Identifying and Overcoming Hidden Bias
Unconscious biases are roadblocks to sound decision making. Here’s what neuroscience tells us about how to de-activate these biases and build more effective leaders and innovators
Building an LGBTQ+ Inclusive Workplace
Coming out at work can seem like a perilous challenge. Here’s how organizations can support the process
Healthcare Innovation: The Case for a National Strategy
The time for complacency is over. Here’s how to develop coherence, coordination, and a direction for innovative gains
Building AI Bench Strength
How to move beyond enthusiasm or confusion over artificial intelligence to position your organization for the coming revolution
Developing the Intrapreneur’s Touch
How internal innovators can make their case and claim precious resources, and how leaders can create the space for them to succeed
Going Global, With A Little Help from Your Competitors
By joining geographically-based industry clusters, small and medium-sized firms can access the “people and pipelines” necessary for international trade
The Gaping Hole in Canada's Labour Force
Bank of Canada's Poloz: Boosting numbers of youth, women, Indigenous people, Canadians with disabilities, and recent immigrants "a prize worth pursuing"
Nudging Sales into the AI Revolution
With the automation of many sales tasks, salespeople will need to focus on their own killer app - building relationships
New Tax Proposals: What Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners Need to Know
The federal government may be undermining the climate for new venture investment
High-Growth Marketing: All Hands On Deck
For tech firms looking to scale at warp speed, marketers must get engineers and salespeople on the same page
Willy Loman Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Thanks to technology and more open-ended customer relationships, a career in sales has a whole new look
Killing Complexity for a Lean and Agile Organization
Agility is an outgrowth of simplicity. And simplicity comes from a laser focus on the customer
In Space, a Third Culture Rules
How insights from behavioural economics can help solve thorny social issues
On Pay Gaps, Biases, and Zero-Sum Thinking
Making good public policy is hard enough without having to deal with peoples’ behavioural tics
Intuition-Based Decision Making
Data are delightful but intuition is integral when sorting through options and setting a course. Here’s how to use experience and values to make the best decisions
Emerging Issues in Global Marketing
Consumers increasingly are going global yet strong sub-cultures still hold sway. How should marketing strategies keep up with the times?
Investing With Social Purpose
The era of responsible investment and impact investment has arrived. What investors need to know to thrive in these new markets
B2B Marketing: Where Emotion Fits
“Organizations don’t buy products. People in organizations buy products”
Where Analytics End and Instincts Begin
Want to improve the consumer’s experience? You probably won’t find the answer in historical data
Strategic Planning, Beyond Divvying Up Resources
How insights from behavioural economics can help solve thorny social issues
Is Brand Management Regaining its Lustre?
Marketers are starting to win back the authority to deliver on their brands’ promise
Out of the Shadows
Aboriginal youth unemployment is twice the Canadian average. For one Toronto firm, this sorry statistic is a call to action
Leading With Meaning
A values-based approach to building new patterns of thought and action
Global Check-in: State of Financial Markets
From Hong Kong, London, and New York, a blue-chip panel discusses the key issues shaping global markets in the months ahead
Building Team Resiliency
How to ensure your work teams thrive in uncertain conditions — and how to recognize when they need to be broken up
The Art of the Pitch
You’ve got a boffo business idea. They’ve got the cash to invest. How will you convince them to pull the trigger?
The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Class
The “great democratization of the start-up era” has arrived. What are you waiting for?
Gotta Serve Somebody
Many boneheaded business strategies have one thing in common: they overlook the customer
Kicking the Prejudice Habit
A new strategy promises to help people unlearn stereotypes and change biased behaviour
Small Steps to Sustainability
Employee-centric strategies to improve your environmental footprint.
Health, wellness and peak performance
Helpful Tips on Improving Your Well-being and Work Performance
Powerful Names and Brilliant Ideas
Intellectual Property when Patents and Copyright Don’t Apply
Honest Talk About Fraud
It’s not only “bad” or greedy people acting alone who are guilty of wrongdoing, and internal controls go only so far
Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Embracing the implications of our new demographic reality
Who Is Minding The Loans?
Changes in the corporate finance world are shaking up the banks’ role as senior lenders
Living Dangerously in the Shadow of Ghomeshi
Organizations — in both their internal and externals worlds — can be hit by shrapnel from an employee’s private indiscretions. Here’s what they can do to limit the damage
Building a Better Deviant
Sick of accepting mediocrity at work? Here are five safe ways to stand up for what you believe in
Forecast 2015: Adjusting to the New Normal
Consumers and manufacturers should use the temporary windfall of lower energy costs to pay down debt and invest in greater productivity
The Limits of Financial Regulation
David Dodge: American-style regulation is inefficient and pushing financial activity out of the banking system
What Are My Values? Let Me Get Back to You
Holger Kluge on the big deal between Shoppers and Loblaw and the importance of a handshake
Health System Reform, the Aussie Way
Australia parlayed political good fortune and heavy-duty collaboration into a national healthcare strategy. Canada, take note
Disability Insurance as Incentive
Women in Taiwan undergo hysterectomies at a much higher rate than those living in the rest of the world. It seems a well-meaning public insurance program may be responsible
Sustainability in the Energy Patch: Gaps and Burning Issues
“Even with our most vehement opponents, we generally agree with final outcomes,” says Suncor’s Peter MacConnachie. “Disagreement is more on timing or pace or sequence.”
Backbone of Rural Prosperity
Bringing broadband to rural and Northern Canada boosts economic fortunes in small communities at the expense of urban centres
You Don’t Snooze, You Lose
Even a small amount of lost sleep can undermine your work performance or turn your kindly boss into a tyrant. Is it time for organizations to consider on-the-job naps?
The Missing Half of Leadership
Voluntary compliance, backed by peer pressure, will boost the number of women in executive suites and boardrooms
My Three Big Leadership Lessons
Writing The Science of Leadership left Julian Barling with some a-ha moments
How Shiftwork Distorts Patient Care
In the last hour before they clock out, emergency department doctors see their patients less but order more tests. What are the lessons for hospitals?
Leadership Development is Not a Perk
It’s an essential training experience for up-and-comers long before they become leaders
The Train of Decision-making Thought
Start with your gut instinct and then test it with this rigorous analytical process
Great Leaders Do Not Walk on Water
But they do the small things really well, and know how to make amends when they go wrong
Lessons in Leadership from Nelson Mandela
Ten practical lessons from the life of a fabled leader
Tapping Technology’s Hidden Value
It can take 15 years for technological solutions to be enacted. Firms can get on the fast track by co-creating value with their customers and competitors
Putting a Number on Efficient Healthcare
The role of technology and physician behaviour get a closer look
How to Build the Follow-Me-Anywhere Brand
In today’s marketing world, brand authenticity involves a brave leap of faith to connect to a social purpose
The Dark Side of Social Enterprises
We want to feel warm and fuzzy about do-gooder start-ups. But what impact do they really have? And what unintended consequences do they trigger?
What Does Quality Healthcare Mean?
Bending the healthcare cost curve in the U.S. — and Canada — will require tough decisions on how to define and measure quality healthcare
When Inventors Quit their Jobs to Found a Startup, Innovation Takes Off
Cut loose, founders produce more novel and commercial patents
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Success Story
Outgoing CEO Jim Leech reveals the Teachers' secret sauce and shares his vision for a renewed Canada Pension Plan
Talent Management
Practical recruitment, retention, and development strategies to build a high-performance workforce
In Venture Capital, it Takes an Entrepreneur to Know One
Among blue chip venture capital firms, finance pros may rule the roost but seasoned entrepreneurs are the star performers. Pity that so few of them are in the VC business
The Perils of Taking, and Giving, Credit
Eagerly sought and often fiercely contested, credit for an idea or great work is valuable currency in modern organizations. Here's how to cash in without doing collateral damage
Emerging Global Security Risks
Understanding trends and managing risks in international business
The Benefits of Two-Headed Leadership
A co-CEO arrangement can mean better governance and built-in coaching, says Scotiabank's Mike Durland
Global Banking's Bumpy Road
Scotiabank’s Mike Durland on the prospects for greater regulation of world financial markets and the challenges facing financial innovators
The Power of Positive Leadership
At Convocation '13, Scotiabank's Mike Durland channels Iron Man and Martin Luther King Jr.
Why Are We Strangely Blind to Our Own Ethical Lapses?
Thinking about multiple options at a time leads to more reflective and more moral thought: Max Bazerman
The Morality of Food and the People Who Eat It
What goes on in your head while you watch someone bite into an organic apple?
Startup Investment: Hot Markets Lead to Hot Dogs, and Much More
It's assumed that innovation comes first and investment dollars follow. It turns out "money can change innovation and innovation outcomes"
Tobacco Marketing: Where There’s Smoke, is There Fire?
Litigation has pried open a treasure chest of internal documents that show how tobacco companies go about identifying target markets
Commercialization Blues: How a Government Lawsuit Hip-checked the Market for New Ideas
When the costs of collaboration are too high, inventors will go it alone
Executive Behaviour: Why the Female Tortoise Beats the Male Hare
Business decisions by top female executives are more highly valued by the stock market than those made by male executives
The Dividend Month Premium and Paradox
Just before a stock's dividend cut-off date, buyers far outnumber sellers, which defies the logic of the stock market. What's going on?
Sustainable Behaviour: How To Turn Lawn Lovers into Grasscyclers
The marketing challenge: convince Calgarians to leave their grass cuttings on the lawn and not bag them. The winning appeal: what are your neighbours doing?
Ethical Consumption: When Firms Go Green, They May Not See Extra Green
If you plan on pricing your do-gooder product at a premium, you better have a good story
Impression Management: Do You See What I See?
What male and female coupon clippers tell us about our need to avoid leaving a bad impression
Credit Rating Agencies: Downgraded but Not Out
Often loathed and rarely lauded, credit rating agencies have the distinction of being “both useless and powerful at the same time”
Executive Wargaming
How to employ military battle-tested processes to enhance your strategic planning
Is IT Playing The Wrong Role In Your Organization?
How insights from behavioural economics can help solve thorny social issues
Enough About Leadership!
What are the benefits of followership, and how can it make for better leaders?
What Accountants Don’t Want You to Know
Learn a simple system to handle accounting transactions
Welcome to the Age of DIY Financial Analysis
Peer-based advice on buying and selling stocks found on popular finance websites can offer valuable intel on company fundamentals and move stock prices
Strategic Planning
A corporate turnaround pro reveals a disciplined approach to creating responsive strategic plans
Credit Rating Agencies
What role do credit agencies play, and will regulation curb their excesses?