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5 Job Search Trends for 2025

Bias: none Source: Forbes File Type: Article Overview: 5 Job Search Trends For 2025 Web Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shodewan/2025/01/22/5-job-search-trends-for-2025/

A management professor explains why you should stop explaining everything

Bias: Centre Source: Fast Company File Type: Essay Overview: A management professor explains why you should stop explaining everything Web Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/91257031/a-management-professor-explains-why-you-should-stop-explaining-everything

Featured in Feedback & Failure

Lack of ambition in Canada creating ‘600-pound beaver in the room’: Shopify president

Bias: none Source: CTV News File Type: Article Overview: Lack of ambition in Canada creating \\'600-pound beaver in the room\\': Shopify president Web Link: https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/lack-of-ambition-in-canada-creating-600-pound-beaver-in-the-room-shopify-president-1.7058665

Five types of mentors we all need

Five types of mentors we all need Sub-Category: Networking & Mentorship Source: TED File Type: Article/Video Overview: Five types of mentors we all need Web Link: https://ideas.ted.com/the-5-types-of-mentors-you-need-in-your-life/?fbclid=IwAR3rzBD8K7WYFTQyYFqaNktXcEZChYptTjSlkCC025iyPL-0A7-wOSjx5A4

We Are Friends: A Canadian Indigenous Peer Mentor Program’s Journey from Vision to Reality

We Are Friends: A Canadian Indigenous Peer Mentor Program’s Journey from Vision to Reality Bias: Centre Left Sub-Category: Networking & Mentorship Source: NACADA File Type: Opinion Overview: Value of peer mentorship at any age Web...

Featured in Life Lessons & Suggestions

In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they found an answer

Bias: Centre Source: The Globe and Mail File Type: Essay/Research Overview: In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they found an answer Web Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-scientists-pursuit-of-happiness-debate/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Morning%20Update&utm_content=2024-10-11_6&utm_term=Morning%20Update%3A%20Playing%20nice%20this%20Thanksgiving&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=bZnKMoBYEqn1yUkTzfoe4%2BPSvjxFhJPIuOC0qZ57Bs0%3D

40 years after his death Michel Foucault’s philosophy still speaks to a world saturated with social media

Bias: Centre Source: The Conversation File Type: Essay Overview: 40 years after his death Michel Foucault’s philosophy still speaks to a world saturated with social media Web Link: https://theconversation.com/40-years-after-his-death-michel-foucaults-philosophy-still-speaks-to-a-world-saturated-with-social-media-232589

The age of not even half-talking: If the first question about a meeting is “Which side will lose?” you’re doing it wrong

Bias: Centre Source: Paul Wells File Type: Essay Overview: The age of not even half-talking: If the first question about a meeting is "Which side will lose?" you\'re doing it wrong Web...

Featured in Presentations & Pitches

Presenting Design Work with Intentionality

Presenting Design Work with Intentionality Sub-Category: Presentations Source: Medium File Type: Opinion Overview: How to present design work Web Link: https://medium.com/@charliedeets/presenting-design-work-with-intentionality-4c79328bdbb6

30 Legendary Startup Pitch Decks And What You Can Learn From Them

30 Legendary Startup Pitch Decks And What You Can Learn From Them Sub-Category: Pitches Source: PiktoChart File Type: Video Overview: Successful pitch deck examples Web Link: https://piktochart.com/blog/startup-pitch-decks-what-you-can-learn/

How To Present Your Ideas Powerfully and Inspire Your Audience to Action

How To Present Your Ideas Powerfully and Inspire Your Audience to Action Sub-Category: Presentations Source: Medium File Type: Opinion Overview: How to present your ideas powerfully in order to inspire your audience Web...

Featured in Prototyping & Collaboration

Khan Academy: A Case Study in Scaling a Start-Up

Bias: Centre/Right Source: Khan Academy File Type: Case Study Overview: Khan Academy: A Case Study in Scaling a Start-Up Web Link: https://hbr.org/podcast/2024/11/khan-academy-a-case-study-in-scaling-a-start-up

In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they found an answer

Bias: Centre Source: The Globe and Mail File Type: Essay/Research Overview: In the perpetual quest for the secret to happiness, scientists butted heads until they found an answer Web Link: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-scientists-pursuit-of-happiness-debate/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Morning%20Update&utm_content=2024-10-11_6&utm_term=Morning%20Update%3A%20Playing%20nice%20this%20Thanksgiving&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=bZnKMoBYEqn1yUkTzfoe4%2BPSvjxFhJPIuOC0qZ57Bs0%3D

Understanding How Design Thinking, Lean and Agile Work Together

Understanding How Design Thinking, Lean and Agile Work Together Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Peer Review Source: Mind the Product File Type: Guide Overview: From problem to solution assessment: process breakdown Web Link: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/understanding-design-thinking-lean-agile-work-together/

Featured in Leadership & Systems Change

Lack of ambition in Canada creating ‘600-pound beaver in the room’: Shopify president

Bias: none Source: CTV News File Type: Article Overview: Lack of ambition in Canada creating \\'600-pound beaver in the room\\': Shopify president Web Link: https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/lack-of-ambition-in-canada-creating-600-pound-beaver-in-the-room-shopify-president-1.7058665

Meet the British Columbians whose names match their lives

Bias: none Source: CBC File Type: Article Overview: Meet the British Columbians whose names match their lives Web Link: https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7219031

The age of not even half-talking: If the first question about a meeting is “Which side will lose?” you’re doing it wrong

Bias: Centre Source: Paul Wells File Type: Essay Overview: The age of not even half-talking: If the first question about a meeting is "Which side will lose?" you\'re doing it wrong Web...

Featured in Organization & Brainstorming

How Successful People Focus On What Matters

How Successful People Focus On What Matters Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Focus Source: Forbes File Type: Opinion Overview: How to focus on what matters Web Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemaddock/2012/07/17/how-successful-people-focus-on-what-matters/#42842e974a01

5 Effective Brainstorming Techniques – Let Your Ideas Flow

5 Effective Brainstorming Techniques – Let Your Ideas Flow Sub-Category: Brainstorming Source: Fresh Gigs File Type: Resource Overview: Tips for effective brainstorming Web Link: https://www.freshgigs.ca/blog/5-effective-brainstorming-techniques-let-your-ideas-flow/

Design thinking explained

Design thinking explained Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Focus Source: MIT File Type: Opinion Overview: Moving from idea to the focused, better idea Web Link: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/design-thinking-explained

Featured in Problem Solving & Process

The Irreplaceable Value of Human Decision-Making in the Age of AI

Bias: none Source: Harvard Business Review File Type: Essay Overview: The Irreplaceable Value of Human Decision-Making in the Age of AI Web Link: https://hbr.org/2024/12/the-irreplaceable-value-of-human-decision-making-in-the-age-of-ai

Is the Process more important than the Product?

Is the Process more important than the Product? Bias: Centre Sub-Category: Advice Source: Future West File Type: Opinion Overview: Why process is more important than the result in conservation Web Link: https://www.future-west.org/is-the-process-more-important-than-the-product/

A breakdown of design thinking

A breakdown of design thinking Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Design Thinking Source: Harvard Business Review File Type: Video Overview: A breakdown of design thinking Web Link: https://hbr.org/video/4443548301001/the-explainer-design-thinking

Featured in Research & Communication

A management professor explains why you should stop explaining everything

Bias: Centre Source: Fast Company File Type: Essay Overview: A management professor explains why you should stop explaining everything Web Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/91257031/a-management-professor-explains-why-you-should-stop-explaining-everything

AI is set to transform science – but will we understand the results?

Bias: Centre Source: The Conversation File Type: Research/Analysis Overview: AI is set to transform science – but will we understand the results? Web Link: https://theconversation.com/ai-is-set-to-transform-science-but-will-we-understand-the-results-241760

I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it

Bias: none Source: Science File Type: Essay Overview: I hated writing—until I learned there’s a science to it Web Link: https://www.science.org/content/article/i-hated-writing-until-i-learned-there-s-science-it

Featured in Trends & Career Tools

5 Job Search Trends for 2025

Bias: none Source: Forbes File Type: Article Overview: 5 Job Search Trends For 2025 Web Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shodewan/2025/01/22/5-job-search-trends-for-2025/

Canada’s economy will finally be in recession and AI takes over our classrooms: The Hub’s can’t-miss predictions for 2025

Bias: Centre/Right Source: The Hub File Type: Essay/Analysis Overview: Canada’s economy will finally be in recession and AI takes over our classrooms: The Hub’s can’t-miss predictions for 2025 Web Link: https://thehub.ca/2024/12/26/canadas-economy-will-finally-be-in-recession-and-ai-takes-over-our-classrooms-the-hubs-cant-miss-predictions-for-2025/

Science has a short-term memory problem

Bias: Centre/Left Source: Vox File Type: Essay Overview: Science has a short-term memory problem: Scientists are trapped in an endless loop of grant applications. How can we set them free? Web Link: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/370681/science-research-grants-scientific-progress-academia-slow-funding

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