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A good snapshot of the conversation we had in Bled. For me, the interesting question is not whether Europe can produce ambitious companies. It is whether our institutions, capital and talent can keep pace with them as they scale. #Future500 #Governance
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On Indigenous Veterans Day, we honour the First Nations, Inuit and Métis men and women who served Canada with courage and distinction. Their stories are an essential part of our shared history and deserve to be heard. 🇨🇦
ALT Indigenous veterans memorial sculpture in Ottawa, ON
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"He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it."- Seneca
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“Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books each day… The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time.” –Seneca
"It’s one thing to show the artworks. It’s another to show the artworks and tell the story behind them." Great NYT piece on Renaissance painter Catharina van Hemessen and how female artists navigated strict social boundaries in the 1500s. nytimes.com/2026/10/17/arts/…
Inspiring leadership in tech and education!
Ontario Tech will recognize two honorary degree recipients at our Fall Convocation ceremony. 🎓 Kevin Chan of @Meta and education-sector leader Laura Elliott, honoured for their contributions to technology, civic engagement, education and public service. news.ontariotechu.ca/archive…
ALT Headshots of Ontario Tech honorary degree recipients Kevin Chan and Laura Elliott.
Traditional art carries generations of stories, knowledge, and resilience. So proud of this first cohort! cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nor…
Modern deterrence hinges on allied interoperability, not isolated capacity. Driscoll’s point on breaking down proprietary “walled gardens” in defense tech is spot on. Real collective defense requires open data standards and joint industrial readiness.
“To deter—and ultimately defeat—their adversaries, the United States and its allies must align their defense ecosystems,” writes former U.S. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll.
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Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38 npr.org/2026/09/18/nx-s1-597…
"Every strategy, decision, and transformation begins as a conversation." Setting clear roles, goals, and psychological safety in the boardroom elevates governance from oversight to true value creation. hbr.org/2026/08/how-the-best…
Organizations ask talented people to build systems and institutions. In return, that work must build judgment, capability, and confidence in the people doing it.
Do your decision rights match responsibility? Retention is a function of governance, not HR.
Joining the Future 500 Forum in Bled on August 31 for a conversation about how we create the conditions for ambitious people to stay, return and help companies scale. I’ll bring a cross-sector governance perspective to the discussion.
#Future500 #Talent #Leadership #Governance
Smart glasses controversy sidelines the benefits for disabled people | @guardian Letter theguardian.com/technology/2…
Feds’ definitions of disability is not inclusive: advocates ctvnews.ca/canada/article/fe…
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I have proclaimed Wednesday, July 22, Thursday, July 23, and Friday, July 24 as Three Days of National Mourning throughout Guyana in honour of the victims of the M.V. Barima tragedy.
The best boards don’t just oversee. They listen. pwc.com/us/en/services/gover…
‘Some fantastic mischief lurking just around the grin’: Sam Neill by Tara Fitzgerald – a poem theguardian.com/film/2026/ju…
'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts bbc.com/news/articles/c8e2j0…
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Together for global stability, sustainable growth and effective multilateralism. Shared challenges. Common action. #G7Evian
