THE RURBAN FRINGE

Building a Legacy

“Mega-sporting events can transform a city.  Forgotten neighbourhoods get desperately needed makeovers.  Massive clean-up efforts curb smog and pollution.  Transportation upgrades enhance mobility.
[And] for cities and nations that focus on both the immediate and the longer term, they do more than simply host an event, they build a legacy.”
- Jamil Satchu, Emmanuel Hembert, Nicolass du [...]

Find Your Strengths

To paraphrase W. Somerset Maugham … “There are three rules for creating good leaders.  Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
With the opportunity to participate in a unique leadership development program this year, I’ve had leadership development on my mind a lot recently. 
What qualities define a good leader?  What is the relationship between leadership and management?  [...]

Farmers Fight for Rail Line

As other countries – China and Russia, most notably - race to build rail lines to develop and diversify their economies and link emerging regions, Canada is busy decommissioning vital rail infrastructure across the nation.
This in and of itself isn’t too surprising.  Since the economic liberalization of the rail industry across North America years ago, companies have worked [...]

Canadian Internet Fact Guide 2009 & Canada 3.0

Ipsos Reid recently released its numbers calculating Canadian internet behaviours and attitudes for 2009.
Highlights include:

Increased internet access across the county;
Social media/networking continues to grow with 56% of Canadians having some sort of profile in an online network; and
Over 3/4 of teenagers (12-17) are online with 93%  having more than one social media/networking profile.

As business – and, increasingly, personal [...]

Growth from Within

“80% of future jobs and economic growth emerge from assets and talents already in the community.”
- George Latimer, Home Grown Economies

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