ICBC 2010 at Queen's University - 5 Years Later

This post is coming to you exactly 5 years (and 2 days) after I competed waaay back in the day at ICBC 2005. I’m so amazed at how quickly time flies, but really happy to be able to look back on events from so long ago!!

I’ve told several people I have a really good feeling [...]

"Social Entrepreneurship is stupid." according to Penelope Trunk

I was quite surprised to read this statement from Penelope Trunk, founder of Brazen Careerist today. Let’s skip the fact that it’s really stupid to assume a company’s corporate citizenship level simply by looking at a single factor (the presence of a ‘green initiative’) and jump straight into the comment about social entrepreneurship.

The heart of [...]

$50M Social Innovation Fund Approved

Good news for social entrepreneurship and the development world last week; the US House-Senate has approved $50M of funding for the very first social innovation fund!

Looking at some of the comments on the Chronicle of Philanthropy site it seems that people are disappointed that funding for volunteer and non-profit capacity building programs has been cut [...]

Speed Dating Take 2

Me: I mean, come on, no one really comes here expecting to meet their future boyfriend/girlfriend right?Girl#1 (surprised): So you’re just here to make friends???Me: …Ooohhhh…I guess you did…

A couple of friends and I are working on a new business concept dealing with singles/dating, so yesterday afternoon we were doing some research on the competition. [...]

Profiled on the Deloitte Recruitment Website

A couple of months ago I was asked to complete a profile about the experience I’ve had at my firm so far. While I answered the whole questionnaire honestly, I made sure to give them enough to work with!

I’m not a fan of the picture, but I guess they wanted someone who looks [...]

Quoted in the Globe and Mail

A partner and I did an interview with Globe and Mail reporter Kira Vermond last week. I was a little disappointed that I wasn’t quoted in the actual newspaper, but my pic and a quote is in the online version.

Count on me to get quoted saying something about relationships/dating although it was a business article!!

Ian [...]

How to Get a Free Dinner…AND Lunch

I’m constantly amazed at how quickly time flies!! I can’t believe it’s almost the end of May already! Anyhow, here’s another story from my latest trip to Toronto…

We went out for dinner to East Side Mario’s for my cousin’s birthday. Very long story short (no exaggeration whatsoever): the service was the worst I’d ever [...]

Announcing: Generation Y Consultant

My blog has always been a mixed bag of random stuff. Since my personality is also quite random, I wanted to keep it that way as this blog is a fairly accurate reflection of who I am. However, I realize that this can become tedious for certain visitors because they never know what to expect. [...]

Time is Not Always Correlated to Value

“We live in a world that assumes that the quality of a decision is directly related to the time and effort that went into making it.” -Malcolm Gladwell in Blink

Funny thing is that we live in a world where many people assume the quality/value of most things (not just decisions) is directly correlated to [...]

How do YOU Define "Work"?

Overworked photo from Nuvate SolutionsWith today’s networked, “always-on” technology and virtual workplaces, I feel like the term “work” has become very fluid and vague when it comes to white collar jobs. This is why I find it curious whenever someone says: “Dude! I work like 70 hours a week, EVERY week!” Really? Every week? What [...]