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Opinion: O’Brien: the difference between business and politics

City Hall

The leap from business to politics is difficult to make – I speak from experience. By Larry O’Brien Climbing the steep learning curve of my

Opinion: Whole lotta incubatin’ going on

Techopia

Scott Annan stands at attention at the front of Mercury Grove’s open-concept office space, holding up his hands for quiet. He’s perched on a milk

Opinion: The dangers of e-mail boo boos

Ottawa

The other week, much to my surprise, an e-mail arrived in my inbox that shouldn’t have. It was a note from a fairly prominent Ottawa

Opinion: Turning tweets into treasure

Techopia

When Dave Hale started managing the Facebook page of a popular local business a few years ago, even he admitted he wasn’t quite sure what

Opinion: Blood-sucking bed bugs and bureaucracy

Ottawa

We’d only been home a couple minutes when I realized my gaffe. Having just spent two weeks on a splendid Maritimes vacation, I’d hauled my

Opinion: Sir Terry Matthews talks turkey

Ottawa

Say what you want about Sir Terry Matthews, arguably Ottawa’s best-known serial entrepreneur. Just don’t talk to him about life after business. “Well ,what do

Opinion: Richard Florida pushes the reset button

Ottawa

It was great to sit down with supercharged author and thought leader Richard Florida last week, minus the glare of the municipal spotlight. Mr. Florida,

Opinion: Bringing Greek philosophy to the Chinese dragon

Techopia

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus is perhaps best known for the adage that “You cannot step twice into the same river,” highlighting his doctrine

Opinion: Zappos: Core values or no values?

Techopia

For the first three quarters of my advance copy of the book Delivering Happiness by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh (pronounced “Shay”), I felt like this was going

Opinion: Designing a winning strategy

Techopia

Roger Martin, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage. Harvard, 2009. In his latest book, Roger Martin, one of Canada’s leading