Web Summit Vancouver: “It’s Coming”
"It's coming." That was the unofficial slogan echoing through Web Summit Vancouver — and on the exhibition floor and speaker stages, you could feel why. Autonomous vehicles, agentic AI, wearable medical devices, the future of work: all of it, tangible and accelerating. But the conversation that cut through the noise wasn't about technology at all. It asked a harder question — one every leader in that room needed to hear.
How You Can Win in a Trade War: Be bold, not quiet
Silence is a losing strategy in the Canada-U.S. trade war. Canadian brands that are speaking up—like Chapman’s Ice Cream—are winning big as consumers rally behind local products. But the smartest businesses aren’t just riding the wave; they’re using this moment to reshape their future and seize new market opportunities. The question is: will you?
AI and the Value of Creativity: A conversation with Jordan Ray
Jordan’s career in Communications has spanned over a decade, working with some of the best and brightest in the public and private sector. He was an early adopter of ChatGPT and other AI tools. So I spoke to him about his curiosity about AI, how he turned that into a training course for Communications professionals, and where he predicts the industry is moving.
Grading Adidas’ Statement on Kanye West
Somewhere in Adidas headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany, there are folks who look like they’ve just crawled out of a flaming dumpster after writing a corporate statement about the Kanye West/Adidas saga. This blog post is about the work they did.