Canada has a “fail-first” approach to supporting lifelong career development. That needs to change.
Future of Work
The pandemic crisis management equation
Business by business, community by community, we can support each other through the unfortunate equations we find ourselves confronting.
Accelerated or forever changed: COVID-19 and the Future of Work equation
How will your organization rebalance its Future of Work equation?
How students and schools can thrive in Ontario’s performance-based funding model
Using the Guiding Principles of Career Development, let’s take a look at Ontario’s new performance-based funding model for public colleges and universities through a careers lens.
Challenges @ work: What will our ‘big rethink’ moment create?
We need to create a new and better normal, rather than returning to the familiar of the ‘before times’.
Challenges @ work: The future is not a puzzle to solve
The future is not a puzzle to solve. There is no picture on the box to use as a guide. So how do we change our thinking?
Challenges @ work: Technology, real estate, or humanity?
Technology and real estate have important parts to play in shaping the Future of Work—but our discussions, questions, and experiments need to start with humans, and return to humans.
Reopening won’t guarantee main street recovery
Across the country, provinces and municipalities are slowly working towards ending shutdowns and reopening businesses. This is great news, and an important step forward for families, communities, and Canada as a whole.
An open letter to organizational leaders and the HR community: The Future of Work is not now
If your company has been thinking about how different work modes and arrangements might become part of your future strategy, moments of crisis should not be used as a proof-test.
Jumping in the deep end: Career Development 101 and Cannexus20
Taryn Blanchard shares her thoughts on her first Cannexus conference.
Today is the best day to talk about Veterans
Remembrance Day is the only sure day of the year that military Veterans are on everyone’s minds. Challenge Factory wants to talk about them year round.
Coming to Canada in 2020: The Future of Work community of activators
Activators are leaders inside organizations and communities. Some represent large workforces. Others find themselves on the leading edge of change without a natural peer group.
ICYMI: Report from our October executive breakfast
Challenge Factory convened an executive breakfast to share insights that our president, Lisa Taylor, gathered on her recent trip to Europe and expand on key themes that are shaping Canada’s Future of Work.
Intern reflection series: A note from Kelly
Kelly tells us about her new understanding of how to integrate art with business—other than just starting an art business.
Intern reflection series: Lisa Taylor speaks about the program
Just when you think you know what to expect, surprises lurk around the corner.
Is Canada leading in the Future of Work?
Lisa Taylor shares her experience at a global symposium on career development and reflects on the opportunities that Canada has to lead the Future of Work.
From the road: International edition
If representatives from around the world came together to reimagine the Future of Work, what would they discuss?
From the road: Kitchener and Newfoundland
Lisa Taylor’s latest book is out and sparking conversations across the nation. She reflects on the first leg of her book tour, celebrating the future-focused strategies of our post-secondary institutions.