In my latest book, I set out to challenge traditional thinking and shake up the HR and career development world. It’s a revolution, after all.
Future of Work
Will the Canada Training Credit improve our culture of lifelong learning?
When compared with other countries, Canada doesn’t rank high on scales measuring cultures of lifelong learning and innovation.
Let’s spring forward in our careers and how we think about work
We have more to contribute later in our careers than ever before, and even the definition of when “later” is continues to get pushed farther and farther back.
Challenge Factory’s response to the Future Skills Centre announcement
A new Future Skills Centre is launching in Canada, and we couldn’t be more excited.
Think bigger, go farther, and take the risk
I’m often asked why I started Challenge Factory—and it’s a story I love to tell. But my favourite story is about how it has grown and transformed over time and how, in return, it has challenged and changed me.
My 2019 word
It’s 2019 and we’re bursting with unimagined opportunity, fantastic challenges, and clients who are ready to contemplate a Future of Work that is human.
The GM announcement made the Future of Work personal
Political, policy, academic, industry, and company leaders are actively working on the challenges of a shifting workforce. Missing from that list are individual workers.
Architecting the Future of Work: We are all actors
Through our action or inaction, we all shape the Future of Work. That means we need to expand the conversations that are taking place to include everyone.
3 lessons from our student interns
Hiring interns might not be easy for small businesses, but the value they bring is well worth the effort.
Engaging with the Future of Work: What we’ve been up to
Challenge Factory works with organizations that are thinking about how the world of work will change between now and 2030.
3 early lessons from the National Conversation on the Future of Work
We asked career practitioners and HR professionals across Canada what they think about the shifting world of work.
We brought a National Conversation on the Future of Work to Cannexus 2018
Cannexus is a community of professionals dedicated to careers, work, and employment. Through creative collaboration, we explored what they believe about the Future of Work.
Are your workforce challenges chronic or acute?
Treating acute or chronic challenges in your organization with the wrong type of solution can be disastrous. Here are 3 steps to diagnosing them properly.
Year in review: 5 ambitious questions we asked in 2017
In 2017, Challenge Factory set out to answer a set of ambitious questions that would challenge the tendency to approach the Future of Work with myths rather than facts.
Career management: Your secret weapon for today’s Talent Revolution
How can small businesses benefit from career management tools? Our new ‘Retain and Gain’ playbook has the answers—along with 40 practical activities and resources you can implement today.
Your next steps: Bridging what was with what will be
Career transitions don’t have to happen in a single step. You can appreciate many aspects of your career, yet move away from some of them as you chart your way forward.