Blogs

From the Campbell Soup Company to a church in Pennsylvania, conversations from an Appreciative Inquiry and strengths-based paradigm are shaping a new future.

Peace River North School District 60 superintendent Larry Espe reflects on the potential for Appreciative Inquiry to transform the education dialogue in British Columbia.

The month of February promises to include some of the best and most inspiring experiences for everyone in Cincinnati.

Over the past couple of months I’ve had the pleasure of sharing enlightening conversations with some of the leading thinkers related to changing attitudes in how we care for our elders as they grow though the late stages of life’s journey.

A 2010 consumer report highlighted that $8 billion was lost in unredeemed gift cards. Over half of those consumers surveyed indicated that they did not have time to redeem their gift card. The next highest group said they forgot they had the gift card, followed by those whose gift card was lost or expired.

On Jan. 26 I had the great privilege of being amongst a select group of co-operative leaders, including the International Co-operative Alliance's (ICA) Dame Pauline Green, who witnessed U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron admit to the failures of the capitalist model and announce long-awaited reform of co-operative legislation.

It’s not so much what a community has as what it does with what it has that determines its socio-economic health. This is one of the reasons the approaching CoreChange Summit in Cincinnati is worth attention and appreciation.

We’re excited to feature Tom Rand as part of our Thriving Communities news. The plenary speaker for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities conference offers practical steps that empower business and communities to take action at a grassroots level.

Vancouver has a genesis story of how it’s been able to achieve one of the lowest carbon footprints of any major North American city.

This is another of those George Bernard Shaw’s famous quotations: “People are always blaming their circumstances…The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them make them”.