It is hard enough to watch the horrors of war unfolding in a country that you have visited. It is even harder knowing that people you know are still there, dealing with the disruption and chaos of war. It had been more than eight years since I was last in contact with...
Imagine if Amazon’s mission was to restore the Amazon rainforest… that project would have been completed a decade ago… Seven years ago, I was on a hiking trip with my high school mate, Adam McCurdie, in Sri Lanka, just months after Sri Lanka’s civil war. We came...
For several years now, efforts have been taken around the world to control and address the effect of human activity on the planet. To that end, in 2016, more than 190 nations committed, via the Paris Agreement, to improve their objectives and strategies in order to...
Stop whatever you’re doing and think on this: What would you do if you learned you might have only a few years to live? It’s not a fun question, but I’ve found myself pondering it more than once. Turns out, the answer for me was to donate most of my savings and try to...
Everyone has a favorite toilet story, some negative, others humorous, perhaps not as bad as the scene from the movie Trainspotting, but an experience that nonetheless sticks with you. I saw my first-ever squat toilet (aka “Turkish toilet”) in a café in Italy and...
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and Great Resignation, it’s harder than ever for businesses to hire the right people. As a business leader I am well acquainted with the fierce competition employers across the country face, particularly when hiring logistics,...
