“Capitalism cannot function in a world that lives beyond its environmental means and creates massive inequalities.” Matthew Forti, Managing Director at One Acre Fund and a Strategic Advisory Board member at Lebec Consulting, shared this statement with me last week as...
Women of color start businesses at a faster rate than anyone yet remain underserved by lenders. That’s both an equity problem and a missed opportunity for banks. It’s also an entirely fixable situation—after listening to these entrepreneurs’ experiences, it’s clear...
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...
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,...
Tariq Fancy, former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm, who led the company’s effort to incorporate ESG factors across all investment activities, recently published a three-part essay called “The Secret...
I used to have a huge carbon footprint. I liked to fly to conferences in Europe; I lived in a big drafty old house, drove every weekend to a cottage, and in winter would drive two hours to get winched up ski hills covered in artificial snow. The average Canadian is...
