Entrepreneurs are redefining the future of Ethiopia

Addis Ababa is nuts. The city is impossible to get around because there’s construction everywhere. It’s a chaotic boomtown that aspires to be the Dubai of east Africa — and might actually have a chance. The main thing Ethiopia has going for it is a pervasive entrepreneurial spirit. Everywhere you … Read More

A good manager, like a good NHL coach, knows when to pull the goalie

Whichever team wins the Stanley Cup this spring, this will be true of its head coach: he will previously have been fired as an NHL head coach. All eight teams in the second round of the post-season were being led by a man who previously had been shown the door … Read More

Giving a speech? Here’s how to tell a good joke

Hasan Minhaj did not exactly knock them dead at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 29. He was shouty, some of his jokes were clunkers and he delivered many of them waytooquickly. But he nailed one, by applying one of the first rules of public speaking: slow down. He set the … Read More

If art can’t be offensive, can you really have art?

Art has long been a means for artists to express ideas, often offensive ones. Great art demands attention and is best when it is controversial,  examples of which there is no shortage of. Yet in Toronto’s chi-chi Leslieville neighbourhood, a recently planned art exhibit and its cancellation is a case study … Read More

Home Capital’s woes are not the start of a banking crisis

In case you’ve missed the Canadian business story of 2017, here is a snapshot of what it is – the stunning collapse in the share price of mortgage lender Home Capital Group, and now the ill-informed commentary from some who think there is a chance of “contagion,” that is a … Read More

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