Fast Company
Here’s where remote workers can still get paid to move
Some cities have abandoned incentive programs for remote workers. But there are still places that will pay you to relocate.
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The Globe and Mail
AI is upending the skills consultants need to be successful and how they get paid
Consultants have traditionally spent a large portion of their time reading, analyzing, writing and presenting data. Now, artificial intelligence is doing all of that faster.
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The Toronto Star
Enbridge Gas president on sustainability, reliability — and why your gas bill has gone up
Michele Harradence explains the tricky balancing act needed to fuel Ontario, and the huge underground gas storage facility near Chatham you’ve never heard about that keeps your furnace firing.
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Fast Company
Why the ADHD brain is a perfect pairing for AI
Those with the condition tend to struggle in the domains where AI excels, and vice versa.
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Fast Company
AI is already shaping the kinds of skills employers are seeking, according to a recent report
Demand for AI-related skills is up 109% since last year. What that means for you.
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The Globe and Mail
From ‘fun experiment’ to ‘operational necessity’: AI shakes up accountin
In many ways, this latest technological leap is no different than the jump from the abacus to the calculator, the spreadsheet to cloud computing. In others, it represents something entirely new.
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The Toronto Star
Building a trillion-dollar business harnessing ‘entrepreneurial spirit’
Primerica CEO Glenn Williams disagrees with accusations his company uses multi-level marketing, saying it is instead a “modified version of the traditional agency or branch system,” and the best way to deliver financial services to underserved middle-income earners.
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The Globe and Mail
The case for hybrid work is clear, so why are so many employers ignoring it?
“The sales pitch for hybrid work is that it’s profitable,” says Stanford University economics professor Nick Bloom, whose paper in the prestigious Nature journal made a compelling case for hybrid work.
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The Globe and Mail
Ontario’s new pay transparency rules will likely affect a lot more workers than just job seekers
With the new year comes a new slate of rules pertaining to job postings in Ontario, with significant implications.
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Fast Company
ADHD at work: A challenge, a superpower—or both?
As our knowledge of the paradoxical condition grows, so is our understanding of how to channel ADHD as a strength.
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The Globe and Mail
How a shorter workweek can help solve some of our most stubborn social challenges
If adopted on a wide enough scale, the shorter workweek could help Canada make meaningful progress on some of our most important and stubborn collective challenges.
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The Toronto Star
Here’s how the new Mastermind at the helm of Canada’s toy store plans to rebuild iconic brand
Mastermind is bouncing back from recent creditor protection. “We’re focused on the things that algorithms can’t replace,” says CEO John Bayliss. “People, expertise and local connections.”
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Fast Company
This group of workers is winning the AI adoption race
With fewer practical constraints and more direct benefits, independently employed professionals are leveraging the technology at higher rates
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Fast Company
This new type of entrepreneurship is booming—and it’s not just a fad
À la carte specialty skills are seeing huge demand in an increasingly complex, financially constrained, and remote world of work
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The Globe and Mail
Canada’s first ‘reptile café’ opens in Toronto
Mystik Café offers customers the chance to get up close to snakes, lizards and tortoises.
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Time
Working More Doesn’t Make You More Productive
As AI promises to transform how we work, and the four-day workweek movement gains steam, it is time to admit once and for all that working more does not make you more productive.
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The Globe and Mail
Worker engagement and productivity suffer with return-to-office mandates, studies show
With several major employers enforcing return-to-office (RTO) mandates and increasing the number of in-office days this year, new research suggests there could be significant negative effects on worker engagement and productivity.
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The Toronto Star
‘May the best product and business win.’ Why Koho Financial’s CEO is hoping for bank status this year
Koho CEO Daniel Eberhard started fintech a decade ago after discovering how much money his mother was losing to overpriced financial products. “We have had the least competitive banking economy in the world for a long time,” Eberhard says, “and consumers have suffered.”
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The Toronto Star
Opinion | Here’s how Canadian business can improve its productivity — by working less
When individuals, organizations or even nations are worried about declining innovation and productivity, the natural response is to work more. The best solution, however, may be the opposite.
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Fast Company
Single people are more apt to work on Sundays
Experts say it’s a maladaptive way to stave off loneliness, which is a broader concern in the workplace.
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