On Culture, Fun, and Gratitude Reflecting on the Leadership Strand from today’s Cohort 21 virtual face-to-face, I thought it would be worthwhile to share...
Vlog #003: Experiential Learning This is a long over due post, but episode #003 from my very sporadic attempt at vlogging is finally...
An Introduction to Design Thinking Design Thinking was born from a marriage between the business world and traditional approaches to designing products for people....
Vlog #002: Innovation Everywhere The first real episode of the blog is ready for viewing! This episode chronicles the crazy 72 hours I...
I’m Starting My Vlog. Ok, I’m finally doing it. I’m starting my vlog. When I started Cohort 21 this year, my action plan...
Success = Boredom. Today during Cohort 21, a notification popped up on my phone. It was letting me know that Casey Neistat, one...
The Courage to Fail Imagine a running race that takes place in the remote mountains of Tennessee. The course is five loops of...
My Next Big Adventure: Future Design School In Greenwood’s awards assembly yesterday, where I saw grade 12 students who I have watched grow up since grade...
Can Mindsets Be Contagious? My last post about Jay Atwood’s presentation on finding your “hedgehog” has led me to think about how much...
Google Innovators: Finding Your Hedgehog I currently have 22 tabs open on my computer. I’m writing a blog post, following the #deeperlearning Twitter posts...
Google Innovators: Mindfulness Can Be Fun? I grew up in a blue collar, industrial town near Sarnia, ON. It is a great place to live: a...
Google Innovators: How To Draw Toast As you may know, for the past two years I have been doing a “20 Time” project with my...
Innovation is a Mindset: My Google Experience Last week, with the support of my school, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the Google Certified Innovators...
Google Innovators: How to Build a Moonshot. Note: This is the first in a series of posts in which I am processing my experience at the Google...
Action Plan, Meet Google. Back in December, a couple of my colleagues (thanks Charles) nominated me for the Google Certified Innovator program. I...
What Is the Purpose of School? Should schools focus on preparing students for real life or for University? Wait…aren’t those the same thing? As I...