Topic: Montreal

Self-Help for the Super-Stressed

Three ways to manage your on-the-job stress.READ»

Where in the World to Find a Job

The national unemployment rate may be at its worst in over a decade, but there's a world of opportunity out there beyond Wall Street. Companies from Finland to Dubai are bucking the recession and actively hiring--you just have to know where to look.READ»

• Top Jobs 2009 - Main Page
• The Top Jobs for 2009
• What Should I Do with My Life, Now?

2009 Festival of Architecture and Forum

At last year's forum, all 300 attendees donned lobster bibs and "got cacophonous" during the send-off social event, recalls organizer Denise MacDonald. Sadly, she can't guarantee repeat cacophony this year. But she does ...READ»

Bike-Sharing: Cycling to a City Near You

Nearly every major city in the U.S. has plans for some sort of bike-share program, but there’s still plenty of room for growth.READ»

Machinima Expo - Sunday, November 9th, from 9 AM to 9 PM on Second Life’s Jamvile Island

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Paris Fashion Week

The French capital's prêt-à-porter week may be a magnet for snooty designers and buyers with wallets the size of Vuitton trunks. But cities with less history as hubs of couture have tried lately to grab some glamour by staging ...READ»

Global Fast Cities

They speak English, and they have the right mix of technology and tolerance to attract talent. They're the international cities competing with the United States for the global talent pool.READ»

Travel Guide Books Get a Redesign

Three new travel series reimagine what a guidebook can be by putting design at the forefront. READ»

• NextTravel: The JetBlue of Hotels

Join the Circus

In 21 years, Cirque du Soleil has grown from a funky band of street performers into a half-billion-dollar global company. It's a high-wire act of smart risk-taking, innovating around the clock, and staying uncomfortable.READ»

Quality of Life Redefined

I don't know about you, but I'm always a sucker for those surveys ranking cities against each other on a variety of arbitrary criteria: Best Places for Singles! Top Cities for Entrepreneurs! America's Most Livable Cities! Granted, ...READ»

Enerkem Plant to Turn Landfill Trash into Ethanol

The movie Idiocracy paints a bleak (yet hilarious) picture of a future overtaken by thousand-foot-high landfills that topple over into the streets. Fortunately, a Montreal-based biofuel and green chemical company called Enerkem ...READ»

Work Your Proper Hours

Late last month I was in London, just in time to celebrate a new holiday: Work Your Proper Hours Day. Leave it to the Brits to have the perfect knack for expressing alarm at the insidious trend of creeping (unpaid) overtime. As ...READ»

The Once <amp></amp> Future Consultant

In 2002, Dave Ulrich left his hugely successful consulting firm to run a Mormon mission in Quebec. Now he's heading back to business with a fresh eye and some fresh ideas.READ»

Talent Pool

Making their mark from New York to Tokyo. Fourteen talents who are driving design forward.READ»

Fast Food Ads = Fat Children?

A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research reveals that a ban on fast food advertising during children's programming would reduce obesity rates in America's youth by 14-18%.READ»

'You Can't Create a Leader in a Classroom.'

Professor Henry Mintzberg is one of the world's most influential teachers of business strategy. Now he's developing a new lesson plan: to change the very essence of business education itself.READ»

Kickstarter Connects Artist and Patrons to Get Creative Projects Moving

Say you're a wayward explorer wishing to sail around the world promoting sustainability, but you don't quite have the pocket money to see such a voyage through. Perhaps your goals are less lofty, and you simply want to finish that ...READ»

Time To Scrap the MBA to Prepare Leaders?

Few MBA programs or executive training programs adequately address the crux of developing leaders.Business school or executive training programs should focus more on developing individuals' personal growth with an emphasis on values, emotional intelligence and ethical behavior in business.READ»

Welcome to the CultureofFuture.com Trend Blog

January 19, 2009:Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday and we have one day to Obama’s inauguration!New World Economy So much is changing and becoming more interesting and meaningful. This is an evolving era of mass insight, ...READ»

God Bless the IOC

I breathed a huge sigh of relief as London was announced as the host city for the 2012 Olympics. My interest in having the Olympics stay away from New York is about more than my not wanting even more tourists clogging up the subway. ...READ»

Tracking 10 Hurricane Stories Across the Web

It's hurricane season, and that means freakish weather even thousands of miles from the eye of a storm. Trace back the ripple effects of hurricanes, and you'll find a lot more than just rainy days. Just a few degrees away from Katrina ...READ»

Four Innovative Organizations Luring New Talent to Their Cities

For urban leaders there's nothing more disheartening than a big city that's bleeding talent. At the annual meeting of CEOs for Cities, a nonprofit focused on urban leadership and development, held yesterday in San Diego, the focus ...READ»

Contributors

Christopher Griffith Wichita, says Christopher Griffith, "is a lot hipper than I expected-a little arty." He went to Kansas to photograph this month's cover subject, Johnathan Goodwin, whom he describes as a "quiet genius." A ...READ»

Putting the Human Into Human Resources

His stint running a Mormon mission has sharpened Dave Ulrich's thinking about the interaction of individuals and organizations. Here's what he has learned working with both CEOs and fresh-faced young missionaries.READ»

The View from Florida-Ville

What happens when every city in America craves the "creative class?"READ»