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Building Healthier Workplaces

It's not your imagination: Work is making you sick. As companies do more with less, stress and subsequent mental-health issues are on the rise, affecting 25% of workers and costing employers $80 billion a year. Catherine Thomas, ...READ»

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The Tech of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

The Vancouver Olympics is especially exciting because it combines all of our favorite things: Twitter, Facebook, Google Street View, recycled computer guts, iPhone apps, and mind-controlled light shows. Oh, right, and sports, I ...READ»

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Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery

Zimbabwe's newfound diamond fields could have helped lift the country from its misery. Instead, they've fueled a cycle of government-sanctioned rape, murder, and thievery -- and pushed the place still closer to collapse.READ»

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Landlord and Tenant Issues: Students at risk of being scammed

Sandy Hutchens loves Craigslist but is dismayed that it is so often used for landlord and tenant fraud.READ»

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New Affordable Housing Celebrated in Ottawa | Canadian Funding Corp

Canadian Funding Corporation, CMHC and the Canadian Government share common goals: affordable housing.READ»

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Canadian Funding Corp: Affordable Housing at Pallister Court, Ottawa, Canada

A Nepean Housing Corporation (NHC) project shows that mixing affordable housing for people with severe or multiple disabilities with geared to-income and market-rent units can create a sustainable community that provides a range of affordable housing solutions. READ»

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Ottawa Shell Station First to Deliver Gasoline Blended with Cellulosic Ethanol

In what is being described as the first commercial delivery of cellulosic ethanol, a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ontario is selling gasoline containing a 10% blend of biofuel made from wheat straw. The biofuel and gasoline ...READ»

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Napp Canada Jobfair - Mississauga, Hamilton, Ottawa, Toronto

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Job Fair - Mississauga, Hamilton, Ottawa, Toronto - Ontario - Canada

NAPP Canada 2009 jobfair - COME AND MEET plenty of hiring companies - see partial previous list of companies here http://www.nappcanada.com/previous_jobfair_companies.htm. We are connecting you to jobs. 5 different dates, 4 ...READ»

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Right now, I am doing a crash course in Web 2, Web 3, social networking, blogging and citizen journalism so that I can do better work for a very exciting client here in Ottawa.  They have great technology, they have bootstrapped a ...READ»

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Leadership: Old Habits Die Hard

If they’re no longer working and continue to not work, replace them. What am I talking about? Old habits. Why in the world would you want to hang onto something that doesn't work for you when you have a choice? Not only do ...READ»

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Leadership: Combined Forces of Ego and Emotion

In a group dialogue a ways back someone posed the question “Why do so few managers and companies face and use the facts?” There are many answers to that question and I know we’ll only touch the surface on this. One of the ...READ»

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Leadership: What Did That Mean, Exactly?

A few weeks ago Tom Stern wrote a post about buzz words. Talk about timing! Today was a perfect indication of what a buzz word can do, or many of them. One of the organizations I work in called in a trendy, high ranking consulting ...READ»

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Leadership: Diving Into the New Year

It’s a new year. Yesterday a colleague of mine asked me until when was it appropriate to wish others a happy new year? My answer was (tongue in cheek) “Well if it’s the first time you’re seeing them since the holidays you ...READ»

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Leadership: Paying Attention To Your Own Leadership

Years ago I used to butt heads, create and collaborate with the grandfather of coaching, Thomas Leonard. To say he was a leader in our field is an understatement and even though he died way too young, his legacy will remain for many ...READ»

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Leadership: Speaking Up vs. Silence

"What would you do if you heard a rumor that a co-worker was on drugs or had a drinking problem?” Last night at dinner with friends there were many “What if” or “What would you do” questions tossed around. The first about ...READ»

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Leadership: Stubborn Leadership

You have the job….the job of a lifetime…the job of a leader. Your heart is in the right place. You want to take your organization to the next level and you know the potential is there but you’re losing the support of your ...READ»

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20 (More) Ways to Slow Down Smart

Fast Company's Lap(top) of Luxury contest prompted an outpouring of ideas from readers about how to cope with tougher times. Read their strategies and tactics, along with some compelling personal stories -- and meet the winner of a Dell Inspiron 4000 Notebook computer.READ»

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How to Think Big and Move Fast

It's hard enough in this economic climate to start one new company. So why is H. Michael Zadikian, who sold his last startup for $500 million, determined to start four at the same time? Part two of our entrepreneurial adventure story.READ»

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Adobe Idol

In American Idol fashion, product managers unveil new concepts in front of a panel of colleagues they hardly know, looking to gain traction for their ideas. This is Adobe's Champion Showcase, a quarterly event in which the company plans to rev up innovation.READ»

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Fast Talk: Brand Revivers

The only thing harder than developing a hot brand is turning around a once-popular one. We spoke to five brand stewards going through the process of breathing life into iconic names to see how they're doing it.READ»