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Climate change is a multi-faceted crisis. While it’s perpetuated by the burning of fossil fuels and other extractive human practices, it’s also continuing due to the impact of economic systems that support social and racial inequities. One of my biggest takeaways at COP28 last year was that too many corporations …

In March 2024, Bitcoin reached a market cap of over $1,000,000,000. The global crypto and NFT community endured a bear market in 2022-2023 where many naysayers in the media proclaimed, “I told you it was a scam!” Now crypto is reaching new highs in tandem with the next evolution of …

As the debate surrounding the potential U.S. ban on TikTok moves closer and closer to its eagerly anticipated conclusion, it is more essential than ever that companies address the larger issue at hand: the need to prevent any company, foreign or domestic, from exploiting individuals’ personal data for profit. This …

I’ll share with you someone who should be working more. Specifically, I want to share the experiences I’ve had that show me why they are not getting the gig — even though they have vetted completed projects. Their experience is not an outlier and there are lessons for every artist …

I thought I knew what I was getting into when I went to open a cannabis bank account two years ago. After all, I’m an attorney; I’m also a cannabis business owner. I’ve been through the process before. I thought opening a cannabis account for my own business would be …

August 19, 1980. Alice Cooper is a no-show at his 8 p.m. concert at the CNE Grandstand in Toronto. Carnage. Swarming through the Princes’ Gates of Exhibition Place, 14,000 fans huddled in the shadows of the Grandstand’s facade. From mid-August through Labor Day each year, the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) …

Back in the early ’90s, a guy named David Guest conceptualized a “T-shaped” person, someone whose skills and knowledge were both broad and deep, general and specialized. Back in the early 2010s, I claimed my own letter-shaped concept in a blog about the skills of the future by coining the …

In the world of cannabis retail, the significance of smoking accessories cannot be overstated. Rolling papers, pre-rolled cones, lighters, bongs, vapes and an array of other paraphernalia constitute the indispensable toolkit for cannabis consumers. Yet, amidst the bustling shelves in dispensaries, the potential for optimizing profitability through cannabis accessories often …

People are multifaceted. But increasingly, from my observations, the business world isn’t allowing people to be the nuanced beings that they are. In business and in our personal lives, we tend to throw each other away when the facade of perfection cracks. Say one wrong thing, such as questioning a …

“I think I like this little life.” If this phrase doesn’t immediately play in melody form in your head, then you’ve either been living under a rock or you’re just not a TikTok user (in which case, you’re off the hook). At the end of 2023, fairly unknown British artist …