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Win A Signed Copy Of “THE PURPOSE EFFECT”

I’m in need of being inspired. If you want to win one of seven free (and signed) copies of my latest book, THE PURPOSE EFFECT, here’s...Dan's Related Posts:Cool Contest: Win 1 of 10 Free Copies of The Purpose EffectAnd The Winners Of A Free Book Are …The Critical Importance Of Defining Your PurposeDownload Chapter 1 of “The Purpose Effect” For FreeLo-Tech Talk #4: The Sweet Spot of Purpose

Four Key Actions To Change Your Organization’s Purpose

Purpose is more than a cause. It is a wholesome way of being and operating for any organization. As I argue in my book, The Purpose...Dan's Related Posts:Inspiring CEO Quotes About A Higher PurposeA Few Easy Steps For Entrepreneurs To Take To Enact A Higher PurposePurpose: The Word of 2016Download Chapter 1 of “The Purpose Effect” For FreeEvolution of the Chief Learning Officer

No Carrie Fisher, Don’t Rest In Peace

Like the rain in England and the heat in Tunisia, death is both unavoidable and inevitable.  The rash of celebrity deaths in 2016 seems to...Dan's Related Posts:In Progress Trump Presidency Lesson PlanWe Are All BostonWhen Breath Becomes Air: Required Reading For People Seeking PurposeGoodbye Team of Five Years

Magnanimous: The Word of 2017

As he was leaving office on January 20, 1993, President George H. W. Bush left a letter on the desk of the oval office addressed...Dan's Related Posts:This IBM Employee Quit Her Job. I Commend Her For Doing So.Rise of the Woman?The Hierarchy of EducationYa, I Cry at Work. Do You?The Blackberry Verdict Is Not Surprising

Video: The Purpose Mindset of Gord Downie

I recently had the opportunity to deliver a 10-minute keynote at a conference in Toronto where I used the time to speak about both personal...Dan's Related Posts:Why I’m Currently Only Writing About Gord and the Hip“It’s a great time to be an artist, a poet, in this the decline of the human…That Time I Was Ambushed By Gord DownieHim? Here? Now? No.Gord Downie and the New Marathon of Hope

This IBM Employee Quit Her Job. I Commend Her For Doing So.

Elizabeth Wood used to work at IBM. She recently resigned from her position as senior content strategist, a job she held for the previous two...Dan's Related Posts:When Celebrity Trumps SanityThe Blackberry Verdict Is Not SurprisingSheri Quit Her Job And Regained Her Purpose Sweet SpotWhen Breath Becomes Air: Required Reading For People Seeking PurposeKudos Jacques Godin, an Engaged Air Canada Employee

A Shared Letter to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly

Dear Minister Joly, We are Canada’s musicians, songwriters, composers, music producers, authors, poets, playwrights, film composers, actors, directors and visual artists – a creative class of artists and entrepreneurs that has defined this country. We’ve done so through creativity, innovation and hard work. Yet economically we’re worse off today than we were in the 1990s. […]Dan's Related Posts:We Can Put The Word ‘Can’ Back In CanadaHow To Build A Truly Purpose-Driven Company Through The Example Of StocksyWhen Celebrity Trumps SanityMy (Re) View Of That Night In KingstonIntroducing the Digital Learning Quadrants

If You Stop Learning You Lose The Chance To Be Entrepreneurial

Over the course of his writing, rather cleverly, Peter Drucker found a way to coin our past, present and future into distinct societies. At its root, a “society” is a group of people sharing traditions and values, organized as a community. Think of it as a collection open learners. He first introduced the emergence of […]Dan's Related Posts:A Few Easy Steps For Entrepreneurs To Take To Enact A Higher PurposeMy Hopes for the Drucker Forum #gpdf14The Purpose Effect ScorecardConation: The Word of 2015The Collateral Damage of Selfish Leadership

In Progress

IN PROGRESS  Peace or pain is a simple choice.  Ironically, life’s embankment protects while simultaneously eroding. Does a river run through me? Is chivalry only found upstream? Surely it is downstream, too.  Our existence exists as an absurd paradox.  Delectable melodies or wretched throes? “Sigh,” you say, “too hard a decision.” No, it will never […]Dan's Related Posts:How Are Your Book Sales?Bosses Should Shift From Scroll to SwipeThe State of Culture, Collaboration & Enterprise 2.0Full Book Jacket Cover Released for The Purpose EffectWe Are All Boston

When Breath Becomes Air: Required Reading For People Seeking Purpose

A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme or GBM for short. In layman’s terms, it’s brain cancer. Incurable. Terminal. Horrible. Ever since the diagnosis, I have been trying to process the news. It’s not me that has to face death square in the eyes, but suffice to say I have felt rather lost. […]Dan's Related Posts:Why I’m Currently Only Writing About Gord and the HipTwo Very Incredible & Courageous WomenCanada’s Poet Laureate, Gord DownieCool Contest: Win 1 of 10 Free Copies of The Purpose EffectThe Critical Importance Of Defining Your Purpose