September 1, 2010
Richard Florida discussed the great reset of Urban Development in Economic Downturns on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, Sunday, August 29, 2010. He discussed the city and how it will change as Americans adapt to a world after the recession. (more…)
August 10, 2010
Disruptive Business is a provocative and insightful redefinition of innovation as an outcome of human behaviour, a dynamic in constant change requiring the shaping of new responses in business and the economy. (more…)
July 5, 2010
Frank O’Dea will be one of the judges for champions of Change contest that celebrates Canada’s top volunteers – Champions of Change. A champion of change himself, Frank O’Dea is the chair of our selection committee, the Top Ten Panel. (more…)
June 28, 2010
Prospeakers.com is thrilled to announce that Jeff Rubin has been nominated for the prestigious National Business Book Award. (more…)
January 29, 2010
Interesting article by Paul Wells in the Maclean today… (more…)
December 9, 2009
The differences between the U.S. and Canadian housing markets astound me on a day-to-day basis. In my neighborhood in Toronto, housing prices are up and homes sell in a few days, some with multiple bids. In Detroit, where we visited for Thanksgiving, you can’t sell – or in some cases, even give – houses away. Visiting Miami for Art Basel, the numbers of houses and condos on the market are staggering – stunning, brand new towers remain virtually empty. (more…)
August 14, 2009
“Strengthening GTA’s Information & Communications Technology Competitiveness to meet the Changing Nature of Employers’ Demands” is the theme of the discussion forum being held on September 30, 2009. David Ticoll is a consultant, researcher and policy adviser with interests in competitiveness, globalization, business model innovation, the changing workforce, and transparency. Ticoll is a Research Fellow at the Knowledge Media Design Institute of the University of Toronto and has been a Director of the Information Technology Association of Canada since 1998.
July 22, 2009
The federal-provincial task force on pension reform will hold its first meeting next Wednesday in Calgary, and has tapped Jack Mintz, the former head of the C.D. Howe Institute to be its research director. (more…)
December 24, 2008
Jack Mintz has been appointed to a blue-ribbon panel of 11 Canadian business and academic leaders to help advise the federal government through the current economic crisis. Mintz is an internationally renowned expert in fiscal and tax policy and former president of the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto. “This is a critical time for many Canadians as the economy is seriously affected by world events,” says Mintz. “I will be interested to hear various views in order to provide the best advice that I can for Finance Minister Flaherty.”