

The last taboo by Deanne Gage
It’s the subject no one wants to talk about: mental health. But with one-fifth of Canadians experiencing a mental health issue, chances are you’ll encounter it. And when it starts to affect your workplace, avoiding it isn’t an option. That first audit season triggered something in David Albert Newman. Back in 2000, he recalls how his firm at the time reduced the standard audit timeline to four days from six. That translated into 16-hour workdays with no breaks save for quickl


Economy with a purpose by Aaron Hurst
"Purpose" is one of those words that seems lifted from another era: from a more reflective time, a time before cellphones and jam-packed schedules. And it’s the word that Aaron Hurst has chosen to describe a series of shifts in the global economy. In his new book, The Purpose Economy: How Your Desire for Impact, Personal Growth and Community is Changing the World, Hurst contends that the search for meaning and community in one’s work is driving a number of changes that, taken