Have you felt that when you start a process, you are the only one facing the issue?  There is no reason for alarm because you have just entered a position of a leader, a rain maker for his team and the change initiator. You begin to notice weaknesses when you are focusing on what you can do with all of your ability and strength.  Here’s the secret:  hire people who can fill those voids/gaps.... [Read more]

As I was walking through Toronto’s Union Station, I heard outcries in the hall. They were coming from kids holding up signs that said “We Day”. The first question I asked myself was “What is ‘We Day’” and I posted it on Facebook. “We Day” is based on “Free the Children” started by Marc and Craig Kielburger back in 2007. The message... [Read more]

The name is “Blekko”.  In 2007, Blekko set a goal to be identified as 1 of the 50 best sites on the internet in top search categories. The first question you might be pondering, is “what’s so special about Blekko?”.  Blekko uses human input to guide search options and help weed out spam. It is a search engine modeled after Wikipedia.  Instead of relying on fully-automated... [Read more]

The world witnessed history in the making as Canada had won the Gold medal standings with 14 Gold medals.  After the beginning of the Olympics on February 1st, Canada had only won 1 gold in a span of 10 days.  People knew that Canada would carry a few medals to the podium, but the athletes had a goal in mind.  A goal that was golden in history.  But this golden goal took at least 4 years (if... [Read more]

The world is buzzing and carefully watching Egypt. As democracy takes a new stance in the Middle Eastern world, social media has already seized the Middle East. We saw it’s muscle or power when Egypt shut down the internet. The decision was defied by the people as they sought other ways to update the world. True, we didn’t see tweets in real-time from the residents of Egypt. However,... [Read more]