What some of Canada’s top founders and entrepreneurs learned in 2016
We asked 12 innovative business-owners to share the best, most important lessons they learned about business in 2016. Here’s what they said
What some of Canada’s business visionaries learned in 2016
We asked 10 lobbyists, pundits, policy-makers and champions of innovation to share the best lesson they learned in 2016. Here’s what they said
What some of Canada’s top senior executives learned in 2016
We asked eight corporate titans to share their top takeaways from 2016. Here’s what they said
The seven most important lessons about marketing from 2016
Feelings trumped facts, and even the most innocuous brands found themselves dragged into public conversations they never intended—or wanted—to be part of
The five most important lessons about leadership from 2016
From Fort McMurray to Frank & Oak, this year demonstrated how important it is to have someone with vision at the top—and how high the stakes can be
The three most important lessons about the economy from 2016
Pipelines took central stage at home, while protectionism came back into play abroad, with the election of Donald Trump heralding a new phase for free trade
The four most important lessons about technology from 2016
Automation, whether for chatbots or cars, is moving quickly but still has a long journey to the mainstream. Meanwhile, other ideas blew up—literally
The five most important lessons about mergers and acquisitions for 2016
It was an unexpectedly active year for M&A activity, with Canadian companies acquiring abroad and even repatriating brands that had once flown the coop
Kirstine Stewart’s big career shift in 2016 shows bold moves can be the best
The Diply executive (formerly of Twitter, and the CBC) on the value of brash career moves
What BlackBerry’s major 2016 shift means for companies looking to pivot
The tech giant tweaked its raison d’etre in 2016—and it wasn’t to go bigger
What Pokémon Go’s wild popularity in 2016 taught us about following fads
What companies can learn from the insane, temporary popularity of the mobile game
This year Martin Shkreli taught us that greed maybe isn’t so good
The extreme behaviour of the reviled pharmaceutical exec shows just what doesn’t work in business any more
Why—and how—Frank Giustra spent the year helping Syrian refugees
2016 taught the billionaire the value of letting a philanthropic philosophy evolve
