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Note to ICN Readers and Viewers
We have been building the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship online community at the Idea Connector Network since 2011. Over the years you’ve provided us feedback on your experience with your online community and we’ve responded by tweaking the delivery of content. We also heard you say that our content should become more inspirational, better aligned to…
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Recruiting Aboriginal Employees
If your corporate brand isn’t viewed as the bridge between your organization and its Aboriginal work force — you’re missing out. ICN’s Chantal Fraser talks with Michael Milanese, about the recruitment of Aboriginal employees and about relationships between corporations and their Aboriginal employees… Michael Milanese CEO, Director of Sales Aboriginal Link
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Young Fashionista
ABC’s to building a career in the Fashion Industry Angela talks about her career path in becoming a fashion designer. She tells us that fashion is a very satisfactory career. However, fashion design isn’t for the weak at heart, because to break through you need perseverance and flexibility as well you need to find…
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Value-Based Leadership
Dealing with Change Management David talks about how a leader should prepare for change management. He makes the argument that capacity building may start and end with the Corporate Board or with Senior Management, but change needs staff buy-in if strategic development is to happen. David Abbott President, CEO Morning Sky Consulting To view…
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A Force to Reckon With – Women, Entrepreneurship and Risk
By Janice McDonald, and Clare Berckon Last summer, as part of our study to ascertain how women entrepreneurs look at risk, we crossed Canada asking entrepreneurs about their approach to risk in their businesses. We wanted to test the oft quoted assumption that female entrepreneurs are risk averse. As we spoke to predominately female entrepreneurs…
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Communications with Indigenous Peoples
In this presentation delivered at IPAC’s 2nd Leadership Creative Presentation we learn about ‘Storytelling’ and how it is use to convey traditional teachings, oral history, oratory and in transmitting the interpretation of public and current affairs on Turtle Island Dr. Mary Lou Smoke and Dr. Dan Smoke Communicators, Radio hosts and Professors To view…
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Creating a Leadership Culture
By Lana Binning Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he has the potential to become and you make him better than he is.– Goethe If we are taught effective habits but are then placed into a defective habitat (culture), one that is unfriendly, unsafe,…
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2016 Creative Leaders Symposium: Introduction
The symposium starts with Elder Gordon Williams, he sets the tone for this leadership conference and provides the blessing. The conference is hosted by Marie Delorme, in her remarks she talks about the important role hundreds of Aboriginal women played in building Canada. National Chief Dwight Dorey provides the symposium opening remarks. He reminds us…
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Breaking Down Communication Barriers in the Workplace
Author Mark Miller Communication barriers in the workplace are an inevitability. Just think about your office… and about how people work. I’ll bet the first person you think about works completely differently than you do. There’s a reason why you don’t think instantly about the person who approaches work in the same way you do—…
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Empowering Women in the Workplace
Author Linda Crocket Picture Angela Fumagalli “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela Knowledge is key to prevention of abuse, offering alternatives for cultivating healthy and happy work environments. The prevalence of workplace bullying, lateral violence, and/or mobbing, are bitter realities in our workplaces today and all…