The Future Perfect
Today’s column is a continuation of the column on reaching the Complexity Horizon. It’s part of a series I call “Leading Through Complexity.” The post The...
Category : Opinion
Crossing the complexity horizon – Advice to founders
In today’s column I want to return to a topic that I am becoming more and more convinced is central to success of companies once...
Trump’s Space Cuts Should be a Wake Up Call for Canada
Since the beginning of the Space Age, Canada has worked hand-in-hand with the United States to push the boundaries of exploration. The post Trump’s Space...
Are you being served… 0r managed
This column is going to be a bit of a departure from my normal fare, but I think it’s topical. In Canada currently, but in...
New government, new mandate, same old space file?
The first session of the 45th Parliament gets underway today with the Liberal Party back in power with a surprising fourth minority government in a...
Not all capital is created equal
In the startup world, there are few mantras more universally accepted than “Build Something Massive.” It’s a powerful motivator. And in many sectors—especially software, fintech,...
How many spaceports does Canada need?
With the first Canadian Space Launch Conference upon us, many questions will be asked and SpaceQ will be onsite to cover the news and pass...
Finding Your Genius
As I said in my last column, I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about what the last few years of actively working...
A Column About … Columns
It’s been a while since I wrote one of these columns. Before I say anything else, I would like to say thanks to Marc Boucher...
Dunning and Kruger go to space… or not
The sub-title of this article could well have been “The Myth of Vertical Integration”, because it is really about why the idea of building vertically...
