Hitting the Road for Warren Buffett

Published: 9 December 2016

In 2006, Professor Karl Moore led 40 Desautels Faculty of Management students to Omaha, Nebraska to learn from legendary investment guru, Warren Buffett....

Business leaders now operate at the intersection of business operations and global trends

Published: 14 November 2022

Politics has pervaded the world of business, writes Prof. Karl Moore in Forbes.com. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) are both changing corporate...

Médecins Sans Frontières brought business innovations to charitable giving

Published: 14 November 2022

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) introduced a new business model for charitable giving. “We were the first ones to create the regular donation model," said Dr. Joanne Liu (MDCM'91, IMHL'14, DSc'16),...

Quantum tech is closer to commercialization, but few have the knowhow to commercialize it

Published: 14 November 2022

Quantum technology has largely been confined to the lab, but it is moving ever closer to the world of business, writes Karl Moore in Forbes.com. With $35.5 billion in government and business...

Chef Rich Francis revives Indigenous culinary traditions

Published: 8 November 2022

Rich Francis, owner of Seventh Fire Hospitality Group in Six Nations in Ontario and Alberta,  never set out to be a chef, but leveraged his time on Top Chef Canada to launch a prominent culinary...

War in Ukraine exposed how far green energy is from meeting electricity needs

Published: 20 October 2022

The war in Ukraine jeopardizes the European Commission’s bid to become climate neutral by 2050, according to Eric Reguly, the European Bureau Chief for The Globe and Mail. “This crisis in Europe...

Strengthening communications networks will require many thousands of satellites

Published: 6 October 2022

About 11,000 satellites have been launched since the Sputnik went in to orbit in the 1950s, but less than a third of them are currently active. The coming years will see a proliferation, with an...

GSoft’s new onboarding platform aims to improve employee retention

Published: 3 October 2022

Competition for top talent is fierce, and effective onboarding is key to employee retention. It is especially challenging to get this right in a digital-first environment. “If you miss your...

Solfium app makes it easier to understand the costs and benefits of installing solar panels

Published: 3 October 2022

Solar energy has a great deal of potential – but the areas where it is produced are not always the same places the energy is needed most. That’s a barrier to widespread adoption, and Canadian...

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