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Top Job Interview Soft Skill Is Uncomfortable For 69% Of Managers

Communication is the key to success in your career, and the soft skill of conversation is on clear display in any job interview. Sir Richard Branson says that "Communication is the most important skill any leader can possess". However, if you are uncomfortable with your communication...

Canada is a leader in AI research – but that’s not enough

Discussions and debates about artificial intelligence abound today, and it has only deepened the extreme divide between developers and tech companies applauding advances, and naysayers warning about humanity’s potential destruction by superintelligent machines. There is, of course, a large swath...

Who are the best tech employers in Canada?

LinkedIn has released its annual list of the top 25 companies in Canada that people are eager to work for, and seven tech-related companies have made this year’s list. Among the top 25 were Shopify Inc. (#8), Bell Canada (#11),...

5 Ways Tech Is Driving Sustainability

Many emerging technologies today are good for the planet and the long-term sustainability of our industries. The vast majority of them are good for business, too. Intelligent data collection and less wasteful production methods can help companies realize savings they...

Go to a Cheap College — or None at All

When customers visit an Enterprise Rent-a-Car establishment for the first time, they are often pleasantly surprised to be waited on by a staff of young managers, typically in their 20s, well dressed, polite, and efficient. The situation is much in contrast...

Canadian Tech Needs Redefine Its Sense of Scale

If, like me, you spend a lot of time poring over the latest in Canadian tech, chances are good that you see both the huge potential of our technology companies and the simultaneous challenge: too often, they’re being held back...

Transport Canada to study Hyperloop technology

Transport Canada wants to study the potential of hyperloop technology, a futuristic mode of high speed transportation envisioned by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk. The department put out a tender on March 27 asking for bids on a feasibility study of hyperloop technology,...

Let’s Talk Business: Information Technology Sector

This plays an important part in virtually every aspect of our lives. Of course, I’m talking about the information technology sector, or IT. The IT sector is made up of companies producing software, hardware or semiconductor equipment, and companies providing...

Reversing the flow of time on a quantum computer

We all mark days with clocks and calendars, but perhaps no timepiece is more immediate than a mirror. The changes we notice over the years vividly illustrate science's "arrow of time" -- the likely progression from order to disorder. We...