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A meta-analysis of 136 samples and more than 23,000 workers found that adapting behaviour to the social situation, not acting the same way in...

“Have fun and be yourself” is the kind of line that shows up in onboarding decks and culture pages, usually paired with a photo of people laughing around a whiteboard. It carries two separate claims folded into one piece...

A 2015 systematic review of workplace resilience training found strong evidence the programmes improve wellbeing and mental health, but weak and inconsistent evidence they...

Resilience shows up constantly in hiring language, leadership training, and the general vocabulary of ambitious workplaces, usually attached to a fairly specific claim: the people and companies that can absorb setbacks come out ahead of the ones that cannot....

Intellistake to Acquire a Texas Startup Innovating AI-Powered Nanotechnology

Intellistake Technologies is acquiring a nanotechnology innovator based out of Texas. Vancouver’s Intellistake, which develops software at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NanoAi, maker of proprietary standoff detection devices...

How Edison Motors Is Reimagining the Logging Truck

Built in B.C. | Building B.C. A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation. Edison Motors is developing hybrid-electric trucks designed for some of Canada’s most demanding terrain. Through a project with...

With Genome BC Support, BugSeq Advances Genomic Tools for Emerging Pathogens and Drug Resistance

The next infectious disease threat may not be one that public health laboratories already know how to find. Vancouver-based BugSeq is building genomic tools designed to help clinical and public health laboratories identify pathogens, track outbreaks, and understand antimicrobial resistance....

BC Tech Finalist Simply Sweet Games Is Putting Players First in Word Puzzles

This article is part of a series presented in partnership with BC Tech, profiling the finalists for the 2026 Technology Impact Awards‘ Company of the Year – Startup category. Word games have become a dependable daily habit for millions of...

Why founder stories matter more than ever – and 6 ways to tell them

We covered mistakes I made (many), the sale of my companies, my time in the AWS Startup VC team, startup basketball, helping founders save money off their AWS bill with my new role at Morfless, eating maccas alone at...

Sam Altman claims AI singularity is now. Here’s the yeah, nah case.

These are the words of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaking on the Relentless podcast on July 25. He added: “I’ve been waiting for this my whole life, and I think it’s going to be incredible, hugely positive, awesome for...

A 2007 study found that rude behavior measurably reduced performance on both routine and creative tasks and made people less willing to help, a...

A one-line reply, no greeting, no acknowledgment of the question behind the question, sent back thirty seconds after the message arrived. The sender sees a fast answer and calls it efficient. The research on what actually happens on the...

A 2024 review of the love-languages theory found that most people rate all five categories as important rather than one dominant preference, and that...

Gary Chapman published The 5 Love Languages in 1992, proposing that every person has one primary way of feeling loved, drawn from five categories: words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, physical touch, and receiving gifts. Chapman, a...
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I’m hooked on Peak Design’s new City bags

Integrated BagLev hooks keep Peak Design’s City Line crossbody bag and backpack off the dirty ground. | Photo by...
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