Alex Benay

Canadian Failures

Stories of Building Toward Success

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Produktbeschreibung

Ten Canadians make one powerful argument: we cannot shy away from failure if we hope to succeed. Canadian Failures gathers experts at the top of their field, all of whom have grappled with failure, including astronaut Robert Thirsk; Olympic gold medalist, wrestler Erica Wiebe; and Tom Jenkins of OpenText Corporation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781459740433
• ISBN-10: 1459740432
• Artikelnr.: 47747108

Autorenporträt

Alex Benay is the Chief Information Officer of the Government of Canada. Previously, he was the President and CEO of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation (now called Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation). He lives in Ottawa.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Alex Benay
Chapter 1: Tuning into Success at Norsat International by Amiee Chan
Chapter 2: #FAILMORE by EEPMON, a.k.a. Eric Chan
Chapter 3: When One Door Closes, Another Opens by Tom Jenkins
Chapter 4: The Failure of Canada's Indigenous Policies in the Context of
Truth and Reconciliation in 2017 by David T. McNab
Chapter 5: My Greatest Failure by Andy Nulman
Chapter 6: Failures in Public Health Science ... and When Failures Lead to
Success by Dr. Frank Plummer
Chapter 7: To Fail and Tell the Tale - A Story of Science by Nausheen Sadiq
Chapter 8: Preparation for Failure by Robert Thirsk
Chapter 9: Using the F-Word in Government by Thomas Townsend
Chapter 10: How Failure Led Me to Olympic Gold by Erica Wiebe
Conclusion by Alex Benay
Acknowledgements
Image Credits