by Jon Chabun | Nov 29, 2022 | Lead, Learn, See things differently
By Jon Chabun. Photo credit: UVic Photo Services Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi sees Africa as presenting many puzzles that challenge conventional management wisdom. There are things happening there business-wise that aren’t easy to explain. The Gustavson associate...
by Jon Chabun | Aug 4, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
by Kathryn Wu. Photo by UVic Photo Services. Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of Business Class magazine. Dr. Natalie Slawinski is the director of Gustavson’s Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation (CSSI). Having joined Gustavson from...
by Jon Chabun | Jul 14, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
By Jon Chabun. Photo by UVic Photo Services It was unusual for an academic professor to come up with the first FDA emergency use authorized COVID-19 therapeutic. It was also unusual for the same professor to launch a company with a $15 billion initial public...
by Jon Chabun | Jan 5, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
by Natalie Bruckner. Photo submitted. Originally published in the Fall 2021 edition of Business Class magazine. For many years, artists and entrepreneurs were considered two very different entities. When artists entered the world of business to sell their...
by Sasha Milam | Dec 17, 2021 | Learn, See things differently
By Kevin Andrew, Gustavson post-doctoral research fellow. Photo submitted. I first recall learning about the United Nations in my high school ‘World Issues’ class. I had a passionate teacher named Mr. Smith who strongly believed in the capacity of the global...
by Carlos Chicas Berti | Nov 1, 2021 | Learn, See things differently
By Lilly Rowe, BCom student I should have realized from the unconventional interview that this co-op would be different, to say the least. As I was sitting at my desk on the first Friday of my first work week, I suddenly realized how different work cultures could be....
