Roy Group News

Five Rules For Running Big Rapids
By Heather Lehmann
You’re paddling the Kicking Horse close to the BC border. Group of 30. Things change quickly up here: Class III, IV rapids around every bend. Sometimes you have to eddy out and discuss how to approach the next set. Now…

Critical Traction In Culture
Leadership development is an investment—and you want to trust that your investment will pay dividends. Knowing that decision-makers are actively engaged in researching their options, Roy Group is producing a series of case studies to share…

Roy Group Call To Action
Don't Underestimate Just How Much the World Needs Us
For everyone at Roy Group, Christmas 2020 feels a bit like the break after a first period of a hockey game. We sense we are 1/3 of our way into this challenge and that there are 2/3 of this…

What Spaghetti On My Shirt Taught Me About Social Transformation
By Iain Duncan
For my last leadership assignment in the charitable sector, I was tasked with leading a small team responsible for community development initiatives in different parts of the world. My first order of business was to gather…

The Roy Group Evolution: 2020 & Beyond
In an open letter to the Roy Group Team, Chief of Staff Jonny Schwartz shares some personal thoughts...
Some of you may know that July 31st was Roy Group's year end. It’s been one interesting year and I’ll leave it at that here in this…

Being a Guest of ThresholdImpact VMS
By Ian Chisholm
This month we are proudly reposting a recent article published in the University of Alberta 2020 Annual Report for its ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service (VMS). Read the entire report here.
Several years ago, Ted…

Tech Community to Host RG Leadership Series
It’s September. Six months after the world fell apart from a fast-moving virus. Some tech businesses have been relatively unaffected. Some tech businesses are booming. Some have adapted what they do and now need to move forward.
The role…

A New Start
By Ian Chisholm
Begin again. — meditation teachers everywhere
What does the future hold? It's really up to you.
September 1st has always been a new start for teachers and learners. And January 1 is a new start, too: These are my resolutions...…

Donning the Guest Editor Hat for Douglas
As September nears and we dust ourselves off from the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, our co-founder Chiz has the honour of being Douglas magazine’s first-ever guest editor. His editorial opens the issue in classic Roy Group style, with…
