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Lessons from Serge Godin

Serge Godin, founder and executive chairman of CGI Inc., built a global IT and business consulting company from a Quebec City basement. His enduring lesson is how rigorous management, employee ownership, and a shared dream can reinforce one another.
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Lessons from Alain Bouchard

Alain Bouchard, founder of Alimentation Couche-Tard, grew a single Quebec convenience store into a global business including Circle K. His path highlights relentless ambition, disciplined acquisition strategy, grounded leadership, and the compounding value of a strong culture.
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Lessons from Edward Chancellor

Edward Chancellor, a financial historian, journalist, and investment strategist, studies speculation, interest rates, and market cycles. His central warning is that treating interest as the price of time makes its manipulation consequential for investors, policymakers, and economies.
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Lessons from Luc Poirier

Luc Poirier, a Quebec entrepreneur and real estate developer, is known for ambitious projects and diverse investments. His operating mindset turns obstacles into opportunities through risk-taking, sustained focus on growth, and a bias toward decisive action.
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Lessons from Danny Meyer

Danny Meyer, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack, built his leadership philosophy around Enlightened Hospitality. Its distinctive sequence places employees before customers, community, suppliers, and investors, arguing that stakeholder order strengthens experiences and returns.
Profile 6 min read

Lessons from Nick Kokonas

Nick Kokonas, a restaurateur, author, and technology entrepreneur, co-founded The Alinea Group and created Tock. His first-principles method strips problems to fundamental truths, challenging inherited assumptions about restaurant tickets, business structures, and tradition-bound industries.
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Lessons from Kyla Scanlon

Kyla Scanlon, a financial educator, writer, and content creator, makes complex economics accessible and human-centered. Her term “vibecession” names the revealing gap between positive traditional indicators and public unease, showing why sentiment belongs in economic understanding.
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Lessons from Jane Jacobs

Jane Jacobs, a writer, urbanist, and activist, challenged top-down modernist planning through close observation of city life. She understood cities as living ecosystems whose density, mixed uses, diversity, and spontaneity generate an organic complexity that rigid schemes miss.

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