For those of you who have sat around and complained about the lack of business competitions in town – pay attention.  OIC is exactly what has been missing from the Ottawa business landscape. An intense, fast paced, business competition focused on innovation, applicability, and execution rather than primarily business plan writing (which is a valuable experience, it just tends to be a little...

Well it’s here – our TalentBridge Book Club has commenced!   TBridge has started a business/entrepreneurship book club, and our first book, suggested by Manu Sharma, is Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.  It’s about the best and the brightest and the most successful.  It focuses on where these success outliers came from and the external factors that helped develop...

Specialist or Generalist?  What kind of professional do I want to become? This has been my dilemma underlining my career path for a long time.   Should I choose a niche specialty and become an expert at it, or try to learn as much as I can and become a well-rounded professional? I decided to do both.  For my specialty, I decided on biomedical engineering and started a research masters in the field. ...