Calgary's innovation/investment matchmaking startup, Thin Air Labs is open for business. After a little over a year in relative quiet, behind-the-scenes formation, founders Jim Gibson, Greg Hart, and James Lochrie raised the curtain last night at the historic Grand Theatre in downtown Calgary.

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One of the most popular Ted Talks ever was given by Sir Ken Robinson over a decade ago. In it he laments the sense of curiosity as a key to creativity, which is lost shortly after we enter school. We think it can be recovered from within.

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Empathy is one of those words which has a "self-help" connotation, as well as a business meaning. The latter asserts seeing customers' collective point of view, and thus their needs as a whole rather than as one. From here profitable design thinking begins.

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In a world that gets faster, and demands coming from all directions, patience is often overlooked. Today we celebrate this required skill for critical thinking, problem-solving and inner peace.

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The character competency is comprised of all of those intangible human traits that often separate high performers from not-so-much. It is the area which produces compassion, empathy and yes, perseverance. But Dr. Viktor Frankl's work in research into why we persevere reveals a surprising idea.

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Today we remember Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart, with a challenge to use the power of story in all of your written communication.

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Collaboration comes with many contradictions. Lead and follow; control and delegate...but behind them all is an absolute commitment to humility.

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We talk a lot about being aware of the world around you, in order to see what customers and competitors are doing. But observation only goes part way. You must make sense of observations, and figure out what, if anything, to do with them.

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The world can be an overwhelming place. And the thought of moving the needle in the direction of greater good is downright paralyzing. But, there is action you can take.

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As Australia burns before our eyes in the south, and the Arctic ice cap dissolves to the north, the time has passed to hope "others" will solve environmental ruin. The competency of citizenship asserts that we all MUST protect planet in our own way.

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