A rundown of this week’s latest careers:

• Toronto - Marketing Manager (Internet): Apply Now

• Toronto - Marketing Specialist (Finance): Apply Now

• Toronto - Javascript Developer (Internet): Apply Now

• Toronto - Account Supervisor: Online/Digital (Marketing & Advertising): Apply Now

• Toronto - Market Research Analyst (Market Research): Apply Now

Some weekend reading:

• How The Four Seasons Succeeded Through Integrative Thinking

• Member Spotlight: Shiv Kamal

• TED Talk: Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choice

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This is the third in a series examining Roger Martin’s “The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking”. In the first article, we illustrated the problem-solving power of integrative thinking in “The Opposable Mind on Problem-Solving” and in the second article took a look at the actual decision making process: salience, causality, architecture, and resolution (here’s a refresher: “The 4 Steps to Decision-Making”).


Here, we provide a synopsis of how integrative thinkers and conventional thinkers differ in their approach to the decision-making process. In his book, Martin gives the example of Isadore Sharp and the founding of the Four Season hotel to help illustrate the key differences.

Salience

More features of the problem are considered salient than in conventional thinking. For instance, Sharp considered many of the same issues his rivals did, but also went much further. He recognized the fact that the hotel chain must act as replacement for the home and ensure it offered its clients many of the same creature comforts. For example, the Four Seasons was the first to introduce shampoo into hotel rooms, bathrobes, make-up mirrors and hair dryers.

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Working at a smaller company, employees must learn to wear many hats and often learn to work outside the scope of their professional knowledge. Here’s the perspective of one Vestiigo member, Shiv Kamal, who grew and diversified his skills in a small organization.

Where do you work, what is your current position, and what does it entail? How did you end up getting it?

I currently work at Madison MacArthur Incorporated. Madison MacArthur is a boutique executive search firm located in downtown Toronto. My current title is the Associate Director of Technology and Systems. I was promoted to this position after recessionary cutbacks increased the responsibilities of the remaining staff. My list of responsibilities can be segregated into three categories, IT Operations, Internal Operations, and Accounting & Payroll.

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A wrap-up of this week’s latest and greatest careers:

• Toronto - Senior Manager, Public Relations (Publishing): Apply Now

• Toronto - Manager, Financial Reporting (Wireless): Apply Now

• Toronto - Jr. Project Manager (Marketing & Advertising): Apply Now

• Ottawa - Product Management Launch Coordinator (Software): Apply Now

• Ottawa - Customer Account Representative (Software): Apply Now

Some weekend reading:

• The 4 Steps to Decision-Making

• From overwhelmed to in control at work

• TED Talk: Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen

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A peak at this week’s latest and greatest careers:

A summary of the latest careers on Vestiigo.com this week:

I had the pleasure of speaking with the Rotaract Club of Toronto yesterday, an international organization of young people between the ages of 18 to 35, sponsored by Rotary International and with chapters around Canada and the world.

They’re committed to developing their leadership skills, becoming active members in the community, and to working together in order to make the community and world a better place.


The focus of my discussion centered on the importance of building connections, whether in person, online or through some other medium. More specifically, I differentiated between ‘authentic’ versus ‘vacant’ connections and argued that all our energy should be focused on building the former.

Authentic Connections

An authentic connection is, as the name suggests, genuine. It’s a relationship where your interest is to understand what you can do for the other person, rather than the other way around. For some this sounds almost counter-intuitive because the underlying objective of any connection is to get something out of it, right? What’s more, many people fear that if they share or give away too much they’ll lose they’re edge somehow. This is what leads many to build ‘vacant’ connections, rather than authentic ones and miss out on the bigger picture.

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A summary of the latest careers on Vestiigo.com this week: