Career change isn’t new. I’ve watched it cycle through waves for the better part of fifteen years. What’s different in 2026 is the sheer scale of it. And how much the “why” varies once you actually break the numbers apart by generation and circumstance. Fast Facts: Career Change in 2026 66% of workers have changed...
Every few years, a version of this argument resurfaces. It’s tempting to dismiss it as the same warning recycled with a new decade attached. This time the numbers are different enough to take seriously. The Future Skills Centre projects that 90% of jobs in Canada will require digital skills within the next decade. Only 54%...
I’ve read enough hiring-trend reports over the years to be suspicious of any statistic that sounds too clean. Skills-based hiring is a good example. The headline number is real. Nearly 70% of employers now use skills-based hiring practices, up from 65% in 2024. Eighty-five percent report using it in some form. But the number that...
I’ve spent close to fifteen years watching “top jobs” lists come and go. Most make the same mistake. They report where the postings are. They don’t ask whether those postings actually fit the person reading the list. That distinction matters more in 2026 than it has in a long time. Here’s what’s actually happening. Job...
For several years, “survive” was the operating word for a lot of small business owners I’ve watched navigate this market. That’s shifting. The BDC’s 2025 State of Entrepreneurship Report puts real numbers behind what’s been an anecdotal impression for a while. Fast Facts: Canadian Entrepreneurship in 2026 34% of business owners expect moderate expansion; 21%...
AI adoption headlines tend to swing between two extremes: total transformation, or overblown hype. After fifteen years of watching technology cycles play out in small business, I’ve learned to trust the adoption curve over the press release. The Canadian data for 2026 tells a quieter, more useful story than either extreme. Fast Facts: AI Adoption...
Trade tension has a way of changing consumer behaviour fast. Faster than any marketing campaign can. In fifteen years of watching consumer sentiment swing around economic shocks, I’ve rarely seen a shift land this quickly. I’ve also learned to be skeptical of how far that sentiment actually travels into a shopping cart. Fast Facts: The...
Ask Canadian small business owners what’s hardest about 2026, and the answer clusters around three things: financing, labour, and tariffs. I’ve watched enough owners tackle these one at a time to know that’s usually the wrong approach. The three interact. Treating them separately tends to waste effort on whichever one is loudest that week, rather...
