Community Ties That Make Mentorship Possible
Honoring the great Black mentor relationships and the social science that explains why they change lives, communities, and history itself.
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Honoring the great Black mentor relationships and the social science that explains why they change lives, communities, and history itself.
Mentorship isn't a nice-to-have anymore. It's the infrastructure that keeps people learning fast, adapting even faster, and staying long enough to make an actual impact.
Goals were never meant to carry the weight we've put on them. What actually drives change? The tiny, consistent systems people use every day, not the big ambitions they announce once a year.
A Case Study in Scaling Human Connection Across Atlantic Canada
For decades, the 70-20-10 model has been the foundation of learning and development strategies. But in 2025, the way adults learn has shifted, and if I were designing a program for a company right now, I would take this model as a baseline but adapt it with what we know about how people actually learn and apply knowledge in real time.
Every founder, operator, or emerging leader has been there - the adrenaline spike of a bad Slack message, the career-defining email you shouldn't reply to (but did). This is your amygdala in the driver's seat.