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Made by Dyslexia

Here’s a great YouTube channel I just discovered. Also check out some of the resources on GiftADD.com

Sleeping on the Street for Homeless Youth

It was a chilly night laying on a piece of cardboard in a thin sleeping bag as the temperatures got down to 2 degrees above freezing…Read More.

Hustle2.0

Read about my trip inside High Desert Maximum security prison in Susanville Ca USA with Hustle 2.0 in this weeks’ blog…

Sound Advice - BCIT Awards Speech

The following are some excerpts from Nigel’s Keynote Address at the BCIT Awards 2019. It’s sound advice for young people starting their careers, and for those of us who have been at it a while.

Lynne Twist and Pachamama

Rieko and i were so pleased to be able to host Lynne Twist and Sara Vetter of the Pachamama Alliance at our home the other week. The turn out was outstanding with 60+ in attendance. Read more…

Homes of Hope - Mexico

What started as a one-time trip turned into a yearly event that snowballed. Read more in this week’s blog

BCIT IXL 2019

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A shear pleasure to be invited to speak at the BCIT IXL2019 conference. I am invigorated by the youth of today and their passion to make the world a better place for future generations. Wow factor 11!  Thanks so much to the organizers Darshana Dave and Wafaa Barakat

Reconnecting with Old Friends.

As an entrepreneur it is easy to shrug off that Thursday evening activity with friends and far too easy to eventually loose touch. Read more in this week’s blog…

Take Time for What Really Matters

With another holiday season yet upon us. We are told,  this is the time of the year for family and regeneration. But do any of us really listen? Read more in this week’s blog…

Respect Your Elders: Wisdom and Knowledge

I am quite astonished by all the requests I have recently received from Elder groups to speak at their gatherings. At almost 57, yes I guess I now can call myself an elder. Read more in this week’s blog…

Are You GiftADD?

It’s the end of August, the end of summer. Time to return to school. Growing up, this weekend was always the worst weekend of the year for me. Read more in this week’s blog…

Business: Changing the World for the Better

From everything I have seen in my travels so far, I believe humanity’s best hope to change the world for the better is through business and the development of clean technology…read more in this week’s blog.

British Columbia Institute of Technology

On June 11th, I'll be guest speaker at BCIT's Annual General Meeting, an event open to my alma mater's alumni…read more in this week’s blog.

COACH KEVIN

A big shout out to both Kevin Lawrence and Verne Harnish for being a huge part of my journey. Read more about the importance of coaching in this week’s blog…

Opening Doors for Vancouver's Homeless Youth

Back in 2015, a mutual friend of Dave Ash and myself invited us to join him in Covenant House Vancouver’s Sleep Out: Executive Edition. That was the first time I’d experienced what it’s like to actually “live” on the street...

A FEW WORDS FROM VERNE HARNISH

"After almost being shot down by FARC guerrillas on the Venezuela-Colombia border and being forced to escape Egypt while working for his father's oil spill contingency planning company, Nigel Bennett decided to break away and start Aqua-Guard Spill Response." Read more....

LEAPwise: Time for Raising Global Citizens

When our kids were very young, we chose to focus on raising good global citizens. So we invested in giving our children experiences of the world...

Grateful for It All

Life never should be easy.

For some, this can be a very hard idea to accept.

As for me, I’ve been privileged over the past three years to have a chance to deeply reflect on my life while writing "Take that Leap: Risking It All for What Really Matters”