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Thomas Park

Thomas Park

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Aug 16, 2021

Why how you look matters to career success, especially to BIPOC employees

“Do looks matter?”

Why how you look matters to career success, especially to BIPOC employees

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Age of Awareness

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Thomas Park

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Feb 17, 2019

The Harvard Lawsuit: How Asian FOMO can be destructive

I knew which high school I was going to by the time I turned 5. My father was set that I attend a particular Jesuit run school. Before I…

The Harvard Lawsuit: How Asian FOMO can be destructive

Thomas Park

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Jan 20, 2019

The Bamboo Ceiling: An Asian manager’s reality in the West

Today, women began to blast through the doors of discrimination and entitlement like nothing else has ever done. Many people — notably…

The Bamboo Ceiling: An Asian manager’s reality in the West

Thomas Park

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Jan 3, 2019

The surprising truths about the power of data: 3 lessons from the frontline of the data revolution

Melinda Gates is talking about me — sort of. Here she is at a TedTalk, explaining why she’s passionate about contraceptives and her…

The surprising truths about the power of data: 3 lessons from the frontline of the data revolution

Thomas Park

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Nov 11, 2018

Korean Lessons for a VUCA World

HBR recently had an article entitled “What VUCA Really Means for You”. A term coined by the US military to describe complex combat…

Korean Lessons for a VUCA World

Thomas Park

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Oct 21, 2018

What Indigenous peoples in the North taught me about one of the most important traits in leadership

We were on the bus ride back from Dene territory near Slave Lake. Two young males were with me in the back, catching a ride back to…

What Indigenous peoples in the North taught me about one of the most important traits in leadership

Thomas Park

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Sep 8, 2018

The Rise of the Asian-Canadian Age

I hate the CBC’s “Kim’s Convenience”. If you’ve never heard of the show, consider yourself lucky — the premise is of a Korean immigrant…

The Rise of the Asian-Canadian Age

Thomas Park

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Aug 21, 2018

You need to buy a new world map or you’ll miss the Silk Roads like me

The shop was crammed full of Maoist memorabilia. I’m a big man so most shops in Asia are always tight for me but this was worse than an…

You need to buy a new world map or you’ll miss the Silk Roads like me

Thomas Park

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Aug 5, 2018

International development is facing a diversity crisis — and this is how to fix it

Leadership in the development field is facing a diversity crisis — and here’s how to fix it

International development is facing a diversity crisis — and this is how to fix it

Thomas Park

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Jul 8, 2018

My summer book recs — for those looking for a bit more meaning

Reading used to relax me but it doesn’t anymore. I remember clearly when the transformation happened: I was 13 and I had finished reading…

My summer book recs — for those looking for a bit more meaning

Thomas Park

Thomas Park

Driven to work on cool projects that help people. I now work in government venture capital & private equity to drive Canadian innovation

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