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Industry insights, lessons learned, and the occasional well-earned opinion — written by Mastermind for Biz members about what they’re seeing in the businesses they run every day, plus the occasional guest post from a partner.

Energy Not Found
Mental HealthGuest Post

Energy Not Found: A 30-Minute Guide to Navigating Burnout

Gabrielle Beaulne of Opening Minds on spotting a changed operating pattern, what resilience cannot create, and the Stop/Shape/Shield pivot — with the slide deck and Burnout Bingo worksheet free to download.

Gabrielle Beaulne, Opening Minds
September 23, 2026 · 2 min read
Up for Renewal?
Employee Benefits

Is Your Employee Benefits Plan Up for Renewal?

Debbie Hartz shares the questions to ask your benefits advisor before you renew — plus a client story where premiums dropped 24% while coverage went up.

Debbie Hartz
Debbie Hartz
September 14, 2026 · 2 min read
High-Tech Toolkit
Proposals

High-Tech Toolkit for Proposals: A Guide

AI gets the headlines, but Alison Edwards wins proposals with a different toolkit — LaTeX and Overleaf for compliance matrices, R for figures that carry evidence, and Acrobat Pro for accessibility.

Alison Edwards
Alison Edwards
August 12, 2026 · 3 min read
The Anatomy of a Landing Page
Web Design & Marketing

The Anatomy of a High-Converting Landing Page

Jordan Caron breaks down the seven sections of a landing page that turns paid traffic into booked business — hero, empathy bridge, trust signals, and the four other pieces most business websites get wrong.

Jordan Caron
Jordan Caron
July 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Whose Laws Can Reach It?
Data & Risk

Confidential Information: Where Does It Live, and Whose Laws Can Reach It?

Alison Edwards on the difference between where your data is stored and whose laws can reach it — why Canadian data residency alone doesn’t settle the question, and the three things to check before choosing a provider.

Alison Edwards
Alison Edwards
July 9, 2026 · 2 min read
Finding My Seat
Community

Finding My Seat

Alison Edwards arrived at the boathouse with hemiplegia and no idea whether rowing was even possible for her. Eight sessions later she had a stroke that worked, a seat in a double, and something she hadn’t expected to find — a community.

Alison Edwards
Alison Edwards
June 24, 2026 · 3 min read
Beyond the Prompt
Law & Business

Beyond the Prompt: AI Drafting vs. Experienced Legal Counsel

Sankar Nair compares an AI-generated Independent Contractor Agreement to a lawyer-drafted one, clause by clause. Of 33 substantive provisions, only 14 were fully adequate in the ChatGPT version — and the gaps aren’t the ones most business owners would think to check for.

Sankar Nair
Sankar Nair
June 18, 2026 · 8 min read