Jaime Watt
Navigator Ltd. 執行董事長
https://navltd.com/team/jaime-watt/
121 King Street West
1810 室
多倫多，安大略省
M5H 3T9
電話：416-642-6430
jwatt@navltd.com
Jaime Watt 是 Navigator 的執行董事長，也是一位暢銷書作家。他專注於複雜的公共戰略問題，服務於國內外企業、專業服務、非營利組織和政府部門的客戶。
他被廣泛認為是加拿大領先的高風險傳播策略師，是加拿大各級政府董事會、商界和專業人士以及政界領導人值得信賴的顧問。Jaime 領導的競選活動以其大膽和創造力，改變了政治格局，開創了先河。
Jaime 在其整個職業生涯中一直致力於公司治理教育和思想領導力，並定期在具有挑戰性的治理環境中提供專家意見。他是董事教育項目的兼職教授，該項目由公司董事協會 (ICD) 和多倫多大學羅特曼管理學院聯合開發和管理。他也是羅特曼管理學院多個項目以及西安大略大學毅偉商學院的客座講師。
Jaime 目前擔任安大略藝術設計大學 (OCAD University) 校長。此外，他還擔任大學健康網絡 (University Health Network)、加拿大文學評論 (Literary Review of Canada)、加拿大國家藝術研究基金會 (CANFAR) 和尼亞加拉湖畔蕭伯納節 (Shaw Festival) 的董事會成員。
他曾擔任多倫多加拿大俱樂部 (Canadian Club of Toronto)、奧爾巴尼俱樂部 (Albany Club)、加拿大艾滋病臨終關懷機構凱西之家 (Casey House)（加拿大最早的艾滋病臨終關懷機構）、加拿大平等婚姻組織 (Canada's for Equal Marriage)、加拿大人權運動組織 (Canadian Human Rights Campaign) 和加拿大人權信托組織 (Canadian Human Rights Trust) 等組織的主席或主席。此外，他還曾擔任多家機構的董事、受托人或理事，包括聖邁克爾醫院基金會、斯特拉特福德節、道明銀行私人捐贈基金會、清潔水基金會、多倫多海濱中心以及華盛頓特區伍德羅·威爾遜學者中心加拿大研究所。
在擔任董事會領導期間，他經常當選戰略規劃、審計、繼任計劃、人才搜尋和危機管理委員會成員。
他積極致力於促進平等和人權事業，是首位獲得Egale終身成就獎的人，並因其對社區的貢獻榮獲查理三世國王加冕勳章以及女王金禧勳章和鑽禧勳章。他還榮獲了Out on Bay Street的“值得驕傲的領袖獎”。Jaime曾當選為加拿大皇家地理學會院士，是多倫多遺產夥伴，並被評為多倫多最具影響力的公民之一。
為表彰Jaime在公共事務領域終生的卓越成就和領導才能，他最近榮獲加拿大公共事務協會頒發的傑出獎。
Jaime是一位備受推崇的演講家，經常以公共事務評論員的身份出現在媒體上。他是加拿大廣播公司（CBC）各大平台的定期撰稿人，並為《多倫多星報》撰寫每周專欄。
Jaime的處女作《我希望說的話：一位專欄作家的自白》是全國暢銷書，目前已再版。您可以在線上和全國各地的書店購買。
我希望自己說的話：一位專欄作家的自白
https://www.amazon.ca/What-Wish-Said-Confessions-Columnist/dp/0888903472
2023年6月27日，作者：Jaime Watt（作者），Michael Cooke（結語）
“一篇專欄文章就能吸引你。它幽默風趣，妙語連珠。這是Jaime Watt最坦誠的表達。”
右派：Brian Mulroney，PC，CC，GOQ——加拿大第18任總理
就像電視烹飪比賽鈴聲響起，參賽者舉手一樣，周五下午四點，專欄文章提交——無論是否準備好——都會讓專欄作家感到恐懼、不安或沾沾自喜。無論如何，一個迫切而又揮之不去的想法始終縈繞在心頭：你希望自己說了什麽。
這就是周報專欄作家的生活。作家傑米·瓦特再也無法抑製這種渴望，在《我希望我說過的話：一位專欄作家的自白》一書中，他收集了自己在《多倫多星報》上發表的48篇最令人大開眼界、最具啟發性和最具煽動性的專欄文章，並以幽默、坦率和機智的方式，對每一篇都進行了回應，表達了他希望自己說的話。本書還收錄了前參議員兼專欄作家安德烈·普拉特，以及記者兼《多倫多星報》前主編邁克爾·庫克的貢獻。
瓦特被廣泛認為是加拿大領先的高風險傳播策略師，也是那些以其大膽和創造力改變政治格局的開創性競選活動的策劃者。他通過重新審視自己過往的作品，將自己的洞見應用於加拿大生活中一些最棘手、最具影響力的問題。
本書涵蓋六個主題領域——公民自由與人權、領導人肖像、執政黨自由黨、反對黨保守黨、唐納德·特朗普總統任期以及新冠疫情危機——細膩而通俗的文集，以獨特的視角審視近來時期。無論其觀點正確與否，瓦特在批評——有時甚至猛烈抨擊——自己過去的專欄時都毫不留情。
瓦特和他的合著者布林·威爾金森回顧了他過去七年多以來撰寫的專欄文章中，探討了哪些內容是可以表達的。與此同時，瓦特以新的視角和想法進行挑戰，引導讀者思考他們希望自己當時表達的內容，思考他們的觀點，甚至價值觀，是如何隨著時間而改變的。
評論
“隻需一篇專欄文章，就能吸引你。幽默風趣，觀點迸發。這是傑米·瓦特最坦誠的表達。”——尊敬的布賴恩·馬爾羅尼——加拿大第十八任總理，PC，CC，GOQ
“人生中，我們很少有機會‘重來’過去的事情。傑米·瓦特創造了這個機會，我們所有人都受益匪淺。我很高興我們能聽到傑米反思他哪些做對了，哪些做錯了。也許他會為其他專欄作家樹立一個先例，整個政治輿論界都會因此受益！” —— 尊敬的凱瑟琳·韋恩 —— 安大略省第25任省長
“有人告訴我，我隻能用35個字來評價傑米的這本書：令人振奮，又令人心碎；發人深省，發人深省，風趣幽默，切中要害，闡釋深刻，進步進步，富有同情心，而且目標明確。這是一部既回顧過去又展望未來的著作，非常值得一讀。” —— 喬丹·比托夫 —— 《多倫多星報》出版商兼NordStar Capital首席執行官
Jaime Watt
The Executive Chairman of Navigator Ltd.
https://navltd.com/team/jaime-watt/
121 King Street West
Suite 1810
Toronto, ON
M5H 3T9
T 416-642-6430
jwatt@navltd.com
Jaime Watt is the Executive Chairman of Navigator and a bestselling author. He specializes in complex public strategy issues, serving both domestic and international clients in the corporate, professional services, not-for-profit, and government sectors.
Widely regarded as Canada’s leading high stakes communications strategist, he is a trusted advisor to boards of directors, business and professional leaders as well as political leaders at all three levels of government across Canada. Jaime has led ground-breaking election campaigns that have transformed politics because of their boldness and creativity.
Jaime has been involved in corporate governance education and thought leadership throughout his career and regularly provides expert opinion in challenging governance situations. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Directors Education Program, jointly developed and administered by the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is also a guest lecturer for a variety of Rotman School programs, and the Ivey School of Business at Western University.
Currently, Jaime is the Chancellor of OCAD University. As well, he serves on the board of University Health Network, the Literary Review of Canada, CANFAR and the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
He is a past president or chair of the Canadian Club of Toronto, the Albany Club, Casey House – Canada’s pioneer AIDS hospice, Canadians for Equal Marriage, Canadian Human Rights Campaign and Canadian Human Rights Trust among others. Additionally, he is a past director, trustee or governor of many organizations including the St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation, Stratford Festival, TD Bank Private Giving Foundation, Clean Water Foundation, Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre, and the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington D.C.
In his board leadership activities, he has frequently been elected to strategic planning, audit, succession planning, search and crisis management committees.
Deeply involved with efforts to promote equality and human rights issues, he was the inaugural recipient of Egale’s Lifetime Achievement Award and has been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal, along with the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee medals for service to the community. He received Out on Bay Street’s Leader to be Proud of Award. Jaime has been elected to the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, is a Toronto Heritage Companion, and was named one of Toronto’s most influential citizens.
In recognition of his lifelong excellence and leadership in public affairs, Jaime was recently honoured with the Public Affairs Association of Canada’s Award of Distinction.
A highly regarded speaker, Jaime often appears as a public affairs commentator in the media. He is a regular contributor to all CBC platforms across Canada and writes a weekly column for The Toronto Star.
Jaime’s debut book, What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist, is a national bestseller and is already in its second printing. You can find it online and in bookstores nationwide.
What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist
https://www.amazon.ca/What-Wish-Said-Confessions-Columnist/dp/0888903472?
June 27 2023 by Jaime Watt (Author), Michael Cooke (Epilogue)
“All it takes is one column to pull you in. Rich in humour, overflowing in ideas. This is Jaime Watt at his candid best.”
The Right Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ ―18th prime minister of Canada
Just as they do on those television cooking contests when the bell rings and the contestants’ hands go up, at four o’clock on Friday afternoon, the column is filed―ready or not―to the columnist’s horror, discomfort, or self-satisfaction. Regardless, one exigent and unrelenting thought remains: what you wish you’d said.
Such is the life of a weekly newspaper columnist. Unable to ignore the urge any longer, in What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist, author Jaime Watt has collected forty-eight of his most eye-opening, illuminating, and provocative Toronto Star columns and with humour, candour, and wit, he’s responded to each with what he wishes he’d said. The collection also features contributions from former senator and columnist André Pratte and from journalist and former editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star Michael Cooke.
Widely regarded as Canada’s leading high-stakes communications strategist and the architect of groundbreaking campaigns that transformed politics with their boldness and creativity, Watt brings his insight to bear on some of the most vexing and consequential issues in Canadian life by reappraising his past work.
Across six topical subject areas―civil liberties and human rights, portraits of leaders, the Liberal Party in power, the Conservative Party in opposition, the Donald Trump presidency, and the COVID-19 crisis―this subtle yet accessible collection offers a distinctive look at recent times. Whether he got it right or wrong, Watt pulls no punches when it comes to critiquing―and at times lambasting―his past columns.
Revisiting his best and worst takes, Watt and his co-author Breen Wilkinson look at what might have been said in the columns he has been writing for more than seven years. And as he does, Watt challenges with new perspectives and ideas, inviting readers to consider what they wish they might have said, to consider how their points of views, and even their values, may have changed with time.
Review
“All it takes is one column to pull you in. Rich in humour, overflowing in ideas. This is Jaime Watt at his candid best.” -- The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney ― PC, CC, GOQ - 18th prime minister of Canada
“Very infrequently in life do we get the chance to ‘do over’ something from our past. Jaime Watt has created this opportunity and all of us benefit. I love that we can hear Jaime thinking about what he got right and what he didn’t. Maybe he will set a precedent for other columnists and the whole world of political opinion would be the better for that!” -- The Honourable Kathleen Wynne ― 25th premier of Ontario
“I’m told I only have 35 words to comment on Jaime’s book: heartening and heartbreaking, thought-provoking, thoughtful, funny, on-target, elucidating, progressive, compassionate, and purposeful. A retrospect that looks forward – and is well worth looking into.” -- Jordan Bitove ― Publisher, Toronto Star and CEO of NordStar Capital
The Right Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ ―18th prime minister of Canada
Just as they do on those television cooking contests when the bell rings and the contestants’ hands go up, at four o’clock on Friday afternoon, the column is filed―ready or not―to the columnist’s horror, discomfort, or self-satisfaction. Regardless, one exigent and unrelenting thought remains: what you wish you’d said.
Such is the life of a weekly newspaper columnist. Unable to ignore the urge any longer, in What I Wish I Said: Confessions of a Columnist, author Jaime Watt has collected forty-eight of his most eye-opening, illuminating, and provocative Toronto Star columns and with humour, candour, and wit, he’s responded to each with what he wishes he’d said. The collection also features contributions from former senator and columnist André Pratte and from journalist and former editor-in-chief of the Toronto Star Michael Cooke.
Widely regarded as Canada’s leading high-stakes communications strategist and the architect of groundbreaking campaigns that transformed politics with their boldness and creativity, Watt brings his insight to bear on some of the most vexing and consequential issues in Canadian life by reappraising his past work.
Across six topical subject areas―civil liberties and human rights, portraits of leaders, the Liberal Party in power, the Conservative Party in opposition, the Donald Trump presidency, and the COVID-19 crisis―this subtle yet accessible collection offers a distinctive look at recent times. Whether he got it right or wrong, Watt pulls no punches when it comes to critiquing―and at times lambasting―his past columns.
Revisiting his best and worst takes, Watt and his co-author Breen Wilkinson look at what might have been said in the columns he has been writing for more than seven years. And as he does, Watt challenges with new perspectives and ideas, inviting readers to consider what they wish they might have said, to consider how their points of views, and even their values, may have changed with time.
Review
“All it takes is one column to pull you in. Rich in humour, overflowing in ideas. This is Jaime Watt at his candid best.” -- The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney ― PC, CC, GOQ - 18th prime minister of Canada
“Very infrequently in life do we get the chance to ‘do over’ something from our past. Jaime Watt has created this opportunity and all of us benefit. I love that we can hear Jaime thinking about what he got right and what he didn’t. Maybe he will set a precedent for other columnists and the whole world of political opinion would be the better for that!” -- The Honourable Kathleen Wynne ― 25th premier of Ontario
“I’m told I only have 35 words to comment on Jaime’s book: heartening and heartbreaking, thought-provoking, thoughtful, funny, on-target, elucidating, progressive, compassionate, and purposeful. A retrospect that looks forward – and is well worth looking into.” -- Jordan Bitove ― Publisher, Toronto Star and CEO of NordStar Capital
