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Julie Maranda, the chief medical officer at Accenture, took the Digital Transformation Executive MBA at McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business in Hamilton because she wanted to gain skills that increased her digital literacy. Christinne Muschi/THE GLOBE AND MAIL To help her decide where to do her MBA, Julie Maranda made an elaborate spreadsheet, taking into consideration cost, time, prerequisites and a slew of other factors, including what skills future business leaders need to stay relevant. The Digital Transformation Executive MBA (EMBA) through McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business in Hamilton won out because Ms. Maranda, who is the chief medical officer at consulting firm Accenture, says she needed to go beyond the traditional leadership teachings of an MBA and to tap into the skills that were outside her comfort zone. “Being in health care in particular, the reason for me to go back to school at my age was because I really felt that as a leader, I needed to up my digital litera...

This is the weekly Careers newsletter. Radhika Panjwani is a former journalist from Toronto and a blogger. Canadian entrepreneur Stuart Bruce says workers with learning disabilities have a strong work ethic and a distinctively unique approach to problem-solving, and organizations that hire, accommodate and nurture these workers will enjoy a competitive edge. Growing up, Mr. Bruce, chief executive officer of First Insurance Funding of Canada, struggled with reading and was continually admonished by his teachers to work harder. Outside the classroom, he was bullied. The fog of confusion lifted at the age of 8 when he was diagnosed with dyslexia, a neurological condition that’s often hereditary and is a common cause of reading difficulties. And so when it came to a career, Mr. Bruce opted for entrepreneurship, where he excelled because he chose to focus on his strengths and learned to lean on others for the skills he didn’t have. “The most successful organizations arise from bringing a ...