Our Events

new✨ called Skillful Office Hours! A half hour event we'll be running on an almost weekly basis. 

Come and join a few member(s) of the Skillful Team: Loren, Alex, Zack and Laura. We'll answer any questions you have about the community, talk openly about what the team is building, share + discuss ideas and just hang out together! 

 and we think this will be an awesome platform for us to do that. 

Skillful Team Office Hours

The emergence of No-Code and Low-Code tools like Zapier, Airtable, Bubble, and Typeform has enabled operators across tech to prototype and launch solutions quickly and iterate even faster. Want a first hand look at how this happens behind the scenes with one of these operators? Join us for an Office Hour with Abhi Shetty, Assistant General Manager at Clutch, and Zack Harley, Engineering Lead at Skillful. 

We’ll spend our time together running through:

Come ready to learn and dive in with Abhi and Zack, and the rest of the group for this informative and interactive hour together!

The Commons Office Hours: No-Code/Low-Code

, Head of Growth & Product at Purified News for an insightful hour covering his take on making the move from BizOps to Product. This will be a packed hour where Tobin will share:

We're really excited for this one, and hope to see you there! 

Community Chat: Making the Move from Ops to Product w/ Mentor Tobin

Ryan Rego is Senior Manager, Product Adoption at Plooto and a mentor at The Commons. Ryan is joining this roundtable as a hiring manager and will be sharing his advice for job-seekers going through a recruiting cycle.

Raza Khan is a BizOps Manager at Webflow and an alumni of The Commons. Raza is joining the roundtable as someone who has recently been through the BizOps recruiting cycle, and will be sharing his tips on how to navigate the process.

Recruiting Roundtable: Ryan & Raza

Networking can be fun! We'll match you with curated connections & talking points to take the pressure off and help you get right into the conversation. You'll build 6-8 awesome new connections.

Location: two twos at 296 Brunswick Ave, Toronto (a super cool venue at Bathurst + Bloor).

career development membership for ambitious professionals in business + tech

. We bring together a curated community who level up together for business roles in tech through learning, mentorship & community.

How? You apply to join the community via a 

 and participate in interactive learning experiences that are 100% led by mentors who work in tech. It's the easiest way to accelerate your career by building skills, gaining experience and making meaningful connections with mentors & peers who actually give a sh&t!

The Commons: Toronto Speed Networking Mixer

The Commons is hosting a mixer for members of The Commons community and new friends in business & tech. 💫

​If you're a member of The Commons or if you're looking to make new friends across business & tech, this one's for you.

​We promise candid connections with ambitious professionals, because that's what The Commons is all about. We're a very friendly group so if you're on the fence, just join us!

Feel free to forward this to your friends to register - spots are limited.

​It's at the two twos (296 Brunswick Ave, Toronto) - a cool venue at Bathurst and Bloor.

The Commons: Toronto Tech Mixer

Join us for a discussion on a hot topic for many in our community - MBAs. We have 4 community members on the panel for this one. 2 who have MBAs and 2 who thought about it, but opted not to pursue.

Great Debate: MBA

, VP of Revenue and BI at Lifehouse and mentor at The Commons. Rohan has prepared an incredible mock case that centres itself around simulating the kinds of questions you might face in an interview.

​We are SO excited about this one and hope to see you there!

Mentor Mini-Case Workshop

Come hang with The Commons team & community! We'll spend the time catching up and playing some casual games. Join us for a boost before finishing off your work week!

Community Hang

​There's no better time or place to meet community members AND level up by refining your answer to the age old question: "So tell me about yourself".

​We are firm believers that practice makes perfect - many community members (us included) have found that the more practice you have in telling your professional story out loud, the better it gets.

 is a really good read that I’d suggest at least skimming before hopping on the call. With the take-aways in mind, try to have an idea of what kind of role you’d like to mock pitch in this session. This will help you narrow in on the aspects of your professional story that are most relevant for the particular conversation you’re having.

​​TIP: Always be positive! Think about your forward trajectory and where you want to go next. Don’t get bogged down in what’s not great about your current role.  

Pitch Yourself! 📣

One of the best ways to kick start your job search is to have conversations and ask questions ☕️

Thursday afternoon join two of our incredible mentors, Eileen and Julie-Anne, for an Office Hours where we will do just that! We'll kick off by letting both of them share their trajectory and how they broke into tech and then use the rest of the time for questions and discussion. 

Mentor Office Hours, October

In any job, having the right tools can make all the difference and be a game changer when it comes to efficiency, organization and collaboration 🛠 Product management is no different. Join mentor Saumil, as he walks through the most important tools for any product manager to know about. This session will cover tool overviews, use cases, and alternatives.

Product Toolkit Essentials 🧰

From diving into areas of interest and starting side hustles, to opening up new opportunities and connections, there are plenty of reasons to think about your personal brand, so we're brining in mentor 

 to provide a primer and Q&A on the topic.

Building Your Personal Brand

Calling all operators and builders! Alexis Lopez is joining us for part 1 of a 3-part series on automating workflows 🤖 Part 1 will cover advanced Google Sheets formulas to take your Sheets game to the next level. Stay tuned for subsequent sessions on automated trackers, emails and building your own Slackbot 👀

 is a BizOps Tech & Automation Manager over at Spotify.

The Commons: Automating Workflows with Alexis from Spotify

, with extensive experience and expertise in the people and recruiting realms, as they share helpful tips on how to stand out during a crucial phase of the interview process: the recruiter screen.

Acing the Recruiter Screen

The Commons IRL San Francisco Hang 🎉

Hang out with your fellow Commoners at the amenity room in Justin's new apartment building!

FYI: Platters & beverages will be covered by Skillful

We acknowledge that we are meeting on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We thank them for having cared for these lands and waters since time out of mind, and look forward to working with them in partnership as we continue to work in this great city together.

7th floor balcony - look up J Collett on the front door panel to open the front door

The Commons IRL Vancouver Hang 🎉

IRL meetup for The Commons community of London!