Business Innovation & Networking Blog
If It’s Lonely at the Top – Find the Right Peer Advisory Group
The past few years have been rocky for businesses. Navigating the pandemic and the ensuing economic upheaval, you’ve probably faced critical decisions relating to managing staff, service relationships, supply chain issues and more. On your own. You desperately wanted...
How To Succeed With Purpose
Our guest contributor this month is Phillip Haid. Phillip founded PUBLIC in 2008 to disrupt the way companies think about doing “good”. Driven by a passion to prove that social and environmental impact is a key business driver to achieve profit with purpose, he set...
Future-proof Your Company by Tapping into the Immigrant Talent Pool
Canada is experiencing a drastic shortage of workers. According to Statistics Canada, as of February 2022, over 826,000 jobs were unfilled. This article looks at reasons behind the current labour shortage, challenges for jobseekers and employers, and leads for...
The Emerging Impact Entrepreneur
Have you noticed? The business paradigm is shifting with an increased focus on ‘impact’ entrepreneurship. Every business, from start-up to big corporation, creates impacts—positive and negative—through its activities. In this new paradigm, businesses need to be...
Strategy and Innovation Management: The Innovators Dashboard
We are thrilled to announce our new app for strategic planning and innovation management: the Innovators Dashboard, a proprietary, digital strategic planning and innovation tool developed for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. This indispensable resource provides a range...
Technology Spotlight: Zoom Info Technologies Proving to be a Game Changer for Organizations Globally
One of the biggest challenges organizations encounter today is how to generate quality leads. This means obtaining an accurate email address and telephone number for prospects. The pandemic and work from home phenomenon has made this even more challenging as many...
Emerging Technologies with Mario Malouin, PhD, CPA, CA: AI Edition
Emerging technologies are something that innovative organizations should continue to pay close attention to. Advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain, business platforms, cyber security, crypto currency, and more all set the stage for organizations to...
How to Create a Culture of Innovation During Covid
Company culture is not a ‘one size fits all’ attribute. In fact, a company’s culture is as uniquely tied to it as a human is to their personality. It is cultivated slowly, tied to unique goals, and is built with the contributions of others.
3 Keys to Ensuring Your Managers Become Effective Leaders
An important decision you make as a business leader is selecting who you appoint in managerial roles. Your managers are a central part of your leadership team and their performance will have a direct impact on the value of your business. Ensuring that they become...
The Assembly Line Versus The Concept Car
Maybe it’s because I was Creative Director with Volvo for 8 years. Maybe it’s because I went to high school in Oshawa, Ontario (Canada’s version of Flint, Michigan). But when I want to frame up innovation, I often think of what the car folks do. With that in mind,...
