The Power of Failure
"If failure is not an option, then neither is success." – Seth Godin Failure is the best teacher. When it comes to Process Improvement and growing our bottom line, failure is invaluable. The goal for failure is fast, cheap, and often. With each failure, we do a...
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Marketing During a Pandemic
"Even when you are marketing to your entire audience or customer base, you are still simply speaking to a single human at any given time." – Ann Handley How do you acquire new customers in a pandemic? Will the customers you've always had keep coming back? Will any...
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Virtual Doesn’t Need to Mean Disconnected
"The one thing I've personally learned is you've got to get ahead of the curve, don't try to deny it or put your head in the sand, and wish for the best. These are the times when a culture and an organization gets tested." – Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage We're...
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What Are We Saving Money On Right Now?
"You must gain control over your money, or the lack of it will forever control you." – Dave Ramsey If you aren't eternally vigilant about your expenses, they will creep up. It's a silent and deadly law that makes Process Improvement a necessarily ongoing endeavour....
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HR in the Age of COVID-19
"At the end of the day, you bet on people, not on strategies." – Lawrence Bossidy In the last few months, your team has probably surprised you. Some reacted to this crisis in unexpected ways and others have risen to the occasion with remarkable purpose and clarity. ...
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Track Your Cash Better, Part II
“Number one; cash is king.” – Jack Welch Alberta’s economy is in an ocean of hurt. At times like these, cash is the life preserver that will keep your business’s head above water. Last week we talked about why you should have a 13-week cash flow forecast. Now let’s...
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Track Your Cash Better, Part I
“The fact is that one of the earliest lessons I learned in business was that balance sheets and income statements are fiction, cash flow is reality.” – Chris Chocola You know how much cash your business has in the bank right now, but how much will there be in a week?...
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Do you have a 30,000-foot view
Alberta is in an unprecedented economic time. The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the energy and other sectors is already rippling out, and individual businesses are facing a perfect storm of money-sucking problems. We're re-doing our "Deadly Waste" articles—and...
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Defend Your Business from Defects
Alberta is in an unprecedented economic time. The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the energy and other sectors is already rippling out, and individual businesses are facing a perfect storm of money-sucking problems. We're re-doing our "Deadly Waste" articles—and...
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Is Your Product Costing You Money?
Alberta is in an unprecedented economic time. The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the energy and other sectors is already rippling out, and individual businesses are facing a perfect storm of money-sucking problems. We're re-doing our "Deadly Waste" articles—and...
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