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Why trade uncertainty isn’t the real problem Everyone’s watching the trade talks. I’m watching something more dangerous. Across Canada, I’m seeing companies freeze. Investment in people – paused. Investment in …

Short-Cutting Process Breeds the Next Corporate Scandal When leaders trumpet results and dismiss the “plumbing” that produces them, the organization’s moral compass drifts, controls erode, and risk snowballs, often invisibly, …

The playbook that repositions risk from overhead to advantage Risk used to sit on the expense line, something you paid lawyers and auditors to keep at bay. That worldview is …

What are we really doing while we wait to “notch a point,” and does the point even matter? From ledgers to Balanced Scorecards Score-keeping has been a part of commerce …

A Business Thriller About the Capacity Cliff Picture a night highway outside the city: headlights white‑knuckle the asphalt, engines humming at the red line. For a mile or two, the …

A new frontier for Risk
Disruption Forges a New Frontier for Risk
I spoke at a business gathering recently and had a chance to meet an individual on the Board of a large...
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The Super Powers of Internal Consultants
In the mid 1990’s I was asked to take on a role that, quite unexpectedly, required me to be an ‘Internal...
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Business Alignment
Connect the dots!! What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you hear that?  Perhaps you...
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The Elephant in the Room has a Name
“Leadership is acknowledging there is an elephant in the room.” Unknown Today I want to share a perspective...
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Making Sense of Sense-Making
If ever you thought disconnect and dysfunction don’t happen in your organization, I invite you...
Prophecies
Defy the False Prophecies of a Recession
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times . . . . “A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens,...
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