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How to Give Your Employees the Voice They Deserve

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Employees have a lot on their minds these days. Coronavirus, WFH challenges, general productivity pitfalls, family concerns, and social justice issues, just for a start. Is your company talking with workers about these topics? Engaging employees regularly to inform decisions is more important right now than ever before. Voice of the Employee (VoE) bridges the […]

Five B.C. Companies That Have Adapted & Thrived During COVID-19

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COVID-19 is forcing companies to adapt quickly to change and redesign their products or services or even create new ones to respond to our new reality. Fortunately this has brought the best out of Vancouver’s tech community. Companies have no choice but to adapt as quickly as they can during the Coronavirus pandemic. While some […]

How COVID-19 Will Change The Future Of Work

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I’ve been thinking about this subject a lot lately. What will the future of work look like? This is especially relevant for those of us who are responsible for transitioning the workforce back to the office while adopting a new set of rules and a new sense of normal. Realistically, things won’t go back to […]

Eight Elements All Organizations Should Be Addressing During COVID-19

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Most organizations around the world are dealing with new challenges and struggles brought on by COVID-19. At Galvanize, we build security, risk management, compliance, and audit software, so we’re in a unique position to help businesses to respond effectively to the almost-daily risks emerging from this crisis. GRC software can help organizations to quantify the […]

How To Combat Employee Burnout While WFH

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When I worked for Fortune 500 companies I could see that employee burnout was on the rise.  The physical and mental toll on employees meant that they couldn’t reach their full productive potential. As a former competitive athlete, I also understood the importance of commitment and support to focus on the simple, consistent routines that […]

In a Time of Crisis, What Will Happen to the Disruptors?

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The bedrock of any nation’s innovation economy is our startups, and in light of the current global pandemic we are being gravely exposed to the vulnerabilities of entrepreneurship. Startups are important to moving our economy forward as they provide a pipeline for job creation, disposable income, taxation, and ultimately are part of the engine that […]

Canadian Tech Can Support Digital Signatures, So Why Doesn’t The Law

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COVID-19 has drastically changed the way Canadians work and live, and it’s caused an even greater shift towards e-commerce spending and adoption of digital products and processes. Canadians are either social distancing or quarantining, and don’t have the desire or ability to make in-person appointments or shop in-store – and that shift to digital has […]

Canadian Businesses Need a Rent Subsidy

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I’ve had a front row seat in watching disruption in the small business industry for the past 11 years. From the effect of the crash in oil prices on Alberta’s small businesses to the steady growth of e-commerce to the detriment of brick and mortar retail, nothing prepared us for this. COVID-19 has brought an […]

Navigating the Virtual Job Hunt Amid COVID-19

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An unprecedented global pandemic has flipped everything we know on its head with employers across the city, province and country having transitioned their teams to be fully remote for the foreseeable future. Job seekers now face a new hurdle: how to navigate the virtual environment in order to successfully apply, interview, and land their dream […]