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“We can’t grow, because my people can’t grow.” This is an actual quote from an entrepreneur we worked with a few years ago. While his company’s track record of growth clearly made a mockery of his assertion, he remained convinced—and stuck. By any objective measure, his company was thriving. Its revenues were far higher than they had been at any …
My favourite band played an outdoor show in Vancouver’s world-renowned Stanley Park last summer. Their tall, bald, front man was as energetic and activated as ever. But the person who really fired my imagination that sunny evening was sitting at the back of the stage…. Rob Hirst is one of the most powerful drummers in the business. His lean kit, completed …
Since our recent piece, ‘Where Do We Grow from Here?’ conversations seem to have been in the air about business growth. How should we grow? Where should we grow? What does growth even mean? We’re not the only ones asking…. In the past year, we’ve completed a number of large, stakeholder-engaged strategic planning assignments with a diverse list of clients. …
In one of the more fun coincidences I’ve encountered, my business partner and I share a birthday. While we’re a few years apart, we both celebrate each lap around the sun on March 20—the first day of spring. As seems always to be the case, spring arrived this year giving notice of change…. The morning started for me with great …
Junxion helped WJS Canada’s new Board of Directors and CEO develop a bold vision and a five-year strategic plan in the period following a PR crisis and the unexpected exits of two senior executives at a critical transition time in the company’s history. The Business Challenge Over the past 30 years, WJS Canada has grown to employ over 600 …
There’s nothing like the spacious renewal of a brand new year to inspire our optimism. It’s like a giant, cosmic reset button, specially designed to help us renew our perspective, refresh our capacity, and reshape our approach. Are you ready to make the best of 2018? As we navigate the fourth calendar quarter of 2017, we’re noticing a number of …
As I write, the air reeks of burned wood. It is the lingering stench of the worst forest fire season on record for Western North America. Massive plumes of smoke are rising hundreds of miles away, and the pall is cast over skies as far as the eye can see. Recent coverage of the worst-ever flooding in Houston, from which …
In 1845, Captain Sir John Franklin set out from England with 129 men in two ships to traverse the Northwest Passage. Both ships got stuck in the ice and every single expedition member eventually died of scurvy, lead poisoning, starvation, or hypothermia. Over the last 40 years or so, a fairly comprehensive understanding of the expedition’s demise has emerged, and …
