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Not So Risky Business

This article is part of Credit Valley Conservation’s Greening Corporate Grounds Take Sustainability Outside series. We’re challenging businesses to think outside the box when it comes to corporate social and environmental sustainability. Business risk related to climate change is a hot topic. The earth has given up quietly nudging us to change the way we […]

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Identifying “The Gap”

Author: W.R. (Bill) Black  CExP™,  CFP ®, CEA®, CIM®, President / Exit Planner  Business owners have a lot of information at their fingertips. There are calculators and assessments available for just about every aspect of your business and personal situation. As a result, many business owners think they have an accurate idea about the value

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No Unicorns Need Apply

A new approach to innovation can level the playing field for emerging businesses – and leave Silicon Valley in the dust.   By Ken Tencer, Spyder works   Silicon Valley has brought us many dreams that have turned sour: social media that is anything but; billion-dollar platforms fuelled by minimum-wage labour;  but the Valley’s most

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The Alchemy of Fear

Author: Tania Kolar  At one time or another, most people have felt the unpleasant feelings induced by real or imagined fear. Fear can be immobilizing, but if we can take action to move past fear, we can transmute fear into exhilaration by taking small action amid distress.  Although imagined fears, like fear of heights, public

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The million-dollar differences between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs

Author: Ken Tencer , Spyder Works Inc. In these disruptive days, no company can grow without studying the entrepreneurial successes of such firms as Amazon, Google, Virgin and Uber. But there’s another type of entrepreneur you should be studying that may be even more important to your future: the intrapreneurs in your organization.    Intrapreneurs

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