Blog Posts By GO Productivity
Leading Through the Turbulence
There are but four words needed to capture what’s going on in the Canadian business environment: change, complexity, uncertainty, fear. There are two words, though, on which we need to focus during even the darkest of days that will get us over the hump and into the future: hope and innovation. The ups and downs… Read more »
Alexander Hamilton: A Man Who Was Never Satisfied With “Good Enough”
“Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.” – Thomas S. Monson At GO Productivity, our focus is continuous improvement. But it isn’t just important to us, or the small and medium sized enterprises that we work with. In fact, it was extremely important to one of the forgotten founding fathers… Read more »
Think Lean is just for manufacturing? Think again.
Lean principles aren’t just for manufacturers. Don’t believe us? Continue reading and watch this video to see Lean transform a NYC food bank after Hurricane Sandy.
Mental Health and Productivity
According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, Canadian companies lose an estimated $16.6 billion in productivity per year due to workers calling in sick as a result of mental health issues. This trend is expected to increase in severity and this is having a measurable impact on business, productivity and talent retention. And conservative… Read more »
Collaboration is a Matter of Trust
There is a Ladder of Trust in human relationships including collaborative efforts. Trust is going to be foundational in any progress towards authentic collaboration on construction projects. Trust must be created, nurtured and growing if a collaboration construction model for projects is going to be optimized. While Trust is not everything in developing a collaborative… Read more »
2018 Annual Report Released
GO Productivity is pleased to announce the release of our 2018 Annual Report. Please click the Image below to read the 2018 Annual Report For a printable copy click here 2018 Annual Report
Scaling-up Innovative and Sustainable Businesses Best Practices in Competitiveness Strategy
Revolutionary technologies are giving rise to seismic shifts across the global economic landscape. Sweeping in their scale and scope, they are disrupting nearly every industry—from manufacturing, retail and energy to health care, finance and food production—how businesses compete and the ways we work. Nations at all stages of development, and businesses of all sizes and kinds seek to leverage… Read more »
Scaling-up Sustainable Innovative Businesses – 10 Global Competitiveness Principles
The Global Federation of Competitiveness Councils (GFCC) September Global Innovation Summit in Buenos Aires was on the theme of Scaling-up Sustainable Innovative Businesses. This is a theme that is at the core of the challenges for Alberta SME companies that want to grow and be part of the changing dynamics of the so-called “new normal”… Read more »
Just Us! Coffee Productivity ARC
Recently, our National Director Ron Subramanian delivered a Productivity ARC for Just Us! Coffee in association with Nova Scotia Business Inc. Just Us! realized that after 20 years of being ahead of their competition, that they had 4 or 5 competitors that had caught up to them. They realized that the way to improve and… Read more »