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How do you cultivate productivity? Entrepreneurs share how they keep their businesses operating at their best
CAPITAL IDEAS “We really want to have everything we do be seen through the lens of patient care — enhancing patient care and customer service. We want to run our business as efficiently as possible without compromising those values.” — Dr. Joe Lizotte, co-owner of Jasper Avenue Dental — 2th.com
“The first step for us is creating a culture of accountability. When we look at how we implement and how we go about our day-to-day with productivity, we start from the top with our important business goals and then work our way down to establish what it means to each of our employees.” — Sharleen Oborowsky, president of Fully Managed — fullymanaged.com
For the full recap of “How do you cultivate productivity?” including a podcast of the event, visit capitalideasedmonton.com.
CAPITAL BUZZ: Here’s what Capital Ideas members took away from the May 20 panel: “Productivity is looking at how to do things in a more efficient and effective way without sacrificing quality.” — Sarah Aaron, policy analyst at Government of Alberta — @ SarahDaJukebox
“Great insight from Sharleen, Joe and Ashif on productivity this afternoon at Capital Ideas.” — Mahalia Coniah, program manager at AdaptAbilities — @iyamidem
“Ashif Mawji and Sharleen Oborowsky made great mentions on customer service. Love the #TNT (today not tomorrow) idea. Getting new acronyms today.” — Nicolas Brown, issues editor at the NAIT Nugget — @bruchev
“Challenge staff to bring new ideas to table, which boosts productivity and enables businesses to reward their staff.” — Nancy MacDonald, manager of strategic initiatives at Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation — @Ndle3
“Productivity starts with clear corporate values.” — Colin Christensen, principal at Think Hire — @thinkhire
“If people’s values match up to your corporate values, then everything falls into place. Skills can be taught, but the enthusiasm comes from the values, and everything funnels up to productivity from there.” — Ashif Mawji, president of Trust Science — trustscience.com
ALSO IN ATTENDANCE: Joy Andrews Janine Aquin Jeff Archibald Iryna Bajraktari Bianca Barry Patrick Binns Peter Bognar Jacquie Boily Brian Bradshaw Michelle Brewster Eric Brown Leanne Brownoff Amor Carandang Frank Case Manav Chadha Bernard Chan Jack Chen Chelsea Chen Laski Chung Margaret Dang Sandra Der Kelley Doerksen Dave Forster Maple Rose Furigay Nathalie Gahimbare Ron Gil Melanie Goodwin Nathan Gould Mark Harms Edward Ilnicki Paul Johnston Patrick Kerby Joe Kovac Alexandra Kulas Jennifer Lee Jessica Lee Eric Leung Calv Lim
Ben Lui Kevin MacDonald Stephen MacDonald Jessica Marin Kara Aimee Maxfield Pamela McDonald Ellie McFarlane Nicole Medeiros Adam Mihaly Ahmed Moustafa Ken Mundell Yen Ngan Kim Nguyen Austin Nguyen Colleen Nuc Rahul Patel Jen Pawlowski Jerry Poon Julie Quantz-Kovac Dean Rachkewich Deepak Ramesh Kate Reynolds Melissa Richards Nicole Richardson Michael Sadler DenIs Sakhno Jasleen Sekhon Leann Shewchuk Dania Spillett A J Taube Lori Thexton Lianne Tse Yulia Volyanskaya Sindy Weber Sheila Williams Mark Wong Karolina Zitnansky
THANK YOU! Melissa Richards, manager of ATB’s Business Banking Centre, congratulates door prize winner Sandra Marin of S. Marin Inc. (sandramarininc.com) after the event.
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