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October 14, 2014 October 2014, Canada and the United States resemble each other closely: to the global family, the two are close cousins, if not siblings, sharing political and economic ties as well as similar laws in many areas. However, quite apart from our distinct spelling traditions, the course of political, social, and economic history...
December 29, 2014 Technology continues to move forward and many of the new platforms and products have shown they can save energy. However, even with all the hype about Smart Connected Real Estate, the quick energy reductions gained through lighting fixture luminaire retrofits by swapping out fluorescents and incandescent bulbs in favour of LEDs’ –...
April 13, 2015 Some thoughts about what you should be thinking about when selecting one! Every startup needs a couple of advisors with deep experience and connections in your business domain or financial skills to complement your technical focus. Advisors need to be mentors, looking ahead and directing you on key actions to take or avoid. Unfortunately,...
December 31, 2015 As we approach a new year (yes a leap year), we wanted to take a moment and share with you some thoughts for 2016 and what we might see and expect to happen in business entities. Yes, more waves of disruptive technology (social media, mobility, analytics, big data, and cloud). What will...
March 21, 2016 A Great friend died this weekend – We had worked for over 25 years on projects throughout the world – He was a lawyer – a friend – a great human person. Yes, we are both over 80 years – should be retired and enjoying life on the beach. I guess it was not...
April 2, 2016 To consider taking the entrepreneurial leap already sets a person apart from the vast majority of men and women who will never come close to actually leaving the world of regular wages or salaries. However, the cold and often harsh reality of the risks taken typically come with that leap – when the last...
August 15, 2016 On a regular basis municipalities around the globe suddenly announces that they are now a “Smart City”. The challenge is that most cannot adequately describe what makes a city a “smart city”. Usually in their description it involves ubiquitous high-speed internet access and a host of smartphone applications. And by using the...
October 5, 2016 For the past four weeks, I have been recovering from a hip replacement. The process is going well. Not being as agile and certainly not mobile gave me time to think. I decided before the operation to tell folks that I would be not responding to email as quickly for the next...
November 7, 2016 In the recent issue of Business Insider, they illustrated the median employee age of 17 Top Tech Companies. Yes, these are the folks we talk about everyday- the darlings of the stock market. Innovators from which we see many of the new products and ideas – often the disrupters of the status quo :...
January 17, 2017 What happens when you host a big event based on coming together, forging new links, and intense globalization at a time the dynamics in many parts of the world are pulling in the opposite direction? The World Economic Forum, which opens January 17 in the Alpine resort of Davos, is about to...
