Have you ever had the seed of an idea form in your mind, and not known where to take it? Do you have ideas that you’re working on which take shape over time? Let me just share with you this great video: Here at Directis, we get a lot of ideas. They seem to grow [...]
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How not to contact your customers
Please pardon my tirade… I’ve just had one of those run-ins with my bank. The first thing that went wrong was the robo-call. My caller ID identified the call as coming from RBC, so I answered it with my customary cheer (it’s always good to sound cheerful when your bank calls you). However it wasn’t [...]
Notes from Peter Labistour talk on sustainability
Yesterday afternoon I attended a Business Leaders Series talk by Peter Labistour, CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-op. The topic was “The Business Case for Social and Environmental Sustainability.” Peter was a very thought-provoking speaker and challenged us with many questions instead of doing a typical “what we did at MEC and why” dog & pony [...]
Lifelong learning… or how I learned not to waste a moment
This has been a nice quiet week at Directis – I’ve just wrapped up final reports on a few projects and I’m waiting for a couple of new projects to begin next week. In years past I would have used a week like this to go shopping, stay home and read novels, or surf Facebook. [...]
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Employment Program BC Funding Model – Putting Vulnerable Job-Seekers Last!
Press Release – sent out to media outlets March 18, 6:30pm. March 18, 2013 – VICTORIA, BC – A recent study of Employment Program BC (EPBC) service providers shows the funding model and tracking software implemented last year has reduced service quality for vulnerable job-seekers. “The focus on fee-for-service billing doesn’t allow organizations to adapt [...]