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enabling ideas® - March 8, 2023
Prototyping Workshop - Rotman Design Challenge
Often overlooked in practicing Business Design is the 'business' part.  Many incorrectly think a Business Design approach to problem solving means dialling down 'Business'  techniques and dialling up 'Design' techniques. The best and most successful application is when you effectively...
Rotman Business Design Initiative - December 13, 2021

Alumni Stories – Blair Severn
Meet our December #AlumniStories featured alumnus, Blair Severn (MBA ’01). He is Chairman of enabling ideas®, an accomplished solutions design firm, where he specializes in managing ambiguity to drive complex decision-making. Severn recently met virtually ...
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enabling ideas® - December 8, 2021

I want a divorce. I didn’t get what you promised in this marriage.
The Client: A multi-national consumer hard-goods manufacturer.  The Ask: Help us divert a merger disaster. The Reveal: The company acquired a key competitor that included, among its sales distribution, a ...
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enabling ideas® - November 29, 2021

It’s a new ESG era. Say ‘hello’ to a new investment product.
The Client: A scaling up Investment Products & Asset Management company.  The Ask: Help us develop a marketing plan to launch our new investment fund.  The Reveal: The company has a ...
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enabling ideas® - November 22, 2021

I’m a Celebrity and I have a Brand. Now All I Need is a Business.
The Client: An aspiring Media company.  The Ask: Help us grow our business.  The Reveal: The company had a celebrity, a cool brand, a website, a roster of sponsors to ...
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enabling ideas® - July 1, 2021

Customer Insight & Engagement – GNCC Lunch and Learn
Learn what motivates customers to choose you, and keep choosing you. Businesses are in a constant battle to both attract new customers and maintain the loyalty of current customers. It ...
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enabling ideas® - June 21, 2021

Product Start-Up Podcast – How to Maximize your Product Sales in Retail Stores
Our own Blair Severn is featured on the Product Start-Up Podcast with host Kevin Mako of Mako Design + Invent. Blair and Kevin talk lessons learned from Sony and Consumers Gas ...
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enabling ideas® - April 23, 2021

Think Tank REWIND – The Colliding Forces Raising The Bar For Organizational Design
In this Episode – How will you re-imagine your organization for the post Covid world? Will simple role, capability and location changes be enough to keep up with the dizzying ...
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Viaduct - March 19, 2021

How Startups Can Hire Talent Quickly
One of the most pivotal challenges for any startup or high-growth company is finding and hiring the right talent. Even in today’s talent-driven market, discovering exceptional candidates that align with ...
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Viaduct - March 11, 2021

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN A REMOTE WORKPLACE
By Pete Petrella, Managing Director Are you craving some quality in-office interaction? Do you find yourself itching for a sense of workplace normalcy? Is your mind desperate for a return to ...
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