Supporting a little boy with a ton of fight!

By Rachelle Holterman, Senior Business Consultant & Manager of Business Development

In the fall of 2012, my close friends and neighbors were thrown into nightmare – their 5 year old son was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG).  It is inoperable and the median overall survival of children diagnosed with DIPG is approximately 9 months.  This has particularly hit home for me as not only is this family close friends of ours but my two daughters went to daycare next door and grew up to be best buddies with Tyler and his younger brother Brayden.  How life can change so dramatically in an instant…

‘Big Data’ Applications in Saskatchewan

By John Waller, Senior Business Consultant

McKinsey recently released their latest Insights Article on a subject that is gaining more and more attention – Big Data.  Big Data has varying definitions but put simply it refers to large and complex data sets.  Data analytics has long been a staple of leading industries like finance and computer engineering, but is beginning to explode in industries like healthcare, public sector management and manufacturing.  For me, it begs the question – what aspects of the Saskatchewan economy are active, or should be active, in Big Data?

More Exciting News for the GTH!

By Rachelle Holterman, Senior Business Consultant & Manager of Business Development

I just wanted to take the time to congratulate one of our clients, The Global Transportation Hub Authority, on attracting two new exciting clients to the GTH in west Regina – The Emterra Group and The Saskatchewan Liquor & Gaming Authority.

The Emterra Group will invest more than $8 million on land, building and equipment for a new 13-acre development at the GTH.  Emterra, the City of Regina’s new curbside recycling contractor, is building a 45,000 square foot “world class, state-of-the-art” material recovery facility (MRF) at the GTH.  Click here for the full Government of Saskatchewan news release.

Muda (Waste) – How do the eight wastes relate to business consulting?

By Leslie Moldenhauer, Quality Analyst

Reading through my recent ASQ Quality Progress magazine, I came across an article on waste commonly found in business environments.  Originally applied to a production environment, this information can readily be applied to making improvements to every business from business consulting to production of products. 

Employer Branding – More than a Fancy Logo

By Andrée Carpentier, Senior Business Analyst

Recent reports on Saskatchewan’s labour market continue to point out the growing gap between labour supply and demand in our province. The Government of Saskatchewan estimates that an additional 60,000 workers will be needed by 2020 to meet the economic growth projections. With forecasts like these, Saskatchewan businesses will inevitably be faced with a predicament – how can they differentiate themselves as an attractive employer in order to attract and retain quality employees?