When you are thinking about starting a successful new business, one of the first questions you need to be able to answer is: “What is the headache that I’m solving for, and how bad is the headache?”. You need to solve a problem for someone (your target customer) that they recognize (it is a headache) […]
Author Archive: Tim Empringham, MBA
Building a Full Stack Strategy
This is a presentation I did for the Bank IT Conference earlier this year on my “Multi-Dimensional Strategy Cube” approach to integrating strategic planning across an organization. If you’re interested in more details or how this may apply within your business please contact me today.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
I was thinking about my experience during my current search for my next challenge and it dawned on my that this journey has some interesting parallels to Dorothy’s experience in The Wizard of Oz. We both were surprised by a tornado that took us into an unfamiliar place, had to get our bearings and find a […]
The Millennial Challenge
Last week I was at the Niagara Economic Summit where they tackled some issues related to employment in the Niagara Region including a power talk on the topic of millennials. The millennial discussion was led by a panel of millennial speakers including Chris Sinclair, Julie Rorison, Allie Hughes, Alyssa Lai, Stephanie Harper, and Stephen Murdoch. […]
What Have You Done For Me Lately?
I was speaking with someone recently who had recently been downsized from a company that they had been with for over 15 years. Over that 15 years they had moved up the corporate ladder and were regarded as a rising star in the organization early in their career. Over the past couple of years however […]
Diversity: The Art of Thinking Independently Together
The word “diversity” is thrown around in corporate circles on a regular basis, but like many such common corporate words (like “innovation”, “synergy”, “culture”, or “strategy”) the word itself doesn’t carry a common meaning and so it loses a great deal of its power. Sometimes people mean diversity in terms of race, heritage, or origin. […]
Leading to Outcomes
One of the more successful strategies I have seen managers take in their organizations has been shifting their focus from managing the process to leading to outcomes. In the age of employee empowerment, one of the best ways to allow your team to feel like they have a say in the work is to allow […]
Don’t Be Afraid Ask
Over the past couple of months as I have been looking for my next career challenge I have been lucky enough to enjoy a lot of amazing conversations, meet a lot of really interesting people, and learn a lot from both the people I am meeting as well as my own experiences going through this. […]
Last Refrain – Humanity’s Poet
Saturday night Canada shared a moment that will be burned into our collective history for years to come. We came together as a country to celebrate the life, talent, and most of all humanity of Gord Downie as the poet of our generation. September seventeenFor a girl I know it’s Mother’s DayHer son has gone […]
Emotion Leads to Action
I joined a group of Niagara professionals at IdeaShare yesterday for breakfast and met some very inspiring entrepreneurs who had some great stories to share. The IdeaShare concept is essentially a Mastermind group (think Napoleon Hill – Think and Grow Rich) where a group of business leaders and entrepreneurs get together to discuss issues that are […]