As the pace of work increases, more and more workers are afraid to take vacation. The main reasons we hear from colleagues and clients is that there will be way more work piled up when they get back and it is not worth the stress. Or they feel they will be looked upon... by Marsha Bradley | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
With the recent passing of the Cannabis Act, marijuana will be legalized in Canada as of October 17th 2018. This gives employers a few months to get their policies updated to reflect the new laws. This may seem daunting, but it does not have to be. First lets dispel... by Marsha Bradley | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Part IV: The 30 Hour Work Week Our brains are not designed to recall every detail, minute and task performed in a day. This is especially true when working in knowledge based fields and having to juggle work and home life. So why do so many of us think we can... by Marsha Bradley | Jun 20, 2018 | Business Practices
Part III: The 30 Hour Work Week Agility permeates everything we do. When we are working on building software we use the Agile methodology to support our amazing developers and deliver a spectacular experience and end product to our business stakeholders. We are agile... by Amy Van de Klippe | Jun 13, 2018 | Philosophies
Tomorrow Ontario goes to the polls. I am not going to break down who you should vote for or their platforms. (If you know me, you know that keeping my opinions to myself is difficult. But I will refrain). Honestly, I don’t care who you vote for at the end of the day.... by Marsha Bradley | Jun 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
The 30 Hour Work Week Series: Part II Have you ever been in a conversation with someone at a meeting, networking event, or even on the phone when you realize that it’s going nowhere? It’s the point where you stop actively listening and start thinking about... by Amy Van de Klippe | May 31, 2018 | Philosophies
In Part one of this series I am going to share a secret that was shared with me 8 years ago. Get up. Get dressed. Be ready for work at the same time every day, just like you would if you were in an office. I am not going to tell you that to be successful you need to... by Marsha Bradley | May 23, 2018 | Philosophies
The 30 Hour Work Week Series: Part I In a previous blog post I ranted about a panel discussion I attended where, when asked about their success, entrepreneurs stated that they used each of the 24 hours in a day to make the most of their time and accelerate their... by Amy Van de Klippe | May 16, 2018 | Business Practices, Philosophies
For the past two days I have been in update purgatory. It all started with a new iPad. We are working with a start up to build out their sales process and to do so we need to understand the current process inside and out. So, we are hitting the street to sell their... by Marsha Bradley | May 9, 2018 | Philosophies
Agility is important in any small business, especially ones like ours at End Grain Industries. When we launched this business we defined our core offerings, wrote the business plan, did the research, hit the streets, all that good stuff. We also gave ourselves the... by Amy Van de Klippe | May 2, 2018 | Philosophies
