
How to carve out “me time” (and why it’s important)
Entrepreneurs often work long hours, trying to do everything themselves and assuming they’ll be able to slow down once their efforts pay off. “If you
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How to carve out “me time” (and why it’s important)
Entrepreneurs often work long hours, trying to do everything themselves and assuming they’ll be able to slow down once their efforts pay off. “If you

The answers to these four questions are the keys to maxing your productivity
Productivity appears elusive. Our calendars are filled. Our tasks compete for time. It seems like we cannot get everything done that we need to get

La Machine roars life into Ottawa businesses
Long Ma the dragon horse wasn’t the only winner in the four-day-long march of La Machine through Ottawa as downtown businesses were packed with customers.

Who’s winning government work in Ottawa and Gatineau?
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Three hacks to help companies avoid the summer slowdown
Between vacations, holidays, and “half-day” Fridays, it’s common for employees to slow down as the weather heats up, with workplace productivity dropping up to 20%

Blogging from Silicon Valley: M&A lessons from Cisco
Day six of the Telfer Executive MBA’s Silicon Valley experience was spent in San José, where we visited two highly successful tech companies and long-time

Parliament security responds to criticism over Ottawa’s Canada Day fiasco
The Parliamentary Protective Service is arguing bad weather, geographic restrictions and a lack of food were to blame for the long lines on Canada Day

WestJet increases Ottawa flights to Toronto, Edmonton
The country’s second-largest airline is boosting the number of flights between Ottawa and two other Canadian cities as the carrier expands service across its network.

Op-ed: Settling the age-old question of discrimination
Columnist Michael Prentice is taking the side of a major bank in its dispute with a retired Ottawa professor who claims he was unfairly denied
Prentice’s support of bank in discrimination case misses mark
In the July 3 issue of the Ottawa Business Journal a featured column by Michael Prentice (“Settling the age-old question of discrimination”) defended the Bank
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