Techopia

Techopia is focused on Ottawa’s technology sector. This multimedia project includes regular online news coverage, a video and audio podcast, private networking events and quarterly reports. OBJ also partners with EY to create an annual magazine called Techopia-EY Insights.

Opinion: Why big companies often fail at innovation

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Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble, the Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge, Harvard Business Review Press, 2010. Numerous surveys over the last several

Opinion: Whole lotta incubatin’ going on

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Scott Annan stands at attention at the front of Mercury Grove’s open-concept office space, holding up his hands for quiet. He’s perched on a milk

Opinion: Doing business in an institutional void

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Tarum Khanna and Krishnna G. Palepu:Winning in Emerging Markets: A Roadmap for Strategy and Execution, Harvard Business Press, 2010. According to a Western executive quoted in

Opinion: Turning tweets into treasure

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When Dave Hale started managing the Facebook page of a popular local business a few years ago, even he admitted he wasn’t quite sure what

Opinion: Managing your business the Indian way

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Nirmalya Kumar, with Pradipta K. Mohapatra and Suj Chandrasekhar,India’s Global Powerhouses: How They are Taking On the World, Harvard Business Press, 2009. Peter Cappelli, Harbir Singh,

Opinion: Immigration decision shows fed ‘disconnect’

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It was a decision somewhat lost in the din of other federal government miscues this summer, such as Tony Clement’s recent and somewhat inexplicable long-form

Opinion: The community wins at Tech Venture Challenge

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In many respects, the Turnbull family represents the perfect microcosm of the local entrepreneurial scene. At least as far as science and technology entrepreneurship goes

Opinion: Bringing Greek philosophy to the Chinese dragon

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The Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus is perhaps best known for the adage that “You cannot step twice into the same river,” highlighting his doctrine

Opinion: Zappos: Core values or no values?

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For the first three quarters of my advance copy of the book Delivering Happiness by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh (pronounced “Shay”), I felt like this was going

Opinion: Designing a winning strategy

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Roger Martin, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage. Harvard, 2009. In his latest book, Roger Martin, one of Canada’s leading