For many years we have seen the flight of manufacturing from the core of our cities. For many reasons a company that manufacturers a product in the middle of a city seems like a poor choice–or is it? In Vancouver we have taken nearly all the industrial land and developed it into high rises. Now…
Author: Clay Braziller
From my home town of Vancouver, BC, I work with organizations of all shapes and sizes on solving issues that are holding them back from realizing their potential.
How B.C.’s economy can be green and still growing
Reprinted from Business in Vancouver May 19-25, 2009; issue 1021 http://www.biv.com It’s tough to sit down and put your feet up to watch a good hockey game or laugh through a sitcom these days without being bombarded by political statements about our province’s future and the green economy. But what is a green economy? Is…
Wireless and Medical Devices
There is no need to explain the effect wireless devices have had on our lives. However I would bet that not many people have an understanding of how the technology is completely changing the medical industry. For instance, there are implantable pacemakers that have built in GSM (www.middleeasthealthmag.com/jan2005/ article1.htm). Prior to this your doctor would…
Making Sustainability a Business
B.C.’s growing reputation feeds continued multi-industry growth For several years we’ve been hearing about sustainability. While it’s easy to find loads of information on the definition of sustainability, it is much harder to find anything on the people and services that make sustainability a reality. And the reality is we have some of the best…
Kyoto plan: Emission credits send the wrong message
Focus should be on developing local markets for local technology On April 13, the feds released Moving forward on Climate Change: A Plan for Honouring our Kyoto Commitment. Clearly the plan lacks certain logic. The most obvious example to me is the encouragement of a large emitter of greenhouse gases to invest in international projects…
Pension funds can boost green technologies
Have you ever wondered what the $40 billion or so that the B.C. government has in pension holdings for teachers, hospital workers and government employees is invested in? You should go to http://www.pensionsbc.ca and look. It might surprise you to learn that the money is not invested in a way that will make our province…
An industry worth supporting: Medical devices combine high-tech, biotech
There are very few opportunities in the business world to make a profit while at the same time truly bettering the lives of others. Certainly telecommunications gives the world the ability to communicate and the Internet puts information in the hands of most ordinary citizens. However, no industry touches people like the medical device industry…
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