Back in the days just after the Soviet Union broke up and move towards capitalism, their tax collectors were said to collect with machine guns in hand. Hopefully that is not the case today given the amount of oil revenue coming into Russia, but it is safe to say that as the world continues to […]
Here is a great book to read. My blog title seemed like an absurd statement until I got into reading Salt, Sugar, Fat. I’m typically not one to blindly buy into conspiracy theories or idly place blame. So right up front in this blog piece I’ll answer my own question. No, the food giants are […]
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that there’s a problem with the US health care industry. If you haven’t had a chance to watch Escape Fire – Rescuing American Health Care which aired recently on CNN , you’ll know what I mean. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it. Getting your […]
Clients sometimes ask me for examples of “social change” that we can expect in the next 10 years – especially after my comment that the social change over the next 10 years will exceed that of the last 100 years. So for this post and the next one, let’s look at how social change is […]
Statistics Canada is constantly gathering and disseminating a wide variety of information about the Canadian population. This information can be very useful to businesses as they attempt to identify current market trends or predict new market segments. A recently issued survey from Statistics Canada deals with the current state of health of Canadians and how […]
I took a really good break about a few weeks ago and spent some time on the beach in Jamaica. The financial business is a stressful one as there are 101 things to do every day with a people counting on you to get it all right. The downtime was great and one of the […]
We’ve had lots of comments on our various different blog pieces but one of the ones we get comments on the most is How Local Health Care Will Go Global within Five Years. Various different clients have commented to me both in person and online how they’d like to know more about how this will […]
Here is a story that defies logic. Its about patents and grants, reputations and graft but mostly it is about human dignity taking a second place to profit. It’s not a new story, not really, as it goes back 40 years and to find out more all you have to do is follow the money! […]
It’s funny how the more global things become, the more local it is as well. This is especially true in the field of healthcare and over the next decade we will see astonishing changes which will see care change like it never has before. I’m a big fan of the Wayne Gretzky quote to “always […]
Ever wondered why you feel sick suddenly? Wondered what the cause was? Find the answers here. Whether it came upon you without warning or slowly built into a raging illness there is usually ways to minimize your risk of becoming ill. The unavoidable fact is that adults typically touch up to 30 items every minute […]
