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How to Improve Your Employees’ Financial Wellness • Financial wellness is key to building and retaining a strong workforce. Here’s how a group savings program can help.

View From the Top • With women occupying only 10 per cent of the C-suite in Canada, it’s far too lonely up there

Mastercard Is Using Innovation to Empower People and Power Canada’s Economy • President of Mastercard, Sasha Krstic, on Canadians’ new definition of prosperity and why it matters to business, technology and government leaders

Well Done • During the pandemic, businesses small and large scrambled to institute or bolster wellness programs to support employees’ mental health, but now evidence of their efficacy is inconclusive at best

Navigating Innovation and Inclusion: Insights from Amazon’s VP of Shopping Video • Wayne Purboo shares perspectives on diversity, mentorship, and initiatives empowering Black professionals in business

QUEEN OF POPS • How Leila Keshavjee turned a craving for healthy snacks into a frozen-treat empire

FIVE THINGS SHE LOVES • Here’s what Keshavjee can’t live without

How Sisters Are Growing Their Fourth-Generation Farm • Apple Hill Lavender Farm—where business has bloomed for more than 100 years

High Tee • Next-gen golf resorts are prioritizing good design and unique amenities

Hot Stuff • From the domestication of chili peppers to a sriracha friendship turned rivalry: the fiery business of hot sauce

ASK THE EXPERTS • What’s on the hot sauce horizon?

Face Time • Fuelled by social media and the spending power of Gen Z, the beauty market is experiencing a bona fide boom

MOVING INTO THE LIGHT • When designing its new office, Cassels wanted a brighter space for all of its employees

Innovating and Leading the Power Tool Industry • Celebrating 100 years, Milwaukee Tool, a subsidiary of Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI), has been refined and transformed over its time. Innovation isn’t just a buzzword for the heavy-duty power tool manufacturer–it takes years of leadership and culture to get there. Here’s how Craig Baxter, group president of TTI Canada, transformed Milwaukee Tool into the dominant professional brand in Canada.

THE FIRSTS • What does it mean to be the first woman in the C-suite? Six powerhouses tell us what they’ve learned from their unprecedented step into the top job at their companies—and how they’re working to create change.

INSIDE THE BOX • The outlook was bright for the Toronto International Film Festival when the arts organization opened its sparkly King Street hub 24 years ago. How did TIFF’s Lightbox become its money pit?

Become a Global Tech Leader by Scaling Your Business with Communitech • Simplify global talent acquisition with Communitech Outposts to scale globally with ease, compliance, and a competitive edge.

How Fort St. John Is Good for Business and Good for Quality of Life • Canadians seeking a lifestyle that values business success and quality of life will love Fort St. John, British Columbia’s best-kept secret.

Main Street Entrepreneurs Find Their Home In Vaughan

Fuelling Innovation: Communitech's 25-Year Legacy of Superior Support • Tech startups can rely on the supports that Communitech offers, fostering innovation, growth, and global success for founders.

Are Canada’s Small Businesses Ready to Embrace the Promise of AI? • A new study digs into the top challenges and opportunities for Canadian SMEs related to AI adoption.

Protecting Intellectual Property: The Secret Sauce to...