"Experts in Industry" is an informative and insightful series featuring some of the top professionals in their respective industries. In these interviews David Poirier, (CEO of The Poirier Group) and the guest will dive deep into the pressing challenges that currently exist across HR & Culture, Grocery, AI, Hospitality, Supply Chain, Marketing, Education and more!
The Poirier Group is a boutique management consulting firm focused on helping our clients achieve the results they need through process and performance improvement, operational excellence and strategic planning and implementation.
BONUS EPISODE: A Roadmap to the Future of Retail - Exclusive Interview with Paul Wood
How can retailers and marketers adapt to the latest consumer trends as we move through the next waves of the pandemic and into the holiday season? In a webinar hosted by The Poirier Group, Paul Wood, CEO of Giant Tiger took us through what the future of retail might have in store and some key strategies for success when leading through this time. Paul and David Poirier took live questions from the audience, discussing everything from leadership strategies, vendor management and strategic forecasting.
This webinar was recorded live on October 13, 2020
27 Oct 2020
Eugene Roman Part 2
Eugene Roman returns to Experts in Industry to share his expertise on AI; the power of bots and process automation; the necessity of real-time data; and the importance of having a specialized team to manage these systems.
Watch the full interview here (https://mailchi.mp/192b76d691cd/eugene-roman-ai )
Reach out to Eugene for your data security and automation needs
15 Oct 2020
Ed Treacy
Episode 8 of this series, Ed Treacy David Poirier discuss the qualities of "winners" in retail over the pandemic, the need for flexibility in strategic forecasting and how to prepare for the peak holiday season.
Ed Treacy is Vice President, Supply Chain and Sustainability at Produce Marketing Association. Ed is a Senior level Professional Manager with more than 37 years of senior management experience in logistics and supply chain management.
Watch the full interview here (https://mailchi.mp/668771e169dd/ed-treacy)
6 Oct 2020
Pharid Jaffer
In Episode 7, Pharid Jaffer speaks with the audience about global digital trends in e-commerce and direct-to-consumer markets, including which businesses are best translating the in-store experience into the virtual space.
Pharid Jaffer is the Founder and Principal at PNJ Solutions, a leading consultancy helping organizations envision, plan, design, build and deliver solutions to transform their business. He has 20 years of experience delivering strategic and transformational solutions! Industry expertise in financial services, government, retailing, healthcare and corporate I.T.
Watch the full interview here (https://mailchi.mp/505b00d7f259/pharid-jaffer)
30 Sept 2020
Caroline Papadatos
Caroline Papadatos uses her expertise gained from Executive Loyalty and Marketing roles at LoyaltyOne, Rogers Communications and Sears to break down customer experience management, direct-to-consumer branding and the value of loyalty programs in a post-COVID world across industries including grocery, hospitality and insurance.
Watch the full interview here (https://mailchi.mp/bc4ba0f625b3/caroline-papdatos)
23 Sept 2020
Eugene Roman
Eugene Roman, Principle at Design.AI, an AI Advisor and previous CTO at Canadian Tire brings his expertise to Episode 5 of our "Experts in Industry" Series, breaking down the complex world of Data Security and Risk. Eugene and David discuss Third-Party Outsourcing, Adaptive Intelligence and the Zero-Trust Model in this informative interview
Watch the full video interview here (https://mailchi.mp/0fc253e2372f/eugene-roman)
16 Sept 2020
Marsha John-Greenwood
Marsha John-Greenwood is the Project Director of Transformation in the People & Equity Division for the City Of Toronto. She has extensive experience in HR, working with a number of organizations in the public, private and charity sectors to improve their performance through their people across Diversity, CSR and employee engagement.
In the fourth episode of our Experts in Industry series, Marsha discusses how successful businesses responded to both the pandemic and the call for action for diversity
Watch the full interview here (https://mailchi.mp/214e6a51db90/marsha-john-greenwood)
10 Sept 2020
Alan Middleton
In the current climate, educators at all levels must learn new ways to engage with students virtually. Similarly, marketers must also adapt how they interact with consumers in a changing world.
Episode 3 of Experts in Industry features Alan C. Middleton (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAGuR3oBC9yYlvaIcX_pvciLAdv5OhtyPK8), Recently Retired Executive Director of the Schulich School of Business - York University Executive Education Centre. He walks us through some changes that will need to be made in the marketing and education sectors in response to COVID-19 at both the local and international levels.
Watch the full video episode here (https://mailchi.mp/30de09ddd91b/alan-middleton)
2 Sept 2020
Leslie Nicholson
Leslie Nicholson is the SVP - Supply Chain Operations & Digital Business Transformation Lead at Nestlé Canada. Leslie provides leadership and insight across the consumer value chain for Nestle and Canada. She is a highly skilled commercial leader with 25 years of experience across multiple industries, business models, countries, channels, categories and distribution models. She is well known as an integrator and communicator who defines and transforms strategic plans that deliver results to shareholders. She has also been featured as a top 100 influential women in Canadian supply chain by Supply Chain Canada.
In this interview, Leslie speaks with David Poirier about a couple areas she is passionate about including futureproofing supply chain talent, collaboration throughout the supply chain and lessons learned in her experiences.
Watch the full video on YouTube here (https://mailchi.mp/d902c61d0f11/leslie-nicholson)
26 Aug 2020
Rias Attar
In this interview, Rias discusses strategies for change management and innovation during a challenging time in the hospitality industry. While his industry has been one of the hardest hit, where convention and hotels were shut down entirely, Caesar's pivoted quickly to focus on online business to create new revenue streams. He notes that first and foremost, companies should focus on their people -- their employees, customers and stakeholders in difficult times.
Watch the full video here (https://mailchi.mp/81e3f8519427/rias-attar-interview )
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