How Inuit-owned airline Canadian North changed course this year How Inuit-owned airline Canadian North changed course this year
When the pandemic hit, business plummeted, but Canadian North’s core customer base still needed the company to deliver food, medical supplies and COVID tests. Here’s how they navigated unprecedented change
By Stacy Lee Kong |
In partnership with CIBC
“We were hopeful that given the unique geography we operate in and the essential nature of much of the travelers that we carried, that we would be minimally impacted,” he recalls. “But I specifically remember the day that we started to see the data showing rapid declines in bookings by 80 to 90 per cent. The sales director from the manufacturer of one of our aircrafts was literally in an Uber with her team on the way to meet with us. We quickly cancelled the meeting and activated our COVID response plan.”
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You know that feeling in a video meeting when a colleague asks for your feedback on the contents of a shared document you re seeing for the first time, all while they re staring at you? We do, too.
Having a live video meeting and simultaneously requesting a task that likely is better achieved asynchronously offline is a big collaboration faux pas. Itâs like having a meeting within a meeting, something none of us aim to do when we warm the engines up for a day s work.
We can do better. Figuring out when to meet live and when to work asynchronously is a good place to start.
SOMERSET County Council has approved its annual budget with minimal opposition – including a nearly five per cent rise in council tax. The full council met virtually on Wednesday morning (February 17) to approve both its revenue and capital spending for the next 12 months. The new budget promises additional funding for the day-to-day running of both children’s services and adult social care, as well as funding to combat the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. But the council has also committed funding to a number of big projects which will invest in the county’s future – including a number of major infrastructure improvements.
SOMERSET County Council has approved its annual budget with minimal opposition – including a nearly five per cent rise in council tax. The full council met virtually on Wednesday morning (February 17) to approve both its revenue and capital spending for the next 12 months. The new budget promises additional funding for the day-to-day running of both children’s services and adult social care, as well as funding to combat the coronavirus pandemic and climate change. But the council has also committed funding to a number of big projects which will invest in the county’s future – including a number of major infrastructure improvements.
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