Innovation
The City is looking for your input
The City of Ottawa is conducting consultations that will lead to a new Economic Development Policy which will be presented to Council this spring. OCRI executives participate regularly in ongoing discussions with the City on their role and leadership. Last Friday, we attended a stakeholder’s forum to voice our views and have since met with them specifically on the [...]
Excerpt from Ottawa’s ICF Top 7 Application : Digitial Inclusion in Ottawa
Being “connected” and online has become a way of life and a natural thing for Ottawa residents, regardless of their economic standing, physical or mental abilities or location. Ottawa has demonstrated a strong commitment to digital inclusion and bridging the digital divide over the years.
Top 7 was a team effort!
PHEW! We made it! It was quite the process. While it was certainly a shot in the arm to see Ottawa chosen as one of the Smart21 by the Intelligent Community Forum it did instil a bit of fear in me because the next round of applications for Top7 was apparently the hardest part – the really [...]
When someone asks you what Ottawa is like, what’s your answer?
As you may know, OCRI is very much involved with the development of the Innovation Strategy for Ottawa. For the past several months, the Innovation Strategy working group which represents Ottawa’s diverse knowledge-based community including education, research, government and industry has been working together to collect input and feedback from all sectors in the community. [...]
Brutal Optimism in the face of Harsh Reality…lessons from a bigshot at TEB this morning
Bernie Ashe was so proud as he introduced his little brother, Rob, to the Technology Executive Breakfast (TEB) crowd this morning. Introductions can so often be bland and a direct steal from the speaker’s bio but Bernie’s humour, personal stories and insight provided the audience with much deeper appreciation for Rob the person, and what’s [...]
Pyramids, Not Ladders
For as long as I can remember, I have always had keen interests in an eclectic mix of areas from fashion to construction, event planning to medicine. If I liked it, I just appended it to the growing pile of things that I had an interest in. As a young child I was exposed to [...]
Taking Initiative
Initiative is universal and intrinsic, it is something that can’t really be fulfilled unless it truly comes from within. So if we all have it, why don’t we all take advantage of it?
Why is it that some of us need that ‘someone else’ to push us and/or keep us motivated while others will attempt to [...]
Digital Natives Driving Freeconomics
When I was in elementary school we used to have “library class” once a week. At first it was when the librarian would read us a story and as we grew older it was when we would be taught mundane skills that we only realized were important later on: how to use an index, find [...]
Eastern Ontario Economic Showcase with Donald Trump
BOOK NOW! Don’t wait too long to register as an exhibitor for this event. We’d hate for you to be disappointed when all the prime spots are gone. Register now, get a great location and use the summer wisely to plan your space. Think creatively, constructively and strategically to catch the eye of the media, [...]
Gladwell – A Master Intellectual Opportunist
Food for thought. Not concrete, not a statistically significant way to measure society, not a stab at telling us in any firm way how the world works, but food for thought.
Gladwell presents us with fresh perspective, either through novelty, or an unabashed free conscience. Either way, the man is truly affluent in his abilities with [...]