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Merger & Acquisitions – Best HR Practices
“Once a Merger/Acquisition has been announced, what is considered “best practice” with respect to completing the organizational design and subsequent staffing of the combined organization? “ Recently two HR Consultants at Metagnosis were asked about “best practices” related to the HR work required for a successful merger or acquisition. We have taken the time to summarize […]

Leadership Chat with JAY GREWAL
METAGNOSIS sat down with Jay Grewal, President & CEO of Manitoba Hydro, to discuss her experience and advice from leading her organization’s transformation initiative.

Driving Change Initiatives and Championing Sustainable Impact
METAGNOSIS is pleased to showcase our first thought leadership blog addressing leading change management and sustainability management. The author, Isobel O’Connell, is a METAGNOSIS Associate and is also a subject matter expert on sustainability management, strategy and reporting. If you’re reading this post, chances are you are a change leader with sustainability management responsibilities or or a […]

Delivering Change and Transforming Leadership with Theory U
At Metagnosis we are in the business of facilitating and creating change. We understand our clients can feel stuck, overwhelmed and cautious —unable to redirect the course of events in either a significant or constructive way. On May 29th, Jackelien Barelds, a Vancouver based Theory U expert facilitated a workshop for METAGNOSIS Associates outlining how […]

Change is hard… so what?
Many of us in the field of change management have heard recently, or have said ourselves “we are living in a VUCA world these days…” Where VUCA stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. In my current role supporting a department and it’s leaders through a variety of complex changes, I definitely understand why we […]

Are Competing Commitments Preventing Safe Outcomes?
Have you ever felt pressured to take shortcuts to achieve a goal? Has this ever led to a bad safety outcome? Metagnosis Consultant, Lisa Seppala, looks at hidden competing commitments and how they may be preventing safe outcomes in the work environment. Years ago, I was working on the balcony at home. We live on […]