Jaime Candy is a performance improvement, turnaround management and business advisory services firm.

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Some service update

We have updated the services more explicitly with coaching, workshops, talks and courses information.
The coolest service is the workshop. Basically we get into a company for half a day to a couple of days and work hands on with their team to solve specific problems.
It might be creative brainstorms and concepts for a pitch, specific [...]

Canada comes second in the 2009 Country Brand Index

futurebrand published their 2009 Country Brand Index (CBI). The report features “expert opinions, statistics and proprietary global quantitative data to create the largest study of its kind. Assessing 102 countries across 29 image attributes and seven measures of brand strength, it also contains an extensive array of trends, insights and topical points of view.”
Holding to [...]

Client News

Gestar has been nominated at the Octas - Innovation in IT. Jaime Candy provides Business Modeling and Branding Consulting for Gestar.
Bluesponge has won the Award of Distinction at the Communication Awards in New York for the Canadiens de Montreal project Our History. Bluesponge has also won an Official Honoree for the Our History - Canadiens [...]

Wake-Up Series :: Empathy in a Business Context

Wake-up series is an ongoing conference suite organized by Jaime Candy on various subjects.
Last conference took place on March 26th 2009.
Here is a presentation draft.
Wake-up Series: Empathy in a Business Context
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Business Turnaround Aspects - some pointers

A. STRATEGIC TURNAROUND - BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION (NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY)

IMPACT

Reposition the business
Extreme cost cuts
Medium term sales increase
Increase profitability

INCREASE SALES

Find new and unexploited market niche; develop a new marketing strategy and price configuration

DECREASE COSTS

Restructure the activity configuration; Focus on the main competency, outsource / partner the rest

B. OPERATIONAL TURNAROUND - OPERATIONAL INNOVATION (OPTIMIZE TACTICS ON PRESENT [...]