It all started as a series of coffee chats between peers. The Friday afternoon conversations explored the power of purposeful organizations and the desire to build strong communities through innovation.
Maybe not your typical coffee chat, but this wasn’t your typical group.
A powerhouse executive, a leader in economic development, a communications wizard and an expert in innovation design. Together, their experience and expertise centred around engineering economies, solving tough problems, building strong brands, and implementing (sometimes crazy) ideas that work.
With a shared goal to do good work with big impact, the small and mighty group of four formed NorthGuide in 2021. They quickly recognized a need for operational and financial excellence and stellar public affairs leadership and brought more experts on board.
Since then, NorthGuide has grown into a dynamic team of full-timers, part-timers, advisors and gig workers spanning industries and sectors. What does every NorthGuider have in common? A commitment and passion for creating meaningful impact.
Our meetings have grown from those Friday coffee chats, but the topics haven’t changed. We are dedicated to making good companies stronger and great communities thrive. And our bias for action means we don’t just help build the plan, we stick around to see the results in action.
In 2021, we came together to build a strategy firm like no other—one made up of experienced doers from the highest level of industry and innovation; one obsessed with making a difference. What connected us was our experience prior to NorthGuide. Decades of solving difficult problems, developing and deploying ideas that work, building breakthrough brands and engineering strong economies. Some of our combined accomplishments include:
