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The Digital Garage
The first thing you’ll see when you walk into Aviva’s open-concept digital garage in downtown Toronto is a portrait of Steve Jobs. Look closer, and you’ll notice the portrait’s canvas is fused together from hundreds of 3½-inch floppy disks. Beside Jobs hang portraits of other tech innovators. And gathered in the space itself are what Aviva hopes are a group of tech innovators of the future.
What We Sell
As brokers, we often think of insurance policies as our main product. We focus on our markets and what we have to offer customers from our insurer partners. But customer referrals, which are key to organic growth, can provide an insight into what we’re also selling—ourselves.
How BlogJam 2016 Helped My Business
Every day at work we tell stories. We share moments from home. We talk about our favourite teams and community causes. Who we are as individuals is really what makes a workplace tick. How do we get better at storytelling?
Souls Harbour
If you enjoy the food at Souls Harbour, you can give your compliments to Chef Ryan Payne—but you can’t tip for the service. Souls Harbour is a charity. Despite the restaurant-style atmosphere, all of its meals are free.
East Coast Mega Clinic
For years, Chris Jones has been quietly bringing high level football coaching insights to Truro. Most of the guest speakers that Jones for the East Coast Mega Clinic in April were coaches from the Saskatchewan Rough Riders, where Jones is currently head coach and general manager.
Home Warming
How to keep our houses warm is a perennial topic for Maritimers. From dealing with dehumidifiers and different kinds of space heaters to deciding when to replace whole HVAC systems, lots of us have questions.
One Sweet Day in the Valley
Down-home service brings down-home perks. Last month in Digby, a client was so pleased with James-Allen’s attention to detail, and how he cared for the particulars of her policy, that she promised to bake something even better the next time.
Scenes from Cape Breton
The morning sun in the Maritimes hits Cape Breton first. It bounces off the Atlantic and floods the windows of our office at 92 Pierce Street in North Sydney. The office lights up with a bright and cheerful feeling.