December 2009

2009 Alberta Venture Archives

Does Climategate Trump Copenhagen?

With the largest and most important climate-change conference in history still going on in Copenhagen as I write this, what are we to make of “Climategate”? >

Business Person of the Year

The Best and Worst of 2009

King Coal at the Crossroads

One of Canada’s largest mines lies right in Edmonton’s backyard, little known except to the thousands who work there. But what future is there for Highvale and other coal mines in a carbon-constrained world? >

Reading in Two Media

Work in the Time of Influenza

Want to avoid implementing that emergency pandemic plan? Whether we’re facing H1N1 or the usual flu bugs, it’s time to make disease prevention a core office policy >

Uranium’s Lingering Glow

Alberta has untapped wealth in the radioactive mineral, but the road to opening the first mine is a long and bumpy one >

Mining Report 2009: Vital Statistics

The past year has been a rough one for the mining sector as it has been for many industries in Alberta and nationwide >

Knock Again. Louder

The Healthy Executive

In the quest to stay hale, where does a busy executive start? You’ve got to eat right, exercise, manage a busy organization and make it to Junior’s soccer practice, all without compromising your physical or mental wellness and that of your employees. So keep it all together and don’t neglect the parts that make up the whole you >

Maxims to Remember 2009 by

Choice Cuts

Action Plan, Part 10 of 10

Mines to Moguls

Travel Essentials

The business traveller’s toolkit >

Money for Nothing

QUESTION: Can employers – especially in the public sector – justify executive bonuses when the performance isn’t there? >

Venture Update

Have Yourself a Corporate Little Christmas

Action Plan Online, Part 10 of 10

Last Year’s Model

Money for Nothing

Really Old World Charm

King Coal Audio Slideshow

The Poynt Is

Calgary’s Multiplied Media is riding the smart phone app wave >

Winning Is Everything