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| "In 1990 following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Province of British Columbia initiated development of an oil spill response information system to improve pre-spill planning and spill response. David Forrest was instrumental in providing valuable guidance and direction for the strategic system design as well as an in-depth business case to support its implementation. The system is still operational today, and due to its initial flexible design it has also been used to support coastal planning, marine protected area assessments and conservation." -- Don Howes, Former Assistant Deputy Minister, BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management |
| "We
were struggling with profound issues of defining value, to our customers,
our shareholders, and other stakeholders. David Forrest helped to
reduce the often fluffy theoretical to practical, useful constructs
we could use each day." -- Tom Whitehead, Manager Planning
and Practices, Nova Gas Transmission |
| "We
were a new division operating in a business environment turned upside
down by deregulation. David Forrest provided valuable insight and
guidance allowing us to revamp our systems, processes and leadership
to meet the changes and challenges of the deregulated electric industry
in Alberta." -- Roy Nesbitt, Vice President, Billing & Regulated Retail Services,
ENMAX Power Corporation |
| "David Forrest helped us to synthesize the complex field of Health Technology Assessment, describe its evolution and trends, and capture a comprehensive strategic plan for its future development. His work was expeditious, professional and high-quality. The result was an innovative strategic view of this multidisciplinary area of research, seen from a new angle." -- Dr. Egon Jonsson, Executive Director and CEO, Institute of Health Economics |
| "Effective implementation of business strategy requires the completion of the right projects in the right sequence, and it requires buy-in from everyone involved in sponsoring, planning, resourcing, and completing those projects. David Forrest's outcome mapping approach showed Alberta Transportation how each of the projects in the Transportation Infrastructure Management System (TIMS) program would contribute to achievement of the Ministry's strategic business goals. Working with executive and senior managers, he created an outcome map that explicitly showed the key cause-and-effect relationships among the Ministry's desired business outcomes and proposed projects (both business and IT-focused)."
-- Jane Stoeck, Former Program Director, TIMS Initiative, Alberta Transportation |
| "Like
many service organizations we were grappling with how to attract
a new generation and stay relevant in the 21st century. Working
with a number of our members, David Forrest helped us clarify our
vision and create a strategy for the future. Now we're setting a
new direction, and other clubs have expressed interest in our success."
-- Bill Redmond, President, Calgary Rotary Club |
| "I
recently chaired an assessment of the potentially most significant
Canadian engineering challenges for the next ten to twenty years
on behalf of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. David Forrest,
our principal external consultant, was instrumental in providing
shape, context and meaning to the study. His contributions were
invaluable." -- John McLaughlin President-Elect, Canadian
Academy of Engineering; President, University of New Brunswick |
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