How do you know where business trends and growth are headed? That is Katie Fitzmaurice’s challenge as the executive vice-president of Invest Vancouver, on top of creating relationships and making sure she catches every trend as it happens. This is especially true today, with what businesses in Europe and Asia are seeing in Canada’s market – she has to compete with other Canadian jurisdictions, especially when those overseas markets could see Canada as a singular market.

What are your workplace talents? That is what Dr. Linda Schubring seeks to help you discover, through her consultancy work. To achieve this, she has to do a lot of discovery herself, as it is a constant learning process to learn how to help others.

What does it take to coordinate research and engagement on agrivoltaics? For Omri Haiven, that is his job at the Clean Energy Research Group at Simon Fraser University, which specializes in the co-location of renewable energy and agriculture. This passion comes from an interest in food co-ops, which influences access, affordability, and equitable access to food and impacts food security.

Are you doing everything the right way, legally? That is what Robin Junger helps with, in his role as a lawyer with McMillan LLP – he untangles the complexities around treaties, government frameworks, and more to make sure transactions and deals go smoothly, especially around negotiation time. A lot of this depends on communicating clearly and understanding what matters to clients – and gaining their trust.