The first ASQ (American Society for Quality) Canada Conference will take place on September 25 & 26, 2017 in Ottawa at the Canada War Museum.The theme will be “A Confederation of Quality Professionals Working toward an Inclusive and Sustainable Canada”. It will focus on how we can work together to make a stronger and more resilient Canada by harnessing the knowledge, capability and talent of working Canadians.

Some of the world’s leading experts and nations best professionals will share how organizations can use best management practices to create a culture committed to excellence and work collaboratively with others to create a high performing Canada.

Keynote Speakers at the Conference

DAWN RINGROSE
Dawn Ringrose is Author of the Organizational Excellence Framework, a unique publication that integrates excellence models and provides implementation guidelines for the user. Her presentation will share the aggregate results of a current research project, the ‘First Global Assessment on the Current State of Organizational Excellence’, that was launched by the Organizational Excellence Technical Committee and endorsed by the Global Benchmarking Network and ISO TC 176.

DAN CORBETT
Dan Corbett is the former CEO of the National Quality Institute. His presentation will challenge that we are “back to the future” in Canada as other countries have developed and improved their national excellence models and expanded the elements to include services, the non-profit sectors and public sectors. He will speak about how these countries are moving ahead of Canada and leaving us once again in catch up mode.

DR. TED MARRA
Dr. Ted Marra is author of ‘The Wisdom Chronicles: Competing to Win’. He will speak about ‘Laying the Foundation for the Global Competitiveness of a Nation – A Visionary Perspective’. After 40 years of dealing with ‘leadership’ across 38 countries plus reviewing what ‘better practice’ have been able to accomplish, Ted will share his vision of what is required to truly be the best – the most globally competitive nation.

ART DANIELS
Art Daniels has 40 years’ experience in managing and developing institutions and human resources in the Canadian public service. As the Founder of the Institute for Citizen-Centered Service and advisor to national and international governments committed to reform, Art will share his experience with respect to ‘Putting Citizens First: Achieving Customer Focus and Lean Government’.

JP GLADU
JP Gladu is CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. He will speak about moving non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal business toward sustainable partnerships and shared economic prosperity. He will share how growing a strong and diverse Aboriginal economy is essential to the Canadian economy and how this can be achieved.

DR. ROBIN MANN
Dr. Robin Mann is Director of the Centre for Organizational Excellence Research and Chair of the Global Benchmarking Network. His presentation will share how benchmarking is a powerful method for breakthrough thinking, innovation and improvement and for delivering exceptional bottom-line results.

DR. CRAIG DOWDEN
Craig Dowden is Author of ‘The Science of Positive Leadership’ and will be speaking on ‘Civility Matters’. A respected thought leader, he has been popular across media outlets – Huffington Post (U.S.), Financial Post, Psychology Today, HR Professional, Canadian HR Reporter, Canadian Manager, Your Workplace, Canadian Government Executive, Institute of Professional Management, radio and television appearances.

To register, please visit the website http://conference2017.asqottawa.ca

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‘First Global Assessment on the Current State of Organizational Excellence’

Interim results will be shared at the conference along with a special snapshot of Canada
Leaders from organizations around the world are invited to participate in the 1st Global Assessment on the Current State of Organizational Excellence that was launched by the Organizational Excellence Technical Committee QMD ASQ (OETC) in 2015 and endorsed by the Global Benchmarking Network and ISO Technical Committee 176.

The assessment tool is based on the Organizational Excellence Framework (OEF) that integrates leading excellence models and provides implementation guidelines for the practitioner (downloadable at no charge http://organizationalexcellencespecialists.ca)

To participate in the global assessment, you have two choices:

1. Teaser Assessment – takes 5 minutes, assesses culture of excellence and delivers a free feedback report to your inbox http://www.qlbs.com/QimonoVBA/assessment/OrgExFrameworkTeaser
2. Full Assessment – takes 15 to 30 minutes depending on organization size, assesses culture of excellence and deployment of best management practices http://www.qlbs.com/QimonoVBA/Assessment/OrgExFramework

Individual responses for both assessments will be strictly confidential. Only the aggregate data will be reported on the open OETC LinkedIn site https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4369749 so that respondents can benchmark their performance with others.
This research is intended to provide benefit for all stakeholders:

• Contribute to the OETC mandate “to support and promote the use of international excellence models and to help all organizations attain higher levels of performance”
• Create awareness with leaders and managers about the principles and best management practices that are common to high performing organizations
• Enable organizations to build on strengths and address opportunities for improvement
• Provide a snapshot about the extent to which best management practices are deployed by organization size, industry sector and country