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Building Successful Blueprints:

Inclusion & Innovation

Aboriginal Human Resource Council- Kelly J. Lendsay

Today - Blueprint concepts and innovation for:

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1. Business & Partnerships

2. Blueprint for Workplace Inclusion Systems

3. Discussion

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Kelly and Craig’s excellent adventures in innovation & inclusion

Soaring to New Heights

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Aboriginal Human Resource Council (1998)

• Leaders in Indigenous inclusion• Public-private social enterprise• ISO certified• Innovations in workplace learning• Supply/demand orientation• Workplace & partnership focused

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Kocihta – Reaching…

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Blueprint Ideas:

Business procurement & Partnerships

• Interviews Prosperous

• Focus groups Partnerships

6 KEY CONDITIONS… for effective business to business partnerships

• VALUE Agreement on the ways they are going to exchange and build value.• RELATIONSHIPS Compatibility & competencies: the ability to cooperate together.• TRUST+CONFLICT Values driven relationship, equitable balance.• COMMITMENT To achieve mutually set goals and

targets.• ACCOUNTABILITY Delineation of responsibilities; shared accountabilities. • RESULTS & RISK Equitable profit & risk sharing.

TOP 5 DRIVERS: What Aboriginal businesses can do to increase their likelihood of becoming a supplier of choice…

1.Do a scale and fit analysis (client fit/job fit)2.Market your “differentiator’ to clients3.Build your brand4.Know your business and your capacity5.Do a quality job on contract fulfillment

What can big businesses do to increase Aboriginal participation in their supply chain?

5 KEY STRATEGIES

1. Get your leadership on side2. Focus on your business design3. Grow your supplier database4. Implement an Aboriginal supplier

development program5. Build your procurement competencies

THINK & DO…THINK & DO…

• Procurement - a good way to grow your business.

• Growing numbers of successful Aboriginal businesses.

• Distinct conditions and competencies need to exist for successful and prosperous partnerships.

• Small business must develop the right skills and competencies.

• Aboriginal businesses and large companies need to learn more about each others to capitalize on the opportunity.

The Inclusion Continuum

Our Workplace Inclusion System

Knowledge and Know How

Strategies and Practices

X Axis

Y Axis

Inclusion means:

Workplace performance

Inclusion competencies

Engagements & Relationships

Knowledge and Know-how (the “X” axis)- 9 Dimensions

• You need the right knowledge and know-how in your organization

• This is what guides your inclusion strategies and practices

The Right Strategies and Practices (Y Axis)

Workplace Inclusion System

• The right strategies and practices for effective

Aboriginal engagement.

• The right knowledge and know-how needed to guide those strategies/practices.

• The right measurement and benchmarking information.

Using our Nine point Framework…

Four Examples…

#1Each business division needs to establish an accountability framework and metrics for the company’s inclusion strategy

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Company metrics are needed to understand the social and economic impact of major projects for Aboriginal communities

E.g. CSR impact metrics are valuable

#3 What data is your

company collecting to assess whether your company brand is well positioned with Aboriginal audiences?

How about your employer brand? Is it attracting Aboriginal job seekers?

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Do you have good data to confirm that your employees are “on-board” with your Aboriginal inclusion agenda?

Or, are there bottlenecks at mid management or other levels?

Workplace Inclusion System

A New ROI: Return on Inclusion, Investment & Integrity

• Business is good for social causes and social causes are good for business.

• Achieving social & economic inclusion.

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Global Insights

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The Anik-Bannock Satellite

• Build our digital highways.• Reseller digital connectivity.• Bring generational solutions to

generational problems.• Canada needs more of the north.• Reach and achieve success

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Importance of Collaboration & Teamwork

The human voice leaves a lasting imprint on human memory and feelings…

because so much heart and spirit can be communicated through the voice, like no other medium.

Esther JackoVoices: Being Native in Canada 1992

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Reason to Believe

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Thank You!Thank You! Q & A Q & A

Kelly J Lendsay Kelly J Lendsay klendsay@aboriginalhr.ca 306.291.0424 306.291.0424

Craig J Hall Craig J Hall chall@aboriginalhr.ca 902.665.2257 902.665.2257

Holly Cooper Holly Cooper hcooper@aboriginalhr.ca 613.435.2472 613.435.2472