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Gerry Kanter
Strategy & Design Solutions
Strategy Development
In order to achieve growth, organizations need to adopt innovative strategies to come up with new products and ideas. My experience in ressearch, politics and technical issues can be used to design and evaluate organizational strategies.
experience in:
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Policy Proposals
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Policy Implementation
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Communications Plan
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Procurement Plan
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Budget & Schedules
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Resource Management
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Innovation Strategies
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Product Development
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Business Models
Policy Development
Policy Proposals
Policy Implementation
Communications Plan
My experience in policy analysis can be used to craft recomendations, briefing notes and white papers that evaluate the pros and cos of complex issues.
I can develop a communications strategy that targets a specific audience using web tools to leverage reach the media reach of small organizations.
I have experience creating contingency and implemetation plans that take into account risks and mitigation strategies.
White Papers on Policy
Briefing Notes & Press Release
Ministerial Recomendations
Implementation Plan
Mitigation Strategy
Performance Evaluation
Communications Plan
Press Releases
Online Marketing Strategy
Project Management
Procurement Plan
Budget & Schedules
Resource Management
Planning the logistics of corporate events requires knowledge of space planning, staff managment and portable displays to create networking environments.
As part of the plannig process, I can develop contract documents and design request for proposals and procurement plans to outsource tasks.
Applying project management principles, I can organize resources into project plans, schedules and budgets to achieve a set of objectives within a given timeframe.
Request for Proposals
Contract Outlines
Cost Tracking
Budget & Schedules
GANTT Charts
Task Breackdown
Corporate Banquets
Industry Tradeshows
Volunteer Management
This document is an example of a ministerial recommendation based on format used by Federal Agencies. The document suggests that the government should implement a new innovation policy based on conditional grants, new performance indicators and new federal body to coordinate innovation policies across jurisdictions.
CARMA is an independent film I wrote, produced and directed, from beginning to end. I prepared applications and grant proposals; organized schedules, prepared cast sheets, budgets and contingency plans. I also developed a new audition technique by running it as an acting class.
As a member of the Independent Film Co-Operative of Ottawa (IFCO) I prepared a marketing strategy meant to increase media reach for the annual film screening event.
This sample of a project implementation plan was part of a group project that incorporates principles of risk management, contracting and work breakdowns structures. It outlines the procedure and conditions required from subcontractors to build an expansion wing of a commercial building.
I was contracted for this project to manage and schedule transportation for a week long seminar of film workshops. I developed a timeline and schedule for equipment delivery along with organizing logistics for six drivers to transport staff and guest between city venues.
Nortec produces humidity control equipment. As part of the implementation strategy for this project I wrote request for proposal documents and oversaw procurement for off the shelf components that were used to fabricate this mobile display
Business Strategies
Innovation Strategy
Product Development
Buisiness Model Generation
A large portion of my career has focused on the study of policy and innovation systems. My experience includes 30+ R&D proijects guiding products from the initial experimental to comercialization.
Combining knowledge of mass production along with experience with production teams allows me to give advise on manufacturing strategies to guide projects troughout their life cycle.
Buisiness models allow companies to generate and understand their value propositions. Using the BMC, I can help clients to analyze key resources and activities in their organizations
Comercialization Plans
Innovation Systems
Regulatory Impact
Mass Production Evaluation
Quality & Performance Testing
Life Cycle Analsysis
Assess Value Propositions
Key Resources & Activities
Test and Pivot Ideas
The need to sell consumer goods in a post-war economy prompted governments to push for policies that supported design activities; but by the 1980s the trend reversed and policy moved away from direct interventions. This paper explores the roots of Canada’s national design policy rise and demise in the government’s agenda.
This project examines the use of multipurpose bicycle platform. It is meant as a cheap alternative to provide transportation in less developed communities.
The Business Model Canvas is an analytical tool outlined in the book Business Model Generation. It is a visual template with the nine blocks of a business model, which allows you to develop and sketch out new or existing business models.