Indigenous Engagement – Engaging a Digital Workforce! A New Model for Inclusion

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Indigenous Engagement - Engaging a Digital
Workforce! A New Model for Inclusion
Engaging a Digital Workforce! A New Model for
Inclusion
Contributor-ITFC Team Working from home- the new
engine of economic growth! Studies are showing
that people who work from home work 1.4 more days
a month than that of the office worker! That
should answer the age-old question companies
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and the public sector have been asking for years?
Can we support a work from home environment?
Smart employers will and should!
The community based Indigenous Liaison Officer
program offers Canadian companies the opportunity
to benefit from both relevant community insights
an enhanced work ethic within a productive
environment. On our network we have a phrase,
Google searches cannot compete with local
knowledge and we mean it. There is a process of
economic discovery that community members can
help with. The liaison officer position can
provide invaluable insights that will prepare
businesses before they reach the leadership
level. Knowledge is King! In a host of
different categories Indigenous, (First Nations,
Innu or Metis), community members have an
intimate knowledge of the barriers and challenges
to economic development. They also have a
profound understanding of the needs, wants and
desires of a community that lead to economic
opportunity. This understanding may be a result
of their participation on council, as a leader,
an economic development officer, a committee
member, a portfolio manager or simply someone who
has been engaged in the discussion of how their
community is going to provide economic
opportunity for their families. So how can this
help Corporate Canada?
To illustrate our point, we spoke with an owner
of a print and embroidery shop. We initially
spoke of Indigenous economic inclusion and
engagement, the Truth and Reconciliation
commission Calls to Action, the United Nations
Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Almost immediately we could see the owner
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stepping back, although showing signs of
understanding the issue. We could tell he was
about to close the door on the conversation. What
to do? So, we took the conversation from the
30,000 feet level to about 6 feet,
the approximate distance we were standing apart
from each other. I had asked more direct
questions. So, you deal with sports teams here in
the Atlantic? Yes, the the proprietor responded.
You could see a renewed confidence and commitment
to the conversation in his speech and general
demeaner. I went on to ask how he collected his
information, how he proved his designs and how he
accepted payment and shipped product to the
customer. Not surprisingly his response was by
computer PayPal or Interac transfer! I then went
on to discuss the 700 Indigenous communities and
how sport was so very important. I asked if we
could connect him with a portfolio manager of
youth, sport or recreation, someone with the
potential to introduce or facilitate a new
opportunity for his business would he be
interested? I never thought of that before? Of
course, I would be interested!
We went on to illustrate how the ITFC network
allows businesses to seek out qualified
individuals all across Canada that could provide
insight into potential opportunities of relevance
to their business interest! The process of
economic discovery!
By posting an opportunity, (a request for
knowledge), companies big and small regardless of
their geographic location can seek the services
of an individual for an hour, a day a week! Our
ability to provide insights within multiple
categories and communities provides an
unprecedented level of engagement that will
contribute to
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the national economy in ways we have only begun
to discover!
The Indigenous -Community Based -Digital Economy
is an opportunity for all of Canada to share in
and grow together!
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