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Chapter 12 – The Final Chapter

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

    The Final Chapter   Say it isn't so!!!! - Our 8 month journey has come to a close! We pushed our physical, mental, emotional, and cultural boundaries well beyond what we thought was possible.   Although we don't feel any different than when we left, we know we will...

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Chapter 11 – South America (Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Costa Rica)

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

    Buenos Dias, Buenos Tardes, Buenos Noches, Pura Vida!!   South America was so amazing and we only had a chance to experience a sampling of the diverse activities and cultures here.   Chile - we stayed at a magnificent vineyard - Vina Vik - a unique architecture of titanium (similar...

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Chapter 10 – New Zealand

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

    G'day Mates!   Can't wait to come back - 2 months wasn't long enough!   New Zealand was everything people said it was going to be and a whole lot more.  For a country that is about 1/15th the size of Canada with only 4 million residents, it is packed...

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Chapter 9 – Pause for Reflection

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

    Chapter 9 - pause for reflection   We are sitting on a white veranda porch sipping a glass of Pinot Noir overlooking the Marlborough Sound (South NZ).  We started reflecting on what we have seen, done, learned, and thought about the most, over the past several months.   Here are...

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Chapter 8 – Australia

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

  "How ya going mates"!!!!   Aussies love a good yarn - we learned very quickly they also love to abbreviate words and many have the "e sound" - like "footy." Every type of ball game in Australia is called "footy." Conversations were animated, light hearted and full of...

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Chapter 7 – Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

  Cambodia   "Chhum reap suor" It is terrible and unconscionable what has happened to this peaceful country in the recent past.  Millions of Khmer (the proper name for the people of Cambodia) were murdered, starved, tortured, and abused under the Khmer Rouge and yet they were innocent.   Add to this...

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Chapter 6 – Eight Cities in India

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

  Namaste,   We loved India and we are grateful for the experience.   How does one describe India so others might have a glimpse of what this incredible country is all about?  How do you describe a country in which the road system accommodates everything from cars, to buses,...

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Happy Holidays from Curran

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

We would like to take a moment and wish everyone a ...

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Chapter 5 – Budapest, Split, Dubrovnik & Istanbul

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

  Helló, zdravo and Merhaba Budapest, Hungary Budapest is a very cosmopolitan city. We had private walking tours both on the "Pest" side of the river and on the "Buda" side of the river (two towns joined the city which was then called Budapest) - We also saw old street signs that...

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Chapter 4 – Berlin and Prague

Steve and Fran's Walkabout
by Aaron-Shields

      Guten Tag and Ahjo,   Our impressions of Berlin were diverse.   At times it was a majestic feeling with massive buildings, museums and statues - other times utilitarian feeling with colorless and shapeless structure - and at times very commercialized with hundreds of brand name shops...

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Contacts

Steve Shields
steve@curran-consulting.com

Fran Shields
fran@curran-consulting.com

Service

We offer services across all areas of business – from finance, human resources, information management and technology, product development, and marketing. Our broad span of consulting expertise and skills are primarily focused on “Consulting for Results” in:

  • Governance (board, organization, program, IMT, Data)
  • Financial Analysis and Modelling (organization, program, project, solution analysis)
  • Organizational Design (service models, organization structure, partnership and service agreements, decision management)
  • Change and Transition Management (communication, coalition team development, organizational readiness, resistance management)

Value to You

  • Experienced and skilled resources complementing your team to address business issues and help you realize opportunities

What We Bring

  • Completed over 30 governance type projects – all can be referenced
  • Implemented over 100 projects that dealt with significant organizational changes, solution implementation, service design, business transformation
  • Awarded Project of the Year for implementing a wealth management line of business in a large financial institution
  • Awarded Small Business of the Year

Service

  • With every coaching engagement, the relationship is critical between the coach and client. There has to be safe, open and trusting working connection. With this in place we build a foundation together that can be transformative. We meet with you at your convenience and schedule. Each engagement is considered confidential and discrete; however always with an intent that action is taken

Value to You

  • Maximizing the overall effectiveness and positive impact in the workplace

What We Bring

  • No judgement, no advice unless requested, objectivity, and confidentiality

Service

  • Through a facilitated approach we can either assist you and your staff, or on your behalf, develop a structured business case or opportunity paper. We develop evidence based recommendations based on the strategies, benefits, risks, and financial impact of the alternatives presented

Value to You

  • A structured analysis and assessment of the ‘right information’ bringing clarity to help you make the ‘right decision’

What We Bring

  • Produced 50+ business cases, opportunity papers, and treasury board documents ranging from $50k to $100m for new products, new lines of business, buildings, technology, services, and organizational change
  • Developed and implemented a business case template, set of tools and training program for a provincial government
  • Delivered business case and opportunity paper training to over 1000 individuals across several organizations in Canada and Europe

Service

  • Curran works with you and your teams to do a proactive, constructive health check, of what is going well and where improvements are needed for the project to be successful
  • We provide objective assessments based on experience, knowledge and best practices looking at all the key factors that need to be in place to position you for success

Value to You

  • An action based set of recommendations, rationale and a method to measure success going forward

What We Bring

  • Managed over 200 projects and initiatives
  • Conducted over 25 Project Success Assurance and Post Project Reviews across Canada
  • Lead and trained over 500 executives and managers on Project Management in Canada and Ireland