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With summer more than halfway over, I think that now is a good time to step back and reflect on my summer student experience at Harbinger thus far. At a high-level, my experience has been meaningful and exciting; I’ve learned many different things which have opened my eyes to the world of work. But what is the true impact of hiring students in organizations? Today, we’ll take a look at the experience at Harbinger so far to understand the value for both students and organizati

Harbinger Travel Diaries is a blog series documenting various worldly experiences from our team of consultants. This week Adam Rifai, Business & Accounting Analyst/Associate Consultant, shares his first client business trip experience. Shortly after graduating from Western University last year, I was scooped up by Harbinger, and I've already learned so much. They've quickly trained me in Instructional Design and Consulting, allowing me to make impactful contributions in my wo

Peter Babiak is a senior instructional designer who has been working with Harbinger for just over three years. While Peter’s work is currently focused on instructional design activities, he also has extensive change management consulting experience. Prior to working with Harbinger as a contractor, Peter was an independent consultant for about 18 years. What is your favourite part about being a consultant? My favourite part is the people. For example, Harbinger has done a

Harbinger Travel Diaries is a blog series documenting various worldly experiences from our team of consultants. This week Siri Maldonado, director marketing & communications, sits down with Krista Schaber-Chan, partner, and Gregory Roth, partner, to discuss some of their greatest memories from travelling with their pets. SM: Let’s start by telling me more about your beloved pets. KSC: I currently have two cats named Genghis Khat (also known as BKhat or Putput) and Midnight

It’s fair to say everyone gets asked the question, “What do you do?” regularly. The answer can transform and grow, as we do. Close to a year ago I shared a snapshot of life as a “sophomore” consultant. Here’s the updated playbook – still exhilarating, hyper-intense, and critically, evermore rewarding. 5:30am – Mind the Gaps A moment to blink, a glass of water, and you’re propped up at the hotel room desk. Here could be the time to get ahead of the day or week, and to catchup

It seems that in today’s day and age, there are so many problems, so many things that can cause people to be distracted, in a rut, and even depressed. Our lives, while a lot easier in many respects than maybe 100 or even 1000 years ago, are not carefree. Easy is relative. Sure, we don’t have to worry about wild animals attacking and eating us while we sleep and most of us have clean water to drink, modern comforts that we take for granted such as electricity and heat or air-c

It’s fair to say everyone gets asked the question, “What do you do?” regularly. To answer this question, or to understand its answer, isn’t easy. The barriers to communication could be out of your hands, as with short attention spans or booming bass…or it could be self-inflicted, as when speaking consultant-ese. A few things are for certain though – consulting is this: exhilarating, hyper-intense, and rewarding. Here’s a play by play of a day in the life, to allay some of th