When you grow up working on a dairy farm in rural British Columbia, you gain an appreciation for two things: the value of nature and the importance of hard work. And hard work defines Libby Garg. She is the co-founder of WorkSolute – a business management tech start-up that works with the likes of Burger King and PetValu. She is the managing partner of Selterre, with investments in a host of businesses. She owns multiple Freshii franchises. She’s a Justice of the Peace and sits on the Leadership Advisory Circle for the Indigenous Centre for Innovation and Technology. But beyond the titles, and with degrees in commerce, economics and law, Libby is a business leader who is committed to community and believes strongly that good research is at the heart of good business – and that good business is the ultimate tool with which to create a better society.
We spoke with Libby about the value of research, the importance of her Okanagan Nation culture and her outspoken conservative politics at her downtown Toronto home.
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What do you think?
- What did you take from Libby’s story?
- Do you believe research is fundamentally impotant to everything?
- How can we all ask the hard, better questions?
- How can learning the context of a problem help us properly frame a challenge?
- How do we know what we don’t know – and how can we work to fill those gaps?
- How do we narrow our focus, brainstorm solutions and make better decisions?
- What processes are required to take a question and find the answer?
More on Libby
Read the Article: How WorkSolute Aims to Solve HR Headaches
Favourite Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Favourite Podcasts: Anything in the realm of spiritualism, metaphysics, religion, human/animal motivation, behaviour, or culture
Favourite Documentary: Master of the Senate
Favourite Website: The Hustle