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  Canadian Tire and the Sociotechnical Plan Amidst Unforeseen Challenges Canadian Tire, a centennial corporation, embarked on a strategic sociotechnical journey to foster agility and efficiency through digital transformation. With technology integration in almost all facets of retail, the goal was to merge business and technology teams under a singular structure, ensuring consistent behaviors and outcomes across the organization (How Canadian Tire CIO & CTO, 2023). Canadian Tire's transformation journey during the COVID-19 pandemic is a classic case of an organization having a good plan but getting disrupted due to circumstances beyond its control. Specifically, the pandemic's onset shifted all retail traffic online, leading to a whopping 2,400% surge in online orders from an average of 5,000 to about 120,000 daily orders (How Canadian Tire CIO & CTO, 2023). This sudden influx of orders was beyond the scope of Canadian Tire's existing systems, forcing the company to...

                                                                                                                                                            Serendipity   Over the past 150 years, many technological advancements, which we often overlook today, were unexpectedly discovered. These innovations' creators often did not aim for any particular outcome or accidentally stumbled across them. The tales of these accidental discoveries have become such an integral part of our collective memory that we are reminded of them when unexpected, good for...

           For this week's blog, I will share what I would do in five different categories if I had all the time, money, and talent in the world.   Education: Along with the other assumptions of having time, money, and talent, I also assume I have the physical endurance and strength to accomplish these. 1.      Learn to play the piano. 2.      Learn to fly a plane. 3.      Become a medical doctor to help those who cannot afford healthcare. 4.      Become a biochemist that can solve the opioid crisis. 5.      Become a lawyer to assist those who cannot afford legal representation.  6.      Become a master gardener. 7.      Become a professional dressage rider. 8.      Learn how to design and build a smart house. 9.      Learn to scuba dive. 10.  ...