The COREseries is built for leaders navigating pressure, risk and rapid change. These briefings cut through noise with sharp analysis and real-world strategy — helping you understand what’s behind the headlines and what to do next. From activist tactics and regulatory pressure to reputational threats and strategic missteps, we break down the trends, shifts, and power plays shaping today’s decision-making environment.
No spin. No fluff. Read more to gain perspectives that prepares you.
When Oversight Becomes Overreach
Oversight protects trust — but when it crosses into overreach, it can paralyze decision-making, stifle innovation, and erode confidence. Here's how to spot when systems are suffocating their own purpose.
Resource Development on Indigenous Terms
Indigenous consent isn’t a courtesy—it’s a strategic necessity. Learn how co-governance is reshaping Canada’s resource development landscape.
Speaking Across Worlds: Cross-Cultural Communication Isn’t Just Translation — It’s Transformation
In cross-cultural spaces, clarity isn't enough—respect is essential. This #COREseries explores why Indigenous communication begins with listening, not translation, and how true allyship means doing the work to understand lived experience on its own terms.
We’ve evolved. Explore the new CORE.
CORE Strategic has rebranded with a bold new identity, reaffirming its commitment to high-impact advisory work in Risk + Response and Strategic Impact. Discover what’s changed — and what hasn’t.
Broken trust breaks brands
First it was shrinkflation. Then price fixing. Record profits. Bloated bonuses. The headlines kept coming — often more than once. Parliamentary hearings turned into political theatre. Then came the latest: meat price gouging.
This grocery story? It’s a case study in how trust erodes — slowly, then all at once. And then it’s gone.
Crisis-Proof Your Reputation
When a crisis hits, it’s already too late to start building trust.
Reputation protection isn’t just about reaction time — it’s about readiness. Smart organizations don’t wait for something to go wrong to think about how they’ll respond. They put the pieces in place early: strong values, clear responsibilities, rehearsed scenarios and a leadership culture that knows when to act and when to speak.