00:00 - 00:05 | I remember telling my management team, "The GROW Board has decided... |
00:05 - 00:07 | were merging with USI" |
00:07 - 00:10 | My team had concerns like " What does this mean?" |
00:11 - 00:16 | and "we need to revisit our strategy".... I tell them |
00:17 - 00:21 | "Don't, worry, it's only for a couple years anyways" |
00:21 - 00:24 | It's true |
00:29 - 00:31 | It's true |
00:31 - 00:34 | One merger is the last of your worries! |
00:38 - 00:40 | It's true |
00:41 - 00:47 | You're going to have to figure out how to merge with LOL |
00:47 - 00:50 | without knowing how the heck USI works |
00:50 - 00:56 | We send Schuler & Wildeman to sit in on 2 weeks of meetings |
00:58 - 00:59 | with 40 LOL people |
00:59 - 01:01 | trying to explain Canada |
01:04 - 01:06 | Outside of hockey or maple syrup, |
01:06 - 01:08 | we're starting from scratch. |
01:13 - 01:14 | It's true |
01:14 - 01:16 | Some of us have new laptops 2 weeks old |
01:16 - 01:20 | And already getting new ones! |
01:21 - 01:27 | True story, some emails changed before we got them business cards |
01:35 - 01:36 | We are changing titles here |
01:36 - 01:39 | like some people change shirts... I tell you |
01:41 - 01:44 | Ok, ok let's get back to the point |
01:44 - 01:47 | I was trying to make a point |
01:47 - 01:49 | We have manufacturers |
01:50 - 01:53 | still reconciling GROW business! |
01:54 - 01:56 | Hey, with one contract |
01:56 - 01:58 | our business name changed twice |
01:58 - 02:02 | before we signed. Throw it out, no good |
02:05 - 02:07 | Redo. |
02:10 - 02:11 | "Maybe you should...." |
02:11 - 02:13 | "Maybe you...." |
02:15 - 02:17 | "be a little quicker..." |
02:17 - 02:20 | "getting back to us on these things." |
02:21 - 02:28 | I still remember Hoyt saying "this transition will be easy" |
02:29 - 02:30 | It's going to be easy? |
02:30 - 02:32 | Yah, how easy it will be.... |
02:36 - 02:39 | He got me real good |
02:40 - 02:42 | "An easy transition" he said |
02:50 - 02:55 | We really need to move on I think |
02:56 - 02:58 | So 2017 is looking good? |
02:58 - 03:04 | Yah, yah. We're just another country integrating, right? |
03:04 - 03:09 | sounds "easy" right? What else do we have to do this year? |
03:09 - 03:11 | Another day in the life |
03:16 - 03:20 | Wildeman's not busy anyways |
03:23 - 03:26 | How much work can it really be? |
03:31 - 03:36 | If nothing else we'll have a great story won't we? |