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Ottawa, February 22 2017. Women in Communications and Technology announces applications are now open for positions in its ground-breaking Protégé Project. The WCT Protégé Project, funded by Corus Entertainment and Status of Women Canada, is a career sponsorship program designed to address the fact that only 5.1% of Canadian CEOs and company leaders are women. The WCT Protégé Project is the first of its kind in Canada as the only cross-industry and cross-sector career sponsorship program.

Step Up Your Career with Sponsorship

Beyond making the usual annual resolutions to exercise more and give up sugar, the start of the new year presents an opportunity to reflect on what it takes to achieve our career ambitions. This commonly means introspection and a search for options that will help us get “unstuck” from our current job situation by actively implementing strategies for advancement.

Nilufer Erdebil, founder and CEO of Spring2Innovation, a innovation consulting firm, shares 6 steps to foster a culture of innovation in your organization.

The word “innovation” is used all the time but there is a lack of discussion on the topic of how to be more innovative. A lot of becoming more innovative comes down to workplace culture and building the right environment where everyone can contribute to innovation. Here are six easy ways to begin fostering a culture of innovation: