STRATEGY + PEOPLE CONSULTING · CALGARY
Strategy and People. Together.
We help organizations decide where they're going, design how they'll operate, put technology and AI where it creates value, and build the leadership to make it happen.
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NimblStrategy
Leading a larger organization
From ambition to action. Strategy, operating model and execution for leadership teams.
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NimblScale
Running an owner-led business
Scale your business without becoming the bottleneck.
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NimblHR
Need HR support now
Fractional HR and HR consulting for growing organizations.
THE REAL PROBLEM
Most organizations don't stall for lack of strategy.
They stall in the gap between the plan and the way the business actually runs.
Growth creates complexity faster than the organization can absorb it. The plan stays on paper. The pressure lands on the people at the top. That gap is where we work.
Growth exposes weak systems. It doesn't create them.
What it looks like
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Priorities multiply.
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Decisions route back to the top.
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Projects stall between teams.
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AI gets bolted on, not built in.
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Good people carry the load. Then burn out.
Five questions. Every engagement.
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01 Strategy
Where are we going, and how will we win?
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02 Operating model
What capabilities, processes, governance and structure does that require?
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03 Technology & AI
Where can technology materially improve how we create value?
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04 People
What leadership, workforce, culture and HR capability do we need?
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05 Execution
How do we turn all of this into measurable results?
WHO WE ARE
One firm. Two practices.
NimblShift is a Calgary-based Strategy and People consulting firm. Strategy and people are inseparable, so we built one firm around both.
NimblStrategy
From ambition to action. Strategy, operating model and execution for leadership teams.
NimblScale — Scale your business without becoming the bottleneck.
NimblScale Strategy Builder — Build and test your strategy in one place. AI-assisted, owner-friendly.
NimblAI — Assess. Advise. Build. AI that multiplies the structure you already have.
NimblHR
HR leadership and specialist consulting.
Fractional HR — Senior HR leadership, part-time.
HR Consulting — Specialist, project-based HR work.
NIMBLSCALE STRATEGY BUILDER · BY NIMBLSHIFT
Build your strategy. Grow your business.
Consulting-grade thinking, at software speed. Start with a free Snapshot: see where your business stands and what's holding it back.
Results that matter.
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~$150M
Enbridge: cost savings delivered across a capital portfolio.
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$35M+
Vesta Wealth Partners: new AUM from a Partner Referral Program, supporting growth toward $1B AUM.
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10-year
City of Calgary: People and Culture Strategy aligned to the Corporate Strategy.
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Scalable
Connecta Health: moved from a founder-led clinic to a scalable healthcare platform.
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P&C strategy
Wyth Financial: People and Culture vision, strategy and roadmap. Wyth was acquired by Equitable Bank in 2022.
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New school
SAIT: launch of the School of Advanced Digital Technologies and digital readiness capabilities.
Client names are shared as examples of past work, not endorsements.
Senior people. Doing the work.
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Harold Simons
CEO · NimblStrategy
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T.M. Gunderson
Strategy, Operations and AI
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Jeff Vathje
Partner · NimblHR
WHERE TO START
Are you closing the gap, or working around it?
Most organizations work around it with more meetings, more effort and more pressure on the people at the top. It holds for a while. Then growth exposes it.
You probably already know where the gap is. The hard part is deciding to act on it.
Let's start with a conversation
A focused first discussion about where you're trying to go, what's getting in the way, and which practice fits. No pitch. Plain answers.