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We thoroughly enjoyed working with this team and look forward to continued collaboration. Curt supported our team in crafting a communications strategy, and his expertise was greatly appreciated. He offered creative solutions while building our team’s communications capacity. The end product has been very well received.
Hilary Dunn-Ridgeway
Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
Director of Communications
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Curt engaged our staff and board in creative ways to elicit feedback and “bring to life” a strategic direction that resonated, feels achievable and that we can all be proud of. He was also great at gently “leading the leaders” to efficiently guide us through the process. Curt is a talented and passionate navigator, listener, visionary and community cheerleader. The Board and staff at ECFTA feel fortunate for the opportunity to work with Curt, and would recommend 110%!!!
Lianne Carter
Elora Centre for the Arts
Executive Director
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Since the beginning of my product management career, Sean has been a valuable mentor. He listens first, asks probing questions, and shares relevant stories and resources at just the right time. He combines compassion with clarity, always ready with a strategy — or a pep talk. Sean continues to be my number one source for product leadership and growth
Ashley Osika
Software Product Sr. Leader
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Working with Sean for three years was one of the most formative experiences of my career. He helped grow the Centre for Virtual Reality Innovation from four employees to around 80, including 22 full-time staff. Sean fostered a welcoming and inclusive environment that drove retention and performance. I feel incredibly lucky to have learned from him, and wish every developer could work with a manager like Sean.
Balaz Karner
Snap Decision Studios
Founding Partner and Sr. Developer
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I worked under Sean for all four of my co-op terms. From day one, he created a workplace where open communication was the norm, not the exception. He valued each team member and backed it up with action, always with kindness and empathy. Under his leadership, our office felt like a community where we grew as professionals and as people. Working with Sean wasn’t just a job; it was a lesson in leadership, empathy, and community.Kristian Biviens
Software Quality Analyst
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It’s difficult to sum up our experience with Curt and Lakhdeep into Four Simple Words. We invited FSW to co-create a session with our team centered around mattering and belonging. They delivered a session filled with deeply impactful experiences and practical tools and created a space where our employees left with not only conviction to dive deeper into mattering, but learned how to action and make a positive impact in the world and communities around them. We received a lot of positive feedback for this session in particular. Highly recommend this team for helping to create meaningful and dynamic spaces for these much needed and important dialogues.
Nicole Chin
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment
Senior Manager, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
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There is so much DEI information out-there, how does a small organization incorporate all of it in a meaningful way? As a white-settler with privilege, I try to practice DEI principles, but I was never sure it was enough; I was never fully confident that I was hitting the mark. Curt and Lakhdeeps’s program took away all that anxiety. They are engaging facilitators that made a heavy topic easy to understand. I get it now. Now that I know what DEI feels like in action, it is impossible not to incorporate DEI principles into my decisions and my daily interactions in every aspect of my life.
Theresa Moisan
The Elliott, Guelph
Chief of Finance and Operational Services
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As both a sponsor and attendee of Four Simple Words “Building Better Business Through Belonging” workshop, I can say it was outstanding! Their ability to communicate and explain such an important topic in clear, concise and relatable ways was so refreshing. They add humour and story telling which is super engaging. To watch and listen to Lakhdeep and Curt facilitate so smoothly and professionally was a gift to everyone in the room. I highly recommend Four Simple Words to any organization seeking a first class presentation on workplace culture and belonging.
Nora Whittington
Immigration Partnership – Waterloo Region
Community Engagement
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We partnered with Four Simple Words to host the “Building Better Business Through Belonging” workshop. Curt and Lakhdeep are excellent facilitators – clear, relatable, humorous, and skilled at guiding important conversations in simple, realistic ways. All participant feedback was positive (many said, “bring them back”). From our first planning call to delivery day, they were a pleasure to work with. I recommend Four Simple Words to any organization seeking meaningful, transformational shifts in workplace culture.
Olusola Oladele
Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin
Employer Liaison Lead
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I’ve admired Sean’s work for years — he’s sharp, approachable, and one of the most collaborative colleagues I’ve known. Sean is so sharp I feel like I’m merely watching him from a distance, and trying to keep him in eyesight before he disappears into the horizon. That’s not to say he isn’t one of the most pleasant and approachable tech experts I’ve known, because he is. The fact is I consider it a company perk to work in the same organization as Sean.
Ben Campbell
D2L
VP Global Solutions Engineering
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When Sean invited me to help build and mentor the team at VARLab (now CVRI) in late 2020, I was honored. Since then, we’ve both grown, built, and learned together. I have never worked with someone so committed to productivity, inclusion, and equity. As a leader, he was receptive to ideas and feedback, and from a product perspective he pushed us to experiment and learn in tight loops to find novel solutions. I’m thankful for the chance to work with Sean and would welcome more in the future!
Cameron Turner
CVRI
Principal Investigator
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Rick Rubin simplifies the essence of sound. Sean Yo does the same for tech. He identifies the root problem with striking clarity and multiplexes solutions at incredible speed. The way Sean can distill complexity into clear action is nothing short of genius.
Jordan Joicus
Innovation Partner
Founder Institute
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