Meet Amy Amy is the head of HR at a fast-growing but well-established technology company. At the heart of her job is recruiting; she understands better than anyone the importance of not only finding the best talent, but also retaining it. To this end, Amy works closely with the company’s leadership to…

The horrifying progression of the Coronavirus needs no further detailing from me, but there’s one aspect of it I want to highlight. Consider how you live your life right now, in this dystopian reality. Avoiding infection dominates everything you do. Your freedoms are compromised. Social life is down the gutter…

What can I do? It’s a question we often ask ourselves when facing adversity in business and in life. All too often, however, the answer is uninspiring. We might think, in the midst of ambiguity or desperation, that there’s nothing we can do. Some people, however, find purpose in this…

Caregiver Support Technologies is proud to announce that we have been selected to participate in the Creative Destruction Lab West’s 2019–2020 Health Cohort! The Creative Destruction Lab, or CDL, is a seed-stage program for massively scalable, science-based companies. CDL has 6 locations across Canada and Europe, each affiliated with a…

Many matters related to caregiving are taboo. While caregivers may feel comfortable discussing the physical and logistical aspects of providing care, when it comes to more complex topics — like feelings of guilt and resentment, financial challenges, or even the effect of an illness on a loved one’s appearance and…

The final piece of this series is an attempt to dig into cultural changes driving the caregiving crisis. This is a huge, huge topic — one that I can’t possibly unpack in its entirety. With this in mind, I’d like to turn my attention to Western culture, and more specifically…

Joseph B. Fuller and Manjari Raman of Harvard Business School recently dissected the role of employers in caregiving. The first line of their report, The Caring Company, seems to sum it up: “American companies are facing a caregiving crisis — they just refuse to acknowledge it.” The report is a…

Despite being a nearly universal human experience, caregiving is a seldom-discussed topic — one that has only recently entered the public dialogue as a developing crisis. I believe, perhaps controversially, that this is because the caregiving role was not only less prevalent for previous generations, but also less difficult. To…

Introducing Blue And Caregiver Support Technologies A few weeks ago, I wrote an article on why we had to let go of our product’s first persona, Caroline. Caroline was wonderful, but introducing a female, humanoid robot as a submissive, servile entity was troubling. …