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The Efficiency Lab: Scaling Manitoba Businesses with AI, Automation, and Custom Apps

Date: February 27 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Location: Manitoba Electrical Museum

Price: Free

Hosted By: Focused Forward

This session is designed for business leaders, operations teams, and decision-makers actively exploring how technology can improve efficiency, scale, and outcomes. Join Focused Forward for an interactive, station-based workshop designed to show you exactly how custom tech solves real-world bottlenecks.

This isn’t a sit-and-listen lecture. The Efficiency Lab is a high-energy “open house” where you can get under the hood of modern business tech. We’re opening up our toolkit to show you how we build, automate, and scale.

The Innovation Stations
• The Command Centre (Dragonfly CRM): See our custom-built CRM in action. Discover how to stop losing leads and start automating your sales pipeline with a tool built for growth.
• The Automation Alley (AI & Power Platform): Bring us a real operational challenge, and we’ll show you how we’d approach solving it using AI and automation.
• The Product Studio (Web Apps & Ottory): Explore the world of custom web development. From high-performance websites to specialized platforms like Ottory, see how we build intuitive user experiences that solve complex problems.
• The Strategy Clinic: Meet our architects to map out your digital roadmap. Get a “tech prescription” for your business’s specific challenges.

You’ll Leave With:
• Clarity: A clearer understanding of where AI and automation actually fit in your business.
• A Roadmap: A shortlist of processes worth automating first.
• A Framework: A mental model for evaluating when to build custom apps vs. buying off-the-shelf tools.
• Real Examples: Practical, local case studies and examples you can apply to your operations immediately.

What to Expect:
Live demos, expert strategy sessions, and direct access to Focused Forward’s developers and strategists in a collaborative, professional environment.