Outside-In – How the healthcare industry transformed Purolator

Purolator provided essential services during the pandemic, keeping Canada’s healthcare system running and supplied. It also provided essential services to meet the demands of a surge in e-commerce, allowing Canadians to shop from the safety of their own homes. Now, coming out of the pandemic, the Canadian company has increased its efforts to provide health and wellness programs to its staff members, recognizing how essential their well-being is to business success. In the first episode of Contributors, Season Two, host Russell Evans sits down with Purolator’s President and CEO, John Ferguson. He explains how Purolator is positioned to continue being a uniquely Canadian shipping and freight company that can meet the challenges of the future.

After this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Purolator is combining the power of innovation and sustainability to better serve the company’s customers and its employee base of more than 14,000
• Some of the challenges the company has faced over the past few years, and how they are working to overcome them
• Why the organization was inspired to hire an internal Chief Medical Director
• The future of the shipping and freight industry in Canada

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This podcast episode was produced by Quill.