Energy Magazine November 2021 | Page 74

TRICON ENERGY

“ I believe , very much in educating my staff and helping them grow ”

CRAIG WOOD DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY , TRICON ENERGY
good partnership is engaged with what is happening in your company , and is part of the journey .
“ A vendor may be more concerned with margins my margins ? They may not necessarily be interested in a log lasting business relationship , and determine what tool-sets to use and how to best manage them for the betterment of the business rather than the vendor margins .”
“ Yes , you ' re going to have to have some partnerships that are less strategic than others , because you need a ‘ widget ’ to work , but core partnerships must have the core relationships to be successful .”
“ With a true partnership you ' re addressing the situation together that you ' re encountering and you ' re both working on to be good custodians of the business .”
Wood cites Tricon ’ s partnership with Long View Systems as a good example of how this relationship should work .
“ I have a great working relationship with a company called Long View Systems , who is our managed service provider . We work very closely together and I include them in a lot of decision making an input into what we do .”
Wood says working within a company such as Tricon Energy requires a very different approach to the old days when
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