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process. But after they discovered that their
application wasn’t going forward, the manage-
ment team decided to learn from the experi-
ence and use the program’s judging framework
to improve their own business operations. In
2001, they earned their ISO 9001certification,
underwent corporate rebranding the follow-
ing year and opened their new head office in
Edmonton in 2006. That year, DRIVING FORCE
joined 49 other Canadian companies on Cana-
da’s Best Managed Companies list.
“We used their format and addressed every
component of our business that we possibly
