At Spindle, we develop strategic road maps to help:
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
create best-in-class programs for training, research and entrepreneurship
GOVERNMENT
and government agencies deploy innovative models for improving the health and wealth of their citizens
NON-PROFITS
rationalize and evaluate investments in research and science advocacy
START-UPS
translate ideas into game changing products and services
CARE PROVIDERS
integrate research and evidence-based findings into their course of clinical care
Here are a few other things we want you to know about us:
Spindle has heart
We were established on a core value to provide outstanding service that is whole-hearted
Spindle is method-driven
Our solutions are predicated on a sound strategic planning process that is perfectly suited to the intersection of research, innovation and impact
Spindle is bespoke
Spindle tells the story
Spindle connects
We bring our clients access to a wide network of potential partners across the academic, government, industry and community dimensions to help realize their vision
Spindle is science-savvy
Our staff consist primarily of strategists with advanced graduate degrees in research-based disciplines. For scientific initiatives, this helps us to translate, position, extract and highlight the right value propositions, messages and drivers
Praise from our clients
Maureen Sullivan-Bentz
Director, Education and Learning, Healthcare Excellence Canada
“Our engagement with Spindle over the past few months has been positive and rewarding. Working together to create a strategic approach for patient safety and quality education and learning that is closely aligned to our new strategy has been very productive. Spindle’s team brings a diverse skillset, strong relationships and connections, and extensive field expertise, that has helped to shed light on ways to foster an innovative mindset to build capability and capacity within the Canadian healthcare context. The overarching model and approach with practical recommendations that was developed for our organization will greatly assist us as we bring the new model to life.”
Dr. Steven N. Liss
Vice-President Research and Innovation, Ryerson University
“We were fortunate to have engaged Dr. Tina McDivitt and her team at Spindle to support the development of Ryerson’s Health Research Strategy. Building on our institutional research plan, our goal was to clearly articulate our strengths, opportunities and place as leaders in health research and education. Spindle is distinguished in their expertise and exceptional understanding of the health sciences domain, their approach to strategic planning, and their ability to engage across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. From the outset, Tina’s collaborative style and ability to listen provided an added value to the senior leadership team as we established processes, engaged our community and developed the plan. We were very impressed with how Tina and the Spindle team conducted external benchmarking, analysis and assessment based on clear defined metrics. For this project, Tina engaged a wide variety of stakeholders and organizations which opened the door to further discussions including partnerships and opportunities for collaborations.”
DR. BRADLEY W. McLEAN
Associate Director, Innovation & Commercialization, Brock University
“Spindle provided focused and impactful consultation for our intellectual property portfolio. Tina and her team delivered a concise and actionable report along with a powerful tool to assess future technology disclosures. The Spindle team is knowledgeable, engaging and dead-line driven with a focus on client involvement at every stage of the program.”
DR. PARMINDER RAINA
Scientific Director, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging
“Our experience working with Spindle was extremely positive. They developed a sustainability action plan for a major national research platform that deals with issues of academic sustainability, partnerships with public and private sectors, and promoting the use of the research platform to its stakeholders. Spindle interviewed many of the members of this national platform and incorporated complex ideas into a set of very concise recommendations to structure our research platform. I very much enjoyed working with the Spindle Team.”
DR. KELLY MURPHY
Neuropsychologist, Baycrest Health Sciences
“The Spindle team exceeded our expectations with their resourcefulness and thoroughness in executing the agreed upon deliverable for this project. The strategy they devised for us was comprehensively conceived and informed by esteemed subject matter experts. We feel very confident in going forward with Spindle’s recommendations.”
DR. FREDERIC LEDUC
CEO, Immune Biosolutions
“Spindle’s work with us was simply exceptional and this is why we have worked with them on 2 separate mandates in the last 6 months, exceeding our already high expectations on both occasions.”