Alexandre_Brisson

Recently, an inter-functional team was set up at CN to advance growth of the Company’s intermodal business, the transportation of containers most often carrying consumer goods. Alexandre Brisson, a 2014 EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal graduate, and a CN colleague were appointed to drive this team composed of members from the company’s sales, operations, intermodal, finance and information technology departments.

Brisson is Senior Director, Information Technology at CN. In this new strategic mandate, the knowledge he acquired at the EMBA will be highly useful.

“I would say that the strategy module

[the Analytic Mindset] with Louis Hébert [Professor, Department of Management and co-director of the EMBA] is the module that has contributed the most to develop my strategic approach,” he said. “I made the case, which led to the foundation of this initiative, by establishing a parallel between the corporate strategy and the information base currently in place at CN. The Operating Model approach seen in class proved to be very helpful. Taking a step back, looking at the big picture and implementing substantive changes are all concepts we learned in the program and will apply to my new mandate.”