“Accountability: We hold ourselves to the highest professional and ethical standards. We are accountable for our performance to each other, our clients and to the public. We hold paramount our responsibility in health & safety as well as the protection of the environment.”

When our management team came together in 2017 to write these words as part of our updated values statement, we were not imagining a situation such as the one we are in now. On Monday morning WATT leadership met to address the needs of our clients and our team, their families, and our communities at large in the current wake of COVID-19. We made informed and actionable decisions in this meeting.

• We will implement a work-from-home model immediately
• We will do our part to protect those who are at higher risk
• We will encourage the practice of social distancing to protect our communities.

We are doing what many other businesses are doing. We are all in this together.

We are choosing to commit to the health and safety of our community by practicing social distancing. We are also committed to following the formal recommendations outlined by Federal, Provincial and local Governments to do our part in limiting the spread of COVID-19.

As we commence with our work today, there is something uniquely “WATT” happening within our team. We’re seeing what makes us special. It’s in times of uncertainty that our sight can become clear – sometimes even change.

What makes WATT different is our people. What ties all of us together is our values. In these days, it’s the accountability that each of us brings to our work, the agility we possess to get the job done in any circumstance, and the desire to offer our clients solutions that are the results of human excellence in knowledge, skills, teamwork and relationships.

Cloud-based computing and collaborative platforms are only tools. Our ability to do good work for our clients across regions, political borders, disciplines and circumstances is something that comes from each one of us. It’s that simple.

From wherever we are, we will continue to collaborate on client projects in a professional, efficient manner. We will make the most of modern technology to maintain and grow relationships with our clients, and with each other.