Roger Hardy of Clearly Contacts Ltd.

For Roger Hardy, leadership is about getting stuff done

Roger Hardy, the co-founder and CEO of Clearly Contacts Ltd., faced what could have been a Steve Jobs-ian moment: the gala opening of the first bricks-and-mortar retail showroom for his 13-year-old company. A physical store on Vancouver’s Robson Street signalled a radical new direction for what had been a strictly online company—the biggest shift since ClearlyContacts.ca began selling eyeglasses in 2008, in addition to contact lenses.