Join me as I chat with Jeff LaFrenz, President & CEO of VizworX. Jeff brings the value of resilience to the conversation on change, taking us through the trials and tribulations VizworX faced during the economic downturn in Calgary and how they turned it into a period of rapid growth.
Read MoreJoin me for a special edition of Collisions YYC Current & Critical, a high-intensity episode where I sit down with local leaders to discuss current topics affecting Albertans. In this episode, I discuss Brexit and the recent victory for the Conservatives in the UK with Jake Surrey and pull back the curtain on social media influence on society, whether it’s in politics or simply in our day-to-day.
Read MoreJoin me for a special edition of Collisions YYC Current & Critical, a high-intensity episode where I sit down with local leaders to discuss current topics affecting Albertans. In this episode, I discuss David Bissett’s $30M donation to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) with returning-guest Terry Rock and how the access to further digital education is a great opportunity for the economic transformation of our city.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Evan Hu, Founding Partner and G7 Associate at Creative Destruction Lab. Evan brings his entrepreneurial attitude to the conversation of economic transformation and his unique perspective how we can shake things up a bit to fuel change in Calgary.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Damarys Zampini, President & CEO of Sustrategy. Damarys brings a worldly perspective to the conversation of economic transformation, and the importance for a stronger network in our city that can lead to more innovation and less assumptions.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Terry Rock, President and CEO of Platform Calgary. Terry brings his truth-telling attitude to the table, stressing the need for a digital innovation in Calgary and for everyone to be on the same page, serving a common purpose that will push our transformation forward.
Read MoreJoin me for a special edition of Collisions YYC Current & Critical, a new high-intensity series where I sit down with local leaders to discuss current topics affecting Albertans. In this episode, I discuss Car2go with former YYC General Manager Jon Wycoco and the hard reality we face as Calgarians of no longer having the car sharing service in our city.
Read MoreJoin me for a special edition of Collisions YYC Current and Critical, where I am joined by Alex Putici, sharing our perspective on how WeWork reached a peak evaluation of over $47 billion to its recent value of less the $5 billion.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Shannon Pestun, Director of Women’s Entrepreneurship at ATB Financial, Business and Agriculture.
Shannon brings the notion of gender intelligence to the conversation of economic transformation, and the importance in keeping what she calls “the main street” in mind as we start to shape our clear way forward.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Danielle Torrie of Startup Calgary. Danielle brings her passion for connecting entrepreneurs to the conversation on transformation, stressing the importance for more ideas to be explored and executed, even if it came from a scribble on a napkin.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Colin Szopa, Co-Founder and CEO of Plankk. Colin brings his experience of running a tech start-up in Calgary and the trials and tribulations along the way to the conversation while identifying the key insights that he sees as a potential trickle effect that will fuel the economic transformation in Calgary.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Judy Fairburn, Co-Founder of The 51 Ventures and Board Director for MEG Energy, Tundra Oil & Gas, VEERUM, PureWeb and the Business Council of Alberta. Judy brings her trailblazing attitude for innovation to the table and the need for reverse-mentoring among business leaders, mixing things up between different thinkers, and the importance of constant curiosity.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Kirstie Boyle, Director of Market Development at Interface Fluidics. Kirstie brings her consultant perspective to the conversation, identifying where entrepreneurs should connect, the importance of customer discovery and market validation, and her unique kind of translation.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Graeme Edge, co-founder of McLaren Dion Edge & Energy Disruptors. Graeme shares the inspiration behind Energy Disruptors and identifies what he feels is the next bold step needed to kick-start transformation in Calgary.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Erik Allan, ACE Program Director at Tundra Process Solutions. Erik shares his insights on the opportunities that are currently reshaping our economy and what can be done to overcome the challenge of disconnectedness between industries in Calgary.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Ray DePaul, Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mount Royal University.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Alex Nuth, Managing Director of Brightside by ATB Financial.
Read MoreJoin me as I chat with Jim Gibson, Author, Founder, Advisor and all-around passionate human.
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