In this episode, Theresa Smith, a member of the YYC Data Society, joins the show to highlight the upcoming YYC Data Convention. Theresa explains why it was important for Calgary to have a fun convention where people could learn about what data is and what it means to our city.
Read MoreIn this episode, Dr. Steve Liang makes a case for the world-changing benefits of the Internet of Things. By taking typically invisible data and making it visible through IoT, we can then integrate other technologies such as artificial intelligence to create a fully connected, fully protected and fully aware world.
Read MoreIn this episode, Rick, Founding Partner of Sagium, helps answer the question of how health and wealth are related. While we all have different levels of wealth due to our individual circumstances, there is one thing that all people have in common: values. What do you value in life? Your assets can offer you the opportunity to live out and achieve the goals that spark your happiness.
Read MoreIn this episode, Jennie Gilbert discusses the need for leaders to continually learn. Soft skills are pivotal skills to have in order to be a great leader. In fact, there are six emotional intelligences that a leader must display in order for their employees to feel safe, competent, and creative. From the psychological safety of a workplace to the way a leader shapes an employee’s perception of themselves, Jennie has the insights you need to know now.
Read MoreJil is back to help us wrap our heads around Artificial Intelligence. The human eye can detect patterns in company data, but it also has limitations. It will miss trends or correlations that are present in your company’s data, which is why AI is so important for businesses. It will uncover new ways of working and things previously unknown. Tune in for insights into AI and its business implications.
Read MoreIn this episode, Brad Murray explains how his team at Enermerge is bringing together three historically important Alberta industries into one innovative solution, creating a homegrown Alberta investment opportunity in the process.
Read MoreIn this episode, you’ll gain a clear understanding of what wealth investment can look like with a collaborative approach. Whether you trade stocks often or you don’t know what the S&P500 is, Brent will help you make sense of the investment landscape and how the right partner can elevate your portfolio.
Read MoreIn this episode, Jeff Adamson shares his perspective on what it was like building tech companies in Winnipeg and Calgary - two cities that traditionally get overlooked as hubs of innovation.
In this episode, you’ll learn how artificial intelligence can help companies build and strengthen culture through the careful collection and examination of text-based responses. Mike Procee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cratic AI, an artificial intelligence-led culture platform. Cratic AI was recently accepted into Creative Destruction Lab - Rockies. Find out how he found an opportunity to help companies craft and consolidate their workplace culture.
Read MoreThis episode with Jeff LaFrenz, Founder and President of VizWorx, will help you understand the trends in digital information — how we mix and engage with it, and what its impact is on humanity. Things are about to get really interesting as we enter into immersive virtual reality, tools, and applications. Learn all about it in this episode of Collisions YYC.
Read MoreIn this episode, John MacInnes joins the podcast to share how his company, Earthware, is working to revolutionize the world in a way that benefits us all. John learned at a young age how to “cheat” the system to win every time turning him into a serial entrepreneur focused on creating companies with a clear end goal in mind.
Read MoreIn this episode, the Founder of Medlior, Tara Cowling, shares how her team of ‘nerdy researchers’ leverage technology and anonymous data sets - collected and analyzed from Alberta’s world-class Health System Data - to provide evidence to pharmaceutical companies, ultimately improving patient care by informing decision making.
Read MoreIn this episode, Dan Giurescu brings his expert understanding of blockchain to share how his team at Credivera is leveraging the technology to revolutionize how people manage, share and control their digital information at work and in everyday life.
Read MoreIn this episode, Anu George, CEO of International Justice Mission Canada, shares how IJM Canada is working to end slavery in our lifetime. As a lawyer, Anu has contributed her life’s work to help those in need and transform institutions that perpetuate trafficking and violence with a simple theory of change - when laws are enforced, the violence stops. In this episode, she shares how she is leading the IJM Canada team to transform justice globally with their theory of change.
Read Moren this episode, we explore how the Canadian oil and gas industry has come with both benefits and drawbacks. Larry Young, founder and CEO of Total Containment, knows that the long-lasting effects of pipelines are inevitable, but also knows that it can be made less harmful through new innovations, like Total Containment’s patented Envirolock Pipeline Secondary Containment Systems. This is just one key to getting Alberta to where we need to go.
Read MoreIn this episode, Sam Ranieri, Founder and CEO of Reach, explains how Reach is driving explosive growth for e-commerce companies. He also talks about how he has been able to help these companies reach international markets and overcome the challenges associated with cross-border commerce.
Read MoreIn this episode, Cory Janssen, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AltaML, returns to Collisions YYC. He shares what new things AltaML has been working on, including their AI data-bias assessment tool, their applied AI lab partnerships and why there’s no reason that Alberta can’t be a global centre of data.
Read MoreIn this episode, Kristina Williams talks about the rapidly changing world of venture capitalists in Alberta. Back in 2006, the government recognized there were very few active VCs in the province and sought to change that. With the goal to keep Alberta companies innovative and competitive, and participate in our proportionate share of deals in Canada. Find out how Alberta Enterprise is exceeding its goals thanks to the entrepreneurial hustle in our province.
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