This time, we’re speaking to Johnathan and Melissa Nightingale of Raw Signal Group, and best-selling authors of How F*cked Up Is Your Management? An Uncomfortable Conversation About Modern Leadership. Johnathan and Melissa have been building tech companies for 20 years. They met in the early days of Mozilla — Johnathan in engineering and Melissa in …
This time, we’re speaking to Mark and Carissa Stewart of wonderMakr, an Innovation & Creative Technology Studio that turn ‘what if’, ‘if only’, and ‘I wish’ into award-winning human experiences for brands and agencies. wonderMakr was established in 2014 and since then, their work has been showcased in Brazil, South Korea, all over the USA …
This time, we’re speaking with Shari Walczak, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of The Garden—one of Canada’s top independent Creative and Brand Strategy Agencies. Shari has amassed over 20 years of experience leading breakthrough strategic work for organizations like Capital One, Samsung, Interac, Roots, Cineplex, The United Way, Audi, TMX Group, Kraft, Coca Cola and …
This time, we’re speaking with Tom Nickalls, Founder & CEO of Castle HR. Tom caught the entrepreneur “bug” when he was employee #5 at his father’s industrial sales company. He then went on to co-found a consulting firm, lead a SaaS sales division, build and lead a sales team of 40, and has now founded …
This time, we’re speaking with Erin Bury, CEO of Willful, an online platform that makes it affordable, convenient, and easy for Canadians to create a legal will online. Erin is a journalism grad who has spent over a decade working in startups. She’s spent time as a startup marketer, tech journalist, and head of a …
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This time, we’re speaking with Hussain Bandukwala, Founder & CEO of Parwaaz Consulting, a boutique consulting firm focused on helping organizations set up and optimize their project management offices. Tell us a bit about your business. Every organization focuses on strategy, but oftentimes they struggle to figure out how to successfully execute that strategy. We …
This time, we’re speaking with Amanda Munday, Founder and CEO of The Workaround, a parent-friendly workspace in Toronto’s east end. Tell us a bit about your business The Workaround is a co-working space with childcare onsite. We want to be a solution for parents who need childcare in alternative situations. Most childcare providers have a …
This time, we’re speaking with Roger Thorpe, President & Owner of Thorpe Benefits. Thorpe Benefits are senior specialists in Group Benefits that help their clients by bringing a new perspective to how we should measure success in a benefits plan. They help HR and Finance teams build awesome benefits programs that employees appreciate, understand, and …
When we read stories about what makes a company successful, they’re usually told from the point of view of the business owner (we’ve even shared a few such stories ourselves). We thought it would be interesting to examine things from a different perspective, so we reached out to some operational suppliers to learn what value …
Dispatches from the Front Lines: an Interview with Olivier Bue from The Hull Group Read More »
Employee exit interviews are like having ‘The Talk’ with your kids. Everyone knows it’s coming but no one really wants to be involved. If you’ve ever been on either side of an exit interview, you know that they can be awkward at best and damaging at worst. The feedback offered by the exiting employee is …
