Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing

Physicist. Operations research analyst. Space scientist. Crime novelist. Elizabeth Heider doesn't have a career path — she has a pursuit. She holds a doctorate in physics from Tufts. She has worked with the US Navy, INTERPOL, Northrop Grumman, NASA, and the European Space Agency. She has operated alongside military personnel across Army, Navy, Marines, and Special Forces. And then, in 2024, she pu...

Aaron Minkovich is a technology leader who has spent over two decades at the intersection of transformation, scale, and human complexity. As Chief Technology and Security Officer at Manulife, he oversees one of Canada's most consequential technology ecosystems — spanning cloud platforms, AI, DevSecOps, 5G, and global distributed teams — within a highly regulated financial services environment. But...

Eric Whaley is a CIO who has spent three decades quietly doing something that most technology leaders only talk about: building cultures where people actually want to show up. Across Canada Trust, HSBC, IIROC, and now Wolseley Canada — part of Ferguson, the country's leading national distributor of plumbing, HVAC/R, and PVF products — Eric has led transformations of extraordinary complexity while...

Amisha Miller brings a rare perspective to the conversation on wellbeing at work — one forged over more than two decades of operational leadership within a single organization. Rising from Office Manager to VP of Services & Operations at Levata Canada, a global IT services and technology products distributor specializing in barcode, RFID, access control, POS, and networking solutions, Amisha h...

Brent Maney is an Air Force Pararescue veteran and Department of Defence Human Space Flight Support specialist, he has built his professional life around a single principle: when conditions are at their worst, you go in anyway. That creed That Others May Live , is not a motto. It is an operating system. But the most demanding mission of Brent's life didn't come with a uniform. In 2007, his wife Tr...

Tyler Chalk, Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at Southlake Health , a large healthcare organization that is embarking on one of the most significant healthcare transformation efforts in Canada—shifting from a traditional hospital-centric model toward a Distributed Health Network model that redefines how care is designed, delivered, and scaled. At its core, his work is about st...

Dr. Ulrich Vogel has spent more than 25 years helping organizations understand what truly drives people. As the founder of profilingvalues, he has conducted over 7,000 assessments using a values based approach that reveals the deeper structures shaping how we think, lead, and relate to others. In this conversation, Uli challenges the assumptions we make about talent, performance, and potential. We...

Jeff Schwartz is a CEO who believes that how you treat people — customers, employees, partners — is not a soft consideration sitting alongside the business strategy. It is the strategy. His leadership journey began not in a corporate boardroom, but around a campfire at Camp Timberlane in Haliburton, Ontario, where his time as a camper, counsellor, and unit head instilled in him lessons of teamwork...

Regina Fuchs brings a progressive and deeply human perspective to early childhood education—one rooted in curiosity, questioning, emotional safety, and learning through play. In a time when many systems prioritize performance, structure, and measurable outcomes, her work reminds us that wellbeing, creativity, resilience, and healthy development begin much earlier in life than most organizations re...

RJ Casey defies every standard category. He is a combat-decorated Special Operations veteran with tours on four continents. He is the first hire on SpaceX's Personnel Recovery Team, providing technical rescue and remote medicine for human spaceflight missions. He is a SAG stunt performer and military advisor on films including Extraction 2, Jack Ryan, Dunkirk, and Inception. He is a co-founder of...

Chris Schmelzer has spent more than a decade inside some of the most complex organizational transformations in North America, first at Deloitte and ScottMadden, and now as the founder of The ChangeMindset Co. His new book, The Missing Link , offers a radical reframe of why change programs fail, not because of poor strategy or weak communication, but because of something more fundamental: organizat...

Sam Valentine is the head of Employee Performance and Experience at miro, operating at the sharp edge of where people strategy meets business performance. At Miro, he’s shaping both employee experience and building people infrastructure designed to protect revenue, accelerate decision-making, and sustain performance through transformation. His work reframes HR from a support function into a core l...

Dr. Jonathan Ellerby has spent more than three decades sitting with healers, elders, and spiritual teachers across forty cultures — and just as long translating that wisdom into something practical, accessible, and genuinely transformative for modern people. His work spans 5-star wellness resorts and Indigenous community halls, corporate boardrooms and remote African villages. What stays constant...

Shana Francesca is an ethical leadership architect, keynote speaker, and founder of Concinnate LLC whose work focuses on transforming workplaces through intentional relationships, psychological safety, and inclusive leadership. Drawing on her lived experience as a survivor, scholar, and advocate for the neurodivergent community, Shana helps organizations reimagine leadership through the lens of cu...

Silvia Via has turned lived experience into entrepreneurial innovation. As the founder of multiple mission-led ventures—from ethically sourced coffee to fashion-forward nonprofits—she exemplifies how business can serve as a vehicle for healing, inclusion, and global impact. This conversation explores the role of creativity, recovery, and social enterprise in advancing employee wellbeing, inclusive...

Zach Baumer has spent over a decade shaping one of the most ambitious municipal climate agendas in North America. From technical data modeling to frontline community resilience, Zach’s leadership at the City of Austin has helped bridge the gap between sustainability vision and scalable systems change. Now Director of the newly formed Office of Climate Action & Resilience, Zach is focused on tu...

Jeff Melanson is a rare kind of leader, one who has navigated the worlds of global technology, creative institutions, family enterprises, and civic systems with equal fluency. From serving as President & CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and President of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, to advising multigenerational family enterprises and partnering with one of the world’s leading...

To explore how small, science-backed lifestyle and workplace behaviors can drive large-scale sustainability and wellbeing outcomes, Lori Myren-Manbeck—author of Mars Can Wait , clinical psychologist, and sustainability advocate—invites us to rethink how everyday decisions, at home and at work, can close the gap between corporate ESG goals and meaningful real-world impact. This episode unpacks the...

Burnout is often framed as a workload, mindset, or motivation problem. Yet across recovery environments, workplaces, and public institutions, a deeper pattern is emerging: when people are physically depleted, emotional regulation, engagement, and belonging become biologically inaccessible. Marie Gardiner brings seven years of applied experience working at the intersection of cellular health, recov...

Earl Foote is not your typical tech CEO. A bass-playing adventurer, community builder, and mindset-driven entrepreneur, he has spent over two decades building Nexus IT into one of the nation’s top managed security service providers. But behind the accolades: Inc5000, Utah Fast50, and multiple “Best of State” wins, lies a deeper mission: to build a business where people thrive. Through bold leaders...

Erin Young serves as the Sustainability Specialist for Breckenridge Grand Vacations , where she helps steward one of Colorado’s most iconic mountain ecosystems. Her work sits at the intersection of environmental resilience, community wellbeing, and place‑based leadership . Outside her sustainability leadership role, Erin is also the author of The CEOwner and an international ski judge , bringing a...

To spotlight Sandra Sherman’s powerful 17-year journey at DXL Group, where she’s led initiatives that ensure global supply chains are not just efficient but also ethical, humane, and compliant with the highest social and environmental standards. This conversation will highlight Sandra’s leadership in driving forced labor prevention, traceability , and vendor accountability , while also exploring h...

Anna Turrell is one of the world’s most respected voices in sustainability. With a track record that spans multinationals, startups, boards, and policy-shaping coalitions, she brings a systems-thinking approach to some of the most urgent challenges facing our planet—and the organizations operating on it. As former Chief Sustainability Officer at Decathlon , and Group Sustainability Director at Tes...

Mark Patterson is at the forefront of inclusive innovation in Canada’s workforce landscape. As the Executive Director of Magnet, Mark is driving systems-level change to ensure that digital transformation—including AI adoption—is both human-centered and inclusive. This episode explores how we build national capacity for equity, wellbeing, and adaptability in a world shaped by automation, demographi...

This episode brings two CEOs from companies working in the sustainability space to have a conversation about their work and its importance related to people’s wellbeing. We will end with a call to action for business leaders to support achieving the ESGs. Wade Smith is the CEO of EnergyPrint , helping organizations turn utility data into actionable insights and measurable ROI. With a purpose-led a...