Boiling Point Podcast

Our lives are often times built around the work that we do with recent society trends pushing us to be “busy” every hour of the day and creating a stigma of failure or poor leadership when we aren’t. Our guest today Dan Pontefract is calling out this behaviour using his decades of experience in the corporate world to highlight the hypocritical and unhealthy behaviours being found in leadership rol...

Climate change is an issue that is and will continue to affect us. One New Brunswick based company is looking at this challenge head on to find solutions that protect the environment but maintain our ability to access resources. Zach Melanson of Community Forests International joins us in the booth to tell us about their company’s journey from re-foresting an island to giving businesses the abilit...

Unconscious Bias can affect how we interact with everyone around us and judge others based on our own lived experiences or perceptions of who they are. Brian Duggan leads us in a conversation to challenge us to accept our own unconscious biases to be more open and create stronger connections and understanding while working in the global world. Brian said we need to “be open to the fact that my exp...

We go undercover with Dorothea Bozicolona-Volpe to learn about her approach called Social Espionage, a way to listen and learn from your audience and then properly plan your strategy and personal branding. With her use of relevant case studies examples from the world’s biggest brands and her openness to share her own life lessons and personal anecdotes gleaned from her grandfather, this episode ma...

In This Episode: Greg talks about the Boiling Point Process, a new project they’ve been working on (0:31) Alice explains the creative economy (2:14) She talks about her mission to solve poverty in New Mexico (4:35) Greg and Alice talk about the strengths the creative industry has over other industries and why it is growing so rapidly (9:52) Alice explains what the challenges are in creating a crea...

In This Episode: Dave talks about having his son be a contestant on Canada's Smartest Person Junior (1:39) Greg and Lisa talk about the new project they have been working on called The Mars Collective, a project based around the necessary shift of our education system to better ready children for the future (3:35) Lisa explains how she and Greg ended up in Dubai together with some of the smartest...

  (5:43) They tell of their “leap” into entrepreneurship when developing into an already established business and how they honored it and strive to grow the business for the better. (9:55) The Hyslop’s explain why the two are so aligned in their business desires and in their personal and company values, especially in their case of being a married couple, or “Couplepreneurs”. (14:28) Our two guests...

(2:58) Curtis explains his product and his motivations for starting his company, Vertiball. (8:11) We hear how Curtis’ experience with cancer along with his grandfather's influence helped change his career aspirations from wanting to be an astronaut to wanting to be an entrepreneur. (14:46) Curtis explains how he’s made his way through the day to day challenges of starting up his company by seeing...

In This Episode: Dave talks about the story behind the "United Breaks Guitars" videos from 2009. The three discuss the deeper meanings behind the videos' popularity and how it affected United Airlines as a company. He also talks about how he got started on writing his book, "United Breaks Guitars: The Power of One Voice in the Age of Social Media" The three talk about the way social media let's pe...

In This Episode: Greg and Dave sit down with Nelson Terroba to talk about his career as a basketball coach and how he approaches team building and teamwork. They cover how we got started, how he ended up in New Brunswick, Canada, and his relationship with The G League. Nelson goes over his early loud and continuous model for working as a team. He also goes over his favourtie John Wooden quotes tha...

In This Episode: Greg and Dave talk with Adam Lordon who is both the mayor of Miramichi, New Brunswick and a passionate filmmaker. Adam reveals the touching story of why he moved back home to Miramichi and how he got into politics. He talks to Greg and Dave about the rich history and culture of Miramichi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[2:00] Gavin explains why and how he is helping to combat iron deficiency with his heavily reusable product, ’Lucky Iron Fish’. [9:04] He explains how his companies biggest failure ended up becoming their biggest success in increasing the sales of his product in North America. [12:35] Gavin describes his experience pitching the Luck Iron Fish Enterprise on Dragons Den. [15:53] Gavin explains his b...

  [1:38] Greg and Suzanne explain B Corps and how Suzanne’s company, Lunapads, makes a positive social impact. [4:00] We talk about the de-feminization of period care that Suzanne has been evolving with her company. [8:10] Suzanne explains the importance of being true to your companies values and the importance of checking one's privilege. [17:00] Suzanne explains keeping her personal social and e...

In this episode: Dave, Greg, and Seth talk about the placebo effect and how powerful it can be. Seth talks about the benefits of brainstorming exercises. He also talks about why being a perfectionist is incredibly flawed. Seth talks about the importance of committing your time to learning. Watch The Millennial Dream for free here with Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Millennial-Dream-Alex-Viet...

In This Episode: Greg and Dave celebrate the beginning of season 3! Greg shares how Seth Godin is a hero of Dave and Greg’s. Seth explains his heart for teaching someone new things and making significant changes. Seth also explains why Psychographics are important for marketing in a modern social media culture. Dave describes the concept of listening to understand versus listening to respond. Seth...

In This Episode: Courtney Blair talks about being a mompreneur and how being a mom led her to start her business. She talks about her traumatic past and the struggles she’s overcome. Courtney talks about learning neuro linguistic programming and how it helped her understand more about herself. The three talk about the podcast community and why people start podcasts. Courtney talks about a new podc...

In This Episode:   Rumeet explains her work with Viewpoint Leadership and how it helps with the development of leadership in businesses by building the leadership in individuals through research, studies, and workshops. She also talks about her new picture book. She discusses the study Viewpoint ran in relation to “Tall Poppy Syndrome”, and how it cuts down the motivation, productivity, resilience...

Ed has nearly 20 years’ experience working with Atlantic Canadian ICT companies. He has a thorough understanding of the business landscape in New Brunswick and believes that technology helps our businesses compete and work with different companies around the world. TechImpact, the company he was the CEO of in the past, had and still has the size and capacity to develop smart solutions for global p...

In This Episode: Greg and Dave talk about good public relations and how important it is for your business. Bonnie talks about being strategic and consistent with getting your message out there by investing in a plan. She wants business owners to understand their customers and what they really want.  Always ask yourself what is keeping your customers up at night. She talks about the strengths of ea...

In This Episode: David starts by telling us about his first time firewalking and how terrified he was. He also talks about how his career in the firewalking business started. David talks about some of the celebrities he’s seen firewalk and how the process effects people. David talks about being your own hero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode: Elizabeth explains why she wrote her book and what inspires her. She talks about staying motivated and why some entrepreneurs find their interest in their company going stale. Elizabeth talks about showing people how to look at themselves with more compassion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In This Episode: Connor explains his frustration with the usual freelancer finding websites online. He explains how his company, FreeeUp, only allows the top 1% of freelancer applications onto their market and even offers freelancer insurance. Connor talks about hiring freelancers vs. employees. The three discuss being in control of your business and your assets instead of relying on other compani...

In This Episode: Greg and Dave sit down and talk with two of the board members of L’Arche, a chain of communities where people with intellectual disabilities are able to share with each other and explore their gifts. Their guests, Jim and Martin, talk about L’Arche’s art galleries and how they help build confidence for people with intellectual disabilities.  They also help people with and without...

In This Episode   Greg introduces Brent Smith who is a Newfoundland chocolate retailer calling in from Las Vegas, Nevada. We hear our guest’s personal story of how he and his wife decided to go into the chocolate business. Brent explains how part of the inspiration for the company was to afford to get their two sons to Disney World. Our hosts hear the story of the Newfoundland Chocolate Company's...

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