foHRsight: HR, Leadership & the Future of Work

This episode, Naomi was joined by Vaseem bAIg, otherwise known as “The AI Guy”, whose passion is making artificial intelligence accessible for everyone. Vaseem brings a wealth of experience in helping people and organizations navigate the world of AI, and he’s all about empowering you to make the most of these emerging technologies. What We Talked About: Getting Started with AI: Vaseem shared some...

Jackie Hanson is CEO and Co-founder of Sprout Family, Canada's first end-to-end family building platform launched in 2024. Jackie was inspiried to build her mission based company following the experience of her own parents who went through IVF.  Having itnessed firsthand how fragmented and overwhelming the fertility space is, the mission of Sprout is to improve access to parenthood and suppor...

It’s New Years Day so perfect timing for this week’s episode to drop as co-hosts Mark and Naomi catch-up on their reflections on 2025 and predictions for 2026. Key discussion topics include: 2025 Insights: Macro trends continued from previous year with advancement in all categories Erosion of trust worsened due to AI-related misinformation and deep fraud AI advanced significantly beyond initial ex...

This episode features Naomi Titleman meeting with Glain Roberts-McCabe, Founder & President of The Roundtable Inc.   They dive deep into high-potential talent research, exploring what engages top performers and what causes them to burn out. This episode features insights from Roundtable's latest research on high-potential leaders. Key discussion topics include: Defining High Potentials: B...

This episode of features Mark Edgar interviewing Greg Stewart, a counselor, executive coach, and consultant at Becoming More. Greg is the author of books on harnessing negative emotions. Greg shares his path from ministry to counseling to organizational development, personal experience with emotional challenges that inspired the work and how he uses his combination of counseling, coaching, and con...

This week podcast co-host Mark Edgar connects with the co-founders of Maturn, Jen Murtagh and Sonja Baikogli Foley to talk about the incredible work they do to support women through life-stage transitions at work including fertility, maternity leave, motherhood, and perimenopause/menopause. They share their inspiration behind Maturn and talk about the common barriers to supporting women at work an...

In this week’s episode, Mark Edgar connects with author and business consultant Alan Gregerman who shares insights from his latest book “The Wisdom of Ignorance”. Alan provides his perspective on the dynamic world of work and what organizations should be doing to prepare their people to identify new and innovative approaches. He shares the six skills tied to “not knowing” that can be used to help...

Mark and Naomi celebrate their 150th episode milestone by hosting two special guests: Anna Petosa from Rock Paper People and Greg Smith the author of Safe Brave Places. The conversation covers their HR career journeys, current challenges in the profession, and the importance of community support. Greg and Anna recently relaunched their podcast, Safe Brave Stories focusing on creating environments...

In this week’s episode Naomi connects with Andrea Guertin who is the Founder & President of Wemaygo.  Andrea was educated in interior architecture but has spent her career in strategy. She taught management consultants how to think like designers to reinvent how they delivered their projects to clients and inspired them on how to introduce emerging technologies into their work. She has also ru...

This week co-host Naomi Titleman connects with Alex Suchman who is CEO & Co-founder of Barometer XP – a culture measurement and adjustment company. In this episode they talk about how companies can leverage play to build cultures that can adapt to the new world of work. You can learn more about Alex’s work here: https://www.barometerxp.com And you can follow her on LinkedIn here: https://www.l...

This week co-host Mark Edgar has connects ith Aamna Coskun to learn more about her HR journey. Aamna is Founder of PocketHR with extensive experiences across a broad range of sectors and HR disciplines. Aamna describes herself as a "collector of workspaces" rather than a job hopper and shares insights on her journey to entrepreneurship originally starting in recruitment, moving through v...

This week co-host Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with future foHRward friend Jodi Baker Calamai. Jodi is the National Managing Partner for Deloitte’s Human Capital Practice in Canada. They explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the world of work — not just through efficiency, but by augmenting human performance . The conversation bridges strategy, experimentation, and t...

This week Mark had the opportunity to connect with change leadership strategist Yvonne Ruke Akpoveta. Yvonne is a change strategist, author and board director who through her company The Change Leadership helps organizations navigate change. Yvonne shared her career journey, including how an early career experience was her "eureka moment" that shaped her perspective on change. She shares...

This week Mark had the opportunity to connect with behavioural expert Nigel Scott to discuss workplace collaboration challenges including how collaboration is often treated as a tool rather than a mindset and how ego and competitive behaviors hinder effective collaboration. Nigel also shares more details on the "People Puzzle" - an experiential diagnostic tool that helps organizations un...

This week Mark meets with fellow podcaster Dr. Safia Debar about stress management and resilience. Dr. Safia is a general practitioner with expertise in stress management. They discuss her concept of "stress mastery" rather than stress management, the definition and medical criteria for burnout, including physiological markers and the importance of breathwork as a technique for managing...

In this week’s special episode, Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman share how they are responding to how AI is impacting the way content is created and information gets accessed by making some changes to their weekly newsletter format. Here are some of our favourite newsletters: Flex Index - https://www.flexindex.com HR Brew - https://www.hr-brew.com I Hate it Here - https://workweek.com/dm/i-hate-it-he...

In this week’s episode, co-hosts Mark Edgar and Naomi Titleman have a discussion focused on the changing role of CHROs and HR in organizations. Key topics discussed include statistics showing CHRO influence declining since pandemic (42% of C-suite executives don't view HR as equal partners, down from 57% in 2021), the importance of redefining HR's purpose as "supercharging human per...

In this episode is joined by Jeanne Meister who is a future of work strategist and author and Leo Goncalves who is Head of Workforce Solutions at the University of Phoenix. They share insights from their recent combined research on the state of AI in organizations. You can learn more about their work here: 2025 generative AI Report: Learning Fuels Human + AI Collaboration How Companies Are Using A...

This podcast episode of the features host Mark Edgar interviewing Ben Clarke, who transitioned from a 15-year career as a geologist to becoming an HR professional and executive coach. The conversation focuses on simplifying HR practices. Ben advocates for HR simplification through building trust and focusing on employee needs. He shares how he restructured an HR team into two parts: a proactive te...

This week co-host Naomi Titleman connects with thought leader and keynote speaker Ron Tite who shares insights from his recent book the Purpose of Purpose. You can follow Ron on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rontite/ Don’t forget … To sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at http://www.futurefohrward.com/subscribe . Follow us on LinkedIn: Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/markedgarhr/...

This week co-host Mark Edgar connect with Kayla Campbell from Canadian Tire who is writing a book called "The Curiosity Advantage" scheduled for release in all 2026. Kayla explains that curiosity is an innate trait that everyone possesses but often loses with age. She shares practical ways to enhance curiosity: Curious observation - becoming more aware of surroundings Question storming -...

We were excited to have Ruth Penfold on the podcast this week. Ruth is a former Chief People Officer who now works with organizations, leaders and women leaders to help them thrive. Ruth courageously shares how her own experience has informed the work she does and make the compelling case for thinking differently about work using her BLOOM framework. We share our perspectives on the additional wor...

This week we welcome Julian Chapman to the podcast to share his insights on flourishing at work and leadership. Julian is President of Forrest & Co. a Toronto based consulting company focused on helping to create great places to work that achieve the strategy of the organization. Julian shared that the Flourishing at Work Concept is part of a broader human flourishing movement aimed at address...

This week Bianca Baumann joins co-host Naomi Titleman to share marketing strategies to help you thrive in your career. Don’t forget … To sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at http://www.futurefohrward.com/subscribe . Follow us on LinkedIn: Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/markedgarhr/ Naomi - www.linkedin.com/in/naomititlemancolla/ future foHRward - www.linkedin.com/company/future-fohrward/  An...

This week co-host Naomi Titleman chats with her former Deloitte colleague Steve Hatfield about the value of wisdom. Don’t forget … To sign up for our weekly newsletter foHRsight at http://www.futurefohrward.com/subscribe . Follow us on LinkedIn: Mark - www.linkedin.com/in/markedgarhr/ Naomi - www.linkedin.com/in/naomititlemancolla/ future foHRward - www.linkedin.com/company/future-fohrward/ And on...