Sound-Up Governance

Ground-Up Governance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. TRANSCRIPT Matt Voiceover Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. Back in episode three, I introduced you to my good friend Lisa Oldridge, who suggested this time that I introduce her as a strategy and governance and whatever seems interesting advisor, which pretty m...

TRANSCRIPT Matt Voiceover Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This week's episode features my inspiring friend Aida Sijamic Wahid, who's an Associate Professor of Accounting at the University of Toronto. That might not sound very corporate governance-y, until you check out Aida's research including papers titled, "Professional directors and governance quality," or "The effects and mechanisms of b...

Ground-Up Governance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. TRANSCRIPT Matt Voiceover Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. I have another repeat guest this week: my old friend ChatGPT is back on the show to share some ideas and wisdom around corporate governance as it is and how it could/should be. Back in episode 12 when...

Ground-Up Governance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. TRANSCRIPT Matt Voiceover Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. My name is Matt Fullbrook. And this is the first episode I've ever done where there's no guest. Just me. I've had a busy month of governance stuff, and I'm learning a lot and my perspectives on trendy...

Wanna see a fish turn into good governance (don’t worry, this will make sense once you’ve listened to the episode) Ground-Up Governance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. TRANSCRIPT Matt Voiceover Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This week we have part two of my latest conversation with Andrew Escobar. Andre...

Ground-Up Governance is a reader-supported publication. To support our work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. TRANSCRIPT Matt Voiceover Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This week we have Part One of another two-parter and with a returning guest no less. Here on episode 34 We have episode five's Andrew Escobar back on the show. Andrew's LinkedIn profile reads "Fintech explorer and op...

Ground-Up Governance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. TRANSCRIPT Jenn Fong  Okay, so did you hear that thing where it's like, if you're in a room with higher ceilings, groups tend to think more ambitiously or like they have bigger ideas than if they were in like a very claustrophobic space? Matt  No, I didn't...

Ground-Up Governance is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. Continuing the recent theme where my guests have been young people with remarkable paths through and perspectives on corporate governance. This week we have Karim Morgan. Today, Karim calls himself a f...

If you want to watch a VIDEO version of this episode, click here . TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. It's episode 31, which is part two of a two part conversation where Nate Schmold, my Ground-Up Governance partner, interviews me about the corporate governance stuff that he's interested in. And it's really cool to understand what's int… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. Once again, my guests this episode are Alexander Sinora and Perry Chuinkam. See, I told you I'd have them back. When they joined me a few weeks back for Episode 25, we learned about the Black Wealth Club and the work that it's doing to elevate Black Canadians... and everyone else as a result. What we… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance and to part two of my inspiring conversation with Chih-Ting Lo. If you haven't listened to part one yet, trust me just pause this right now and scroll back a few posts and check it out. You'll meet a young corporate director and entrepreneur whose work is at the intersection of mining and decarbonisat… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This week's episode is part one of a super fun conversation with Chih-Ting Lo, President of EELO Solutions, who -  and I know I say this a lot -  is an absolute superstar. It's barely worth me describing her journey or credentials, because she's a great storyteller and it's way better to hear it in h… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

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TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. I'm increasingly grateful to Sound-Up listeners for your willingness to follow me on what really has been a bit of a meandering journey so far. A lot of what happens on the show is at least a little bit spontaneous, and it's been so fun to have an excuse to get to know my friends a bit better while a… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This episode ended up being a bit less polished than normal. It was super early in the morning, and I didn't have most of my typical recording setup, which is all good because I was so excited to talk to my guests that I wasn't going to let any small obstacles get in our way...even if the flow and au… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO  Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. Unless you're brand new to the Ground-Up Governance platform, you already know that this whole thing is basically an equal creative partnership between me and Nate Schmold, who does all of the illustrations and other brilliant visual goodies. But you know what? As much work as Nate and I have done t… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

Matt  Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. My guest for this episode is Nancy Whipp. Nancy has worked all across Canada and Europe. She's been an athletic therapist, an accountant, a senior executive and now a corporate director for a bunch of different cool organizations in New Brunswick, Canada, including being the chair of the board of the Greater Mon… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance at...

TRANSCRIPT Matt  Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. We've talked a lot on the show lately about education for corporate directors. Well, today's guest Beverly Topping is one of the OGs of Canadian director education. She was the CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors when it launched the Directors Education Program back in 2003. Today, there have b… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This is Matt Fullbrook. And honestly, I continue to be kind of stunned by the brilliance of the people who are just, you know, around...everywhere, like one of my oldest friends in the world Sander Trestain. The headline here is that once upon a time Sander moved to the United Arab Emirates with two … Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

TRANSCRIPT Matt  Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. Last week we ended on a cliffhanger. Paul Smith  Okay, so given, let's let's assume that is the case, then how and what should we be educating our boards on? Matt  That's my buddy Paul Smith from the Future Directors Institute in Australia. In the first two installments of our chat, we've talked about the … Get full access to Ground-Up Governan...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. This episode is part two of what it turns out will be a three-part adventure featuring Paul Smith of the Future Directors Institute in Australia. Paul came by my office in December 2022 to chat about, well, literally anything that crossed our minds over the course of a couple of hours. Last time, we … Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

TRANSCRIPT Matt VO Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. I'm Matt Fullbrook. And as much as we all like to imagine that we're one of a kind, it turns out there's someone who's basically 99% the same as me when it comes to corporate governance stuff. His name is Paul Smith, and he calls himself a "boardroom futurist." Not coincidentally, he's also the found… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

Link to OSC’s definition of SRO Link to cover of Led Zeppelin’s Ramble On by KC Roberts & the Live Revolution TRANSCRIPT Matt (VO) Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. Today's episode is part two of my hang with my great friend and the new chair of the Ontario Securities Commission, Kevan Cowan. If you haven't listened to part one, what you missed was an aw… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance...

TRANSCRIPT: Matt (VO) Welcome back to a regular old episode of Sound-Up Governance...Not! You guessed it, this is the second episode of... ArguMatt(?) where, as promised, I'm trolling myself. There's a lot of juicy stuff to choose from considering how much corporate governance content I put out there before even having a confident understanding of what go… Get full access to Ground-Up Governance a...

Thanks again to Jamahl Evans , Tiziana Casciaro , Judith Athaide , Andrew Escobar , Lisa Oldridge , and the Dumpling Gang for their willingness to take this journey with me. TRANSCRIPT Matt (Voice-over) Welcome back to Sound-Up Governance. Heading into the end of 2022. I realized that I have so much cool and unused material from the … Get full access to Ground-Up Governance at groundupgovernance.s...