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An insightful update from our good friend, Ryan Mallough , Vice President - Legislative Affairs & Communications of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business , who returned to talk about what small and medium size businesses are feeling since the launch of the Federal Budget, their visions of the upcoming Xmas season and some considerations as we head into a new year called 2026.  

This week we meet again for Part II,   with Hilton Barbour, catalyst, change, and culture expert to continue our fascinating discussion about the adoption of AI and its overall impact on us human current and future.  Insightful and powerful for everyone's consideration!  

Our interview with our special guest today, is Ann DiFrancesco , Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for Guhuza , a fascinating company that has blended the power of AI with the recruitment world and created a whole new approach for candidates and recruiters.   We'll be interviewing Ann all about Guhuza, including where that name came from and about how they came to put AI and recruitment togeth...

Join us for our chat with  Hilton Barbour, catalyst, change and culture professional, to talk about the effects of today's technological phenomenon, artificial intelligence… AI and its overall impact on us humans.  A fascinating chat from AI's effect on today's humans as well as future ones as we shape our world.

An insightful discussion with our co-host and CEO of Cambiara, an organizational development consulting firm in Canada, about the need for balance between IQ and EQ in today's workplace, especially for leaders.  With four generations in the workplace today, the expectations of leaders is not only a smart boss, but a coaching, collaborative boss that ensures respect and development in the work envi...

An insightful chat with Gary Hepworth , CEO of PeopleView, about Organizational Resilience .  It's an incredibly popular topic in business today and Gary breaks it down into what it is, what it takes and why it's critical to business now.

We're particularly excited about our interview with guest Ken Dietrich, today as we talk about Options for Today's Workspace .   A seasoned leader and entrepreneur, he is the owner and operator of Venture X Etobicoke, a prominent and innovative co-working space located in Toronto's Etobicoke district. Ken has built a reputation for blending entrepreneurial vision with practical execution. His appr...

A fascinating and sometimes disturbing discussion with author, artist and at his centre, social worker and therapist, Richard Schwindt, MSW, about the phenomenon of workplace mobbing and how the power of social media and a culture of today's "influencers" have evolved mobbing, and overall workplace conflict today. ​His powerful book from 2016 entitled Emotional Recovery from Workplace Mobbing: A g...

Both fascinating and insightful, we chatted with Jeppe Hansgaard, CEO of Innovisor about their discovery of The 3% Rule, and the brilliant tool it has become for their change management practice.  The tool provides insight as to how 3% of your employees shape the opinions of 90% of their colleagues.  

This week we sat down with Phil Johnson , CEO of The Master of Business Leadership Academy , here in Toronto, Canada, to talk about what happened to emotional intelligence.  With people quitting and referring to toxic workplaces, many of the times because of "bad bosses", many seem to have lost their ability to behave and collaborate.  A fascinating chat with Phil!

Along with today's workplace news updates this week, for our favourite part of the show, we sat down with Mary Brady of Brady Talent Development for an insightful discussion about what companies are focused on these days when it comes to training in today's workplace.  Its a dynamic time when it comes to learning in the pace of so many subject areas so this conversation was timely..... and Mary re...

An interview so fascinating that we had to bring it back for another reply, as we've had so many listeners ask for it.  From earlier this year we sat down with Marc Kealey and the Honourable David Tsubouchi to talk about their upcoming book "The Ripple Effect".  An insightful discussion about the power of networking and its value in business, the workplace and life in general.  This interview requ...

An insightful chat with Simon Brown, a college professor, management consultant and soon-to-be author about the challenges of the different generations in today's workplace and how prepared anyone is to perform and lead in this complex mix of behaviours.  While the original premise of the show was to focus on GenZ and their effects on the workplace, it was clear by the end of the interview that al...

A fascinating show featuring a full hour with our co-hosts Gary Hepworth & Jim Ellis as the discuss The Invaluable Power of Onboarding.  Referring to their consulting practice areas, they share what they are seeing in businesses of all sizes as they wrestle with staff retention, turnover, re-recruiting and the costs and impacts on other functions..... and customers.  A great learning session on wh...

We sat down this week with Marie-Chantal Cote of SunLife for an insightful and educational discussion on the subject of Organizational Resilience. It truly was impactful to understand how most organizations of all sizes are really challenged these days to be resilient in a very uncertain world around us today. But SunLife has taken an impressive lead here.

Another great show at WorkPlace Radio and this time with special guest Detective David Coffey of the Toronto Police Services, Financial Crimes Unit, as we talk about WorkPLace Scams Today .  It was a particularly insightful discussion as the problem is far more pervasive than any of us think and it's here to stay and grow!

This weeks' show included a deep and fascinating discussion with special guest Regan Inkster , author of the forthcoming book Organizational Phi: Unlocking Conscious Performance .  If you take a systems architect, an organizational theorist, an organizational designer and give them the power of AI to research the historical performance of organizations, Regan has arrived at some powerful observati...

This week's show included an insightful interview with Ellis Katsof, author of the popular book, Life 3.0:  Protirement NOT Retirement as we talk about New Workplaces for Retirees.  It's a brilliant book for anyone approaching retirement or well down the path.  With 100 interviews from celebrities to regular folks, with Ellis talking about some of the interviews that really stood out.  It's the pe...

This weeks show included included our interview with special guest with David Girolami of the Business Development Bank of Canada, better known as the BDC.  It was a particularly interesting discussion as we learned about another arm of the BDC beyond financing.... they have a comprehensive advisory group as well built to support the success of entrepreneurs. Of particular interest was David's ong...

In this weeks show we sat down with Dwayne Rettinger of the Rettinger Group to talk about Generational Wealther, often referred to as The Entrepreneur's Legacy.  It's a fascinating discussions about a subject that few entrepreneurs tend to ponder until they're close to retirement, and often when family challenges can emerge or opportunities lost by not thinking about it sooner.  A great chat and a...

The best way to describe our special guest this week, Jeppe and his team at Innovisor, is in how they've taken the discipline of change management into the science of change management.  An illuminating discussion for practitioners and business leaders who have been following conventional change models for years..... while Innovisor has been mapping and researching their effects in the background....

Co-hosts Jim Ellis and Gary Hepworth reflect on WorkPlace Radio's first 8 episodes and highlight the many learnings from their guest interviews, specific to today's entrepreneur.  Some truly insightful nuggets whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned one that you can apply today.  Thanks to all of our guests!

A fabulous chat during our show today with Donna Milton, CEO of Catalyst Connections as we talk about the changing job market in Canada today.  We discuss the uncertainties that current trade rumblings are causing on the job market, who's hiring, who's not and hiring trends over the past 6 to 12 months. A great snapshot for today for those looking for a job, hiring for a job or just curious about...

An insightful discussion during our show today with Yvan Baker MP of Etobicoke Centre on the number of new governement initiatives that will have a direct impact on today's workplace.  On the opportunities of elmination interprovincial trade barriers to some of the large scale infrastructure projects planned, it's clear that a focus on strengthening Canada will lead to new revenues and jobs for Ca...