Episodes
April 21, 2020
Quick Responses can Help You Win in a Crisis
Start ups are generally known for their agility and quick response, while large organizations are rarely so flexible. Large organizations often resist disseminating plans until they are completely sure, and then they are relu...
April 14, 2020
Customer Care and Concern in a Time of Crisis
Keeping calm and thinking both strategically and operationally can be challenging when a crisis occurs, and that’s what we are in. Facing a massive number of customer requests and questions, some of them desperate and some of...
April 7, 2020
Storytelling in a Digitally Connected World
The Importance of Storytelling cannot be underestimated. The world we live in today could not exist without the influence from past generations, the experiences from people across the globe and the experiences from those that...
March 31, 2020
Managing Career and Family in Crisis Time
It is difficult enough to balance career, family, children and still have time for yourself, and then we suddenly find ourselves in a world health crisis and everything changes. We find ourselves “locked down” with family und...
March 24, 2020
The Coronavirus Impact on Small Business And Agencies
Many of us saw the outbreak of SARS or EBOLA, but both of these pandemics were before we had a fully embraced world economy. Today we have a full global and connected economy, one that has spirited our growth but also brings ...
March 17, 2020
Small Mistakes, Big Consequences-Behaviours that can impact your career by Anne Baum
A recent Forbes article published research by the Carnegie Institute of Technology which indicated only 15% of financial success actually comes from knowledge or technical skills. The remaining 85% of success comes from the a...
March 10, 2020
Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed
Although statistics vary, most are showing that around 61% of Generation Z entering the workforce now, say they want to be entrepreneurs, and very few want to do it because of money. Being creative, solving a problem and maki...
March 3, 2020
Navigating Through Digital Marketing Options
We all know that marketing is changing fast, we only need to blink and there is something new. The big guys like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google have redrawn the customer buying journey and redefined how companies and consume...
Feb. 25, 2020
Impactful Leadership with Peter Montoya
There is a lot of thought today that goes into what true leadership is and what its relation is to corporate sustainability. Leadership is much more than authority, it is about developing people and helping others reach their...
Feb. 18, 2020
The 7 Obsessions of High Performing Banks
There is a lot of talk in the financial industry today about transition and technology. How we think about money, spend it and save money is changing and as a result the banking sector is in transformation.
Jan. 28, 2020
How to be successful in the internet retail market
Internet retailing is riding on an upward trend is due to the technologically-savvy population and growing consumerism of the middle class. The rise of omnichannel is sure to continue in 2020, especially in retail therefor re...
Jan. 14, 2020
How AI is Fostering Innovation
Artificial intelligence is changing everything. It is changing our personal lives and it will change the future of business. We already see it being used in internet searches, customer targeting, and even in performance evalu...
Jan. 7, 2020
How gender and culture are reflected in our body language we use
Body language is something we notice but do not think about especially when it comes to gender and cultural differences. One of the questions that very often is asked, is why do the genders exhibit different body language and...
Dec. 10, 2019
Helping Businesses and Leaders be DataSmart
Privacy is dead, right? Facebook knows everything about you, LinkedIn has documented your entire career and consumer behaviour shows, repeatedly, that people just don't care about privacy, no matter how much they complain abo...
Dec. 3, 2019
Managing the new generation of workers
The new generation of workers is pushing back. They expect and demand flexibility — benefits, latest technology, like the ability to work remotely, come in late or leave early, or make time for friends and the things they enj...
Nov. 26, 2019
How to get Published-Tips from an Editor in Chief
In leadership, we have many experts, successful people, and those who have not been so successful, but they all have a lot to say, and many of them want to become writers. Many are seeking fame and encouragement because many ...
Nov. 19, 2019
Putting Influencer Marketing into your Marketing Mix
Influencer marketing has always been around with sports figures recommending various products or commercials that say “9 out of 10 dentists recommend this toothpaste”. But times have changed, and Influencer is not only about ...
Nov. 12, 2019
Curiosity, The Essential Leadership Trait
Long ago when I thought about curiosity the first thing that jumped to my mind was the quote Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back', a saying we often heard as children. But today when I think of curiosit...
Nov. 5, 2019
The Power of the Written Word
When words are well-written in well-written communication they can help define goals, identify problems, promote understanding that can help people arrive at solutions. But we very often do not think about the impact of writt...
Oct. 29, 2019
The Social Impact of Innovation and Technology
As part of the Women in Tech Series, in this episode, we explore the impact innovation and technology is having on our businesses, our personal lives, and society in general. Today we are overwhelmed by data and new technolog...
Oct. 22, 2019
What Athletes Can Teach Business Executives
People very often compare success in sports to success in business and management. This is because we can learn a lot from how athletes train and focus. When you look at high performers across all fields, whether it is a CEO ...
Oct. 15, 2019
The Neuroscience of Leadership
It used to be the only way to recognize a good leader was through their executive abilities or management qualities. When developing leaders, if something was lacking, then we would send that leader into leadership training. ...
Oct. 8, 2019
Turning the Table- An Interview with Kimberli J. Lewis
In this episode, we have turned the table on Kimberli J. Lewis as she is interviewed by professional writer and editor, Thornton Sully, Editor-in-Chief at A Word with You Press. Thorn talks to Kimberli about her thoughts on d...
Sept. 24, 2019
The Trends That Are Shaping The Future of Advertising And Media
The advertising and media industries have always fascinated us. As far back as 1961, Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall teamed up in a comedy called Lover Come Back. It was about a cocky advertising exec who inadvertentl...