Episodes
EP18 - Success Means Being Right Most of the Time With Only 40% of the Information
Sept. 13, 2020
While considered a success in her career, Alyssa Atkins had ended a long term relationship and witnessed some of the people, women in particular, in her life going through challenges with regards to getting pregnant and havi…
EP17 - Plumbing in the Cloud
Aug. 9, 2020
Listen in as Sally Bayer, Vice-President of Marketing for Roto-Rooter, David Suydam, CEO & Founder of Architech, and Stephen Tanaka, GM Microsoft Partners, Microsoft Canada, discuss the state of digital transformation and th…
EP16 - The Best Brands Have a Crystallized Point of View
July 27, 2020
In this episode, Livia Zufferli joins me to discuss this and other important aspects of what makes a brand relevant in the age of digital and performance marketing. Livia brings her experience from both agencies and organiza…
EP15 - A Bias Free Disruption of the $50 Billion Executive Search Industry
July 7, 2020
ExecThread isn't a recruiting firm. It is a platform, a community, a marketplace, trying to do something that's paradigm-shifting in the executive recruiting market by using a unique crowdsourced approach to bring much-neede…
EP14 - What do Denny's, Sandman Hotels and The NHL's Dallas Stars have in Common?
July 4, 2020
Listen in to Manoj Jasra as he shares his stories and opinions as an authority on how to transform organizations like Northland Properties, build internal agency capabilities and redefine the role of the CDO and CMO. Nort…
EP13 - Canada's Top CDO (That's Digital and Data to you)
June 24, 2020
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, digital, data, UX, and technology solutions could not be more critical to an organization’s overall strategy, growth, and success. As an executive leader, Shawn Mandel transfor…
EP12 - Live Your Customer's Story with Tony Chapman
June 14, 2020
Tony Chapman won a multi-million dollar agency pitch with 40 pictures and a monologue. I was there to witness it, and ever since, have marveled at this marketing guru who is also one of Canada’s leading communication experts…
EP11 - Spotify on a Watch, and How to Build a Business With Spotify
June 5, 2020
Ivan Pehar is the Country Manager for Spotify Canada. In this episode I talk with Ivan about the Spotify platform, and how it has become such an important and influential player in Canada's digital media and content landscap…
EP10 - Transitioning from a Shopping Cart to a Shopping Cart
May 24, 2020
Lauren Steinberg runs digital product for Loblaws. They are in the middle of a massive transformation, helping millions of customers transition from using a shopping cart in their stores, to using a different kind of shoppin…
EP9 - Starting a New Job in a Pandemic
May 18, 2020
Remote work and remote onboarding are the current norm and it just might be that way for the long term. In this episode I talk about my own experience starting my new job in March, and also speak to two others who went throu…
EP8 - Will we Ever Step Foot in a Gym Again?
May 9, 2020
Jonathan Fagg of Goodlife Fitness and I discuss the convergence of digital and physical in the new world of fitness, and how the definition of a customer is changing and will include members that might never step foot inside…
EP7 - Taking Rakuten Kobo Global with Michael Tamblyn, CEO Rakuten Kobo
May 3, 2020
CEO of Rakuten Kobo, Michael Tamblyn, sits down with me to talk about his experiences leading and growing a Toronto startup through a global expansion and acquisition by a not so likely suitor. Not a venture fund, not a vall…
EP6 - The Power of the LinkedIn Platform
April 30, 2020
I had the opportunity to speak with Diana Luu, Head of Marketing Solutions Canada & Business Services North America at LinkedIn about LinkedIn and some useful tips and tricks we can all use (and should).
EP5 - Find Your Yes With Erica Ehm
April 26, 2020
For fourteen years Erica Ehm has been developing her craft as an entrepreneur and CEO, after spending the first part of her career as an icon in Canadian television and music. From interviewing rock bands, to informing and …
EP4 - Working from Home
April 19, 2020
I recently posted a single question on Linkedin and Twitter asking a very simple question. What’s your number one tip for staying motivated while working at home? It was a popular post and I wanted to dig in further, so I re…
EP3 - The Fractional Executive
April 12, 2020
Today, I have the luxury of having two seasoned executives to talk about their transition from corporate, full time employment to the new world of the fractional employment, as fractional executives. Rory Capern and Chris Ho…
EP2 - Launching an Outplacement Startup in the Middle of a Pandemic
April 5, 2020
Amy Davies is the founder and CEO of First 30 Incorporated (https://first30ready.com), an innovative technology company that has developed an online and mobile-friendly outplacement program, offering 30 days worth of coachin…
EP1 - My Three Team Rules
March 29, 2020
I have decided to launch this Podcast, FineTune with Corby Fine, for those of you who are looking to 'Fine Tune' your business, your team or yourself. I am going to offer innovative ideas, opinions and examples to address a…