The Growth Mixtape: Chasing Curiosity and Sharing Boundless Insights from Ideas that Matter

Today we talk to Kristi Falturosso, who is a Chief Customer Officer, a LinkedIn Influencer, and CS Strategist. She’s a very big deal.  When I started this podcast, it was about talking to people from way outside my comfort zone, to talk about anything other than what I did for a living.  And that hasn’t changed.  But Kristi and I both work in very similar circles so this c...

Today we talk to Stefanie Peachey, a therapist and mental health advocate about what’s been called, Trump anxiety.  Whether it’s tariffs or rhetoric around Canada becoming the 51st state, Canadians are feeling betrayed, bullied and pissed off.  And it’s taking a dramatic toll on our mental health.

I wanted to have this conversation because I have dear friends in the US, customers, and partners, and this is an elephant ...

Today we talk to Drew Smith – a sailor, storyteller, and seeker who just completed a six-year voyage to the far side of the world on his 32-foot sailboat.

Drew set out to reach his antipode – the exact opposite point on Earth from where he was born. He’s got incredible stories, but the one that still haunts me is getting caught in a storm in 30 foot waves, 750 miles off the coast of Australia, in the middle of the night, all alone.

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Today we talk to Syd "The Jewel" Vanderpool—former boxer with a pro record of 35-4 with 23 knockouts.  He was super middleweight champion and he did what virtually no boxers do - he walked away at the top of his game.  He now owns his own boxing gym, coaches Olympic athletes and works with business leaders to take what he learned in the ring to help them build thriving business...

Today we talk to Suzanne Kearns, a pilot, professor, and visionary in the future of aviation. I must admit, this might be the hardest intro I’ve ever had to write.  My job now is to give you 2-3 reasons to keep listening.  And no matter what I do, I can’t get it down to less than 10.

Suzanne's story is incredible—she started flying at 15, soloed on her 16th birthday, and was flying helicopters before she had a driver’s lic...

Today we talk to Nic Sulsky— TV personality, tech entrepreneur, and the guy on a mission to revolutionize the sport of curling.

Nic is a character.  He went from hosting a kids' TV show to conning his way onto a sports talk show, to pioneering two fantasy sports companies to his latest challenge, making curling the biggest winter sport in the world.  Now if you think that sounds a little far-fetched, I’m with you.  Bu...

Today we talk to Jim Estill, a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist with an incredible track record of building and scaling companies. He grew his first business to over $2 billion, sat on the founding board of BlackBerry during its meteoric rise, and after a career in tech and having earned the right to do anything he wanted - he decided to be the CEO of an appliance company. But what drew me to Jim wasn’t his busines...

Today, we talk to Michelle Stainton and Mikelle Ethier, two longtime friends and founders of the This is Perimenopause podcast. Half the population will spend nearly a third of their life dealing with this.  It’s messy, confusing and riddled with stigma - and they’re on a mission to fix that.

Michelle and Mikelle share their emotional and sometimes hilarious journeys through perimenopause.  We explore the systemic failures...

Today I talk to Angie McQuillin, a speaker and coach that works with leaders to build their confidence to better connect with their teams.  Angie shares intimate stories of abusive relationships from her past and how setting boundaries helped her break toxic patterns and rediscover her self-worth.  She is a unique mix of kindness, vulnerability and 100% pure badassery.Angie talks about how we slowly lose our self-worth ev...

Today I talk to Diane Allen, an author and speaker that helps people find and keep their flow state. If you’re wondering what flow is exactly, you’re not alone.  In fact, Diane didn’t know it was a thing either until one day she lost it.  She shares the story of being on stage as a violinist, and she froze.  She couldn’t play.  It was that humiliation that sent her on a quest to understand what had happened.&nbs...

Today I talk to Michelle Grocholosky, a CEO and speaker who works with leaders to build more diverse and inclusive companies.  She’s one of Canada’s top 40 under 40 and has been recognized as one of the top 100 most powerful women in the country. She’s kind of a big deal.I recently told a friend of mine that I was doing an episode on diversity and inclusion, and she said, “yeah that’s of no interest to me at all.”  I appr...

Today I talk to Clarence Cachagee, an Indigenous leader, author and founder of Crow Shield Lodge - a land-based healing center for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.  

So, I don’t know how to explain this conversation and when you listen, you’ll know what I mean.  Talking to Clarence, you’re struck by how peaceful, thoughtful and hopeful he is for someone who has been through such trauma.  He talks about being plac...

Today I talk to Michelle Hillier, a speaker, educator and author who helps people find their authentic self by slowing down, finding their breath and re-igniting their fire.

She’s also a recovering alcoholic.  I never thought a conversation about addiction, recovery and what’s on the other side could be so much fun.  She shares hilarious and sometimes heart-breaking stories of how drinking helped her cope, and it worked pr...

Today, I talk to Jake Gold, the legendary manager of the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. Jake talks about the new film The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal and the four-year process of bringing The Hip’s raw, emotional story to life.We go deep into The Hip lore with stories that have never been heard before about some of The Hip's iconic songs, their appearance on SNL, touring with the Stones, and the final goodbye tour be...

Today I talk to Dr. Karen Wyatt, a renowned hospice doctor and author of What Really Matters: 7 Lessons for Living from the Stories of the Dying.  Now before you press skip, this is not as heavy and morbid as it sounds.  In fact, quite the opposite.  This conversation was fun, inspiring and hopeful.  

Karen shares stories of people that learned at the very end of their lives, profound lessons about what really ma...

Today, we talk with Marc Hogan, a renowned speaker and psychologist with a pretty interesting path from selling missiles, drugs and cigarettes to stand-up comedy and coaching leaders.

LinkedIn is a funny place.  It can be noisy and isolating like all social media is, but it can also create genuine connections - and that’s how I found Marc.  There was something about what he was saying and how he was saying it that hit me r...

So this is a fun little bonus episode where my producer Amy and I chat about the podcast and explore what we’ve learned from our first 20 episodes.

This conversation turned out to be a lot more emotional than I expected.  Since getting sober a couple of years ago, I’ve felt this sense of urgency to make the most of this last season of my career.  I want to do more things that scare me, be more curious, get outside my comfo...

Today we talk to Andrew Hunt, a history professor and best-selling author of Beatlemania in America: Fan Culture from Below.  As a lifelong music fan, I feel like I’ve been preparing for this conversation my whole life.  The truth is I’ve always been more of a Stones fan than a Beatles guy, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate that they changed everything.  I don’t care what kind of music you’re into, it wouldn’t...

Today, we talk to Dr. Tatiana Gwon, a renowned physicist who, after 20 years, went looking for answers in the most unconventional of places: astrology.  This conversation challenged a lot of my biases and preconceptions of astrology because frankly, I’ve always thought it was gypsy crystal ball readers and Sunday morning horoscopes.  Tatiana does a great job of demystifying astrology as we dive into the fascinating inters...