Our lives are often times built around the work that we do with recent society trends pushing us to be “busy” every hour of the day and creating a stigma of failure or poor leadership when we aren’t. Our guest today Dan Pontefract is calling out this behaviour using his decades of experience in the corporate world to highlight the hypocritical and unhealthy behaviours being found in leadership roles. Dan leads Greg and Dave on a laughter-filled, but thought-provoking discovery where he explains ...
Mar 14, 2019•36 min
Climate change is an issue that is and will continue to affect us. One New Brunswick based company is looking at this challenge head on to find solutions that protect the environment but maintain our ability to access resources. Zach Melanson of Community Forests International joins us in the booth to tell us about their company’s journey from re-foresting an island to giving businesses the ability to offset their carbon footprint by protecting land here in New Brunswick. Learn more about your a...
Mar 07, 2019•34 min
Unconscious Bias can affect how we interact with everyone around us and judge others based on our own lived experiences or perceptions of who they are. Brian Duggan leads us in a conversation to challenge us to accept our own unconscious biases to be more open and create stronger connections and understanding while working in the global world. Brian said we need to “be open to the fact that my experience is my experience, and to wonder about other’s experiences.” as a way of improving our cultur...
Feb 28, 2019•40 min
We go undercover with Dorothea Bozicolona-Volpe to learn about her approach called Social Espionage, a way to listen and learn from your audience and then properly plan your strategy and personal branding. With her use of relevant case studies examples from the world’s biggest brands and her openness to share her own life lessons and personal anecdotes gleaned from her grandfather, this episode made Greg and Dave reflect themselves on what they could be improving in their own personal branding e...
Feb 21, 2019•41 min
In This Episode: Greg talks about the Boiling Point Process, a new project they’ve been working on (0:31) Alice explains the creative economy (2:14) She talks about her mission to solve poverty in New Mexico (4:35) Greg and Alice talk about the strengths the creative industry has over other industries and why it is growing so rapidly (9:52) Alice explains what the challenges are in creating a creative economy in a particular area (18:07) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...
Feb 13, 2019•36 min
In This Episode: Dave talks about having his son be a contestant on Canada's Smartest Person Junior (1:39) Greg and Lisa talk about the new project they have been working on called The Mars Collective, a project based around the necessary shift of our education system to better ready children for the future (3:35) Lisa explains how she and Greg ended up in Dubai together with some of the smartest people in the world (5:12) Greg and Lisa discuss the role they think New Brunswick could have in the...
Feb 08, 2019•40 min
(5:43) They tell of their “leap” into entrepreneurship when developing into an already established business and how they honored it and strive to grow the business for the better. (9:55) The Hyslop’s explain why the two are so aligned in their business desires and in their personal and company values, especially in their case of being a married couple, or “Couplepreneurs”. (14:28) Our two guests explain their definition of their style of social entrepreneurship, why they see themselves as such, ...
Jan 24, 2019•33 min
(2:58) Curtis explains his product and his motivations for starting his company, Vertiball. (8:11) We hear how Curtis’ experience with cancer along with his grandfather's influence helped change his career aspirations from wanting to be an astronaut to wanting to be an entrepreneur. (14:46) Curtis explains how he’s made his way through the day to day challenges of starting up his company by seeing his growth as a step by step process to get to his end-goal. (20:20) Finally, Curtis describes the ...
Jan 03, 2019•29 min
In This Episode: Dave talks about the story behind the "United Breaks Guitars" videos from 2009. The three discuss the deeper meanings behind the videos' popularity and how it affected United Airlines as a company. He also talks about how he got started on writing his book, "United Breaks Guitars: The Power of One Voice in the Age of Social Media" The three talk about the way social media let's people amplify their voices, and how that can be good or bad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...
Dec 20, 2018•39 min
In This Episode: Greg and Dave sit down with Nelson Terroba to talk about his career as a basketball coach and how he approaches team building and teamwork. They cover how we got started, how he ended up in New Brunswick, Canada, and his relationship with The G League. Nelson goes over his early loud and continuous model for working as a team. He also goes over his favourtie John Wooden quotes that he uses with his team. Dave and Nelson talk about the take off of Canadian Basketball in recent ye...
Dec 14, 2018•30 min
In This Episode: Greg and Dave talk with Adam Lordon who is both the mayor of Miramichi, New Brunswick and a passionate filmmaker. Adam reveals the touching story of why he moved back home to Miramichi and how he got into politics. He talks to Greg and Dave about the rich history and culture of Miramichi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 13, 2018•43 min
[2:00] Gavin explains why and how he is helping to combat iron deficiency with his heavily reusable product, ’Lucky Iron Fish’. [9:04] He explains how his companies biggest failure ended up becoming their biggest success in increasing the sales of his product in North America. [12:35] Gavin describes his experience pitching the Luck Iron Fish Enterprise on Dragons Den. [15:53] Gavin explains his business journey and the lessons around he learned along the way. [22:35] We learn how Gavin intends ...
Dec 06, 2018•35 min
[1:38] Greg and Suzanne explain B Corps and how Suzanne’s company, Lunapads, makes a positive social impact. [4:00] We talk about the de-feminization of period care that Suzanne has been evolving with her company. [8:10] Suzanne explains the importance of being true to your companies values and the importance of checking one's privilege. [17:00] Suzanne explains keeping her personal social and environmental values in owning a business, and rejecting traditional capitalist business practices in b...
Nov 30, 2018•31 min
In this episode: Dave, Greg, and Seth talk about the placebo effect and how powerful it can be. Seth talks about the benefits of brainstorming exercises. He also talks about why being a perfectionist is incredibly flawed. Seth talks about the importance of committing your time to learning. Watch The Millennial Dream for free here with Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Millennial-Dream-Alex-Vietinghoff/dp/B01M2YMUBR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 22, 2018•24 min
In This Episode: Greg and Dave celebrate the beginning of season 3! Greg shares how Seth Godin is a hero of Dave and Greg’s. Seth explains his heart for teaching someone new things and making significant changes. Seth also explains why Psychographics are important for marketing in a modern social media culture. Dave describes the concept of listening to understand versus listening to respond. Seth describes how to shortest route always looks like the longest one and why taking shortcuts is never...
Nov 15, 2018•27 min
In This Episode: Courtney Blair talks about being a mompreneur and how being a mom led her to start her business. She talks about her traumatic past and the struggles she’s overcome. Courtney talks about learning neuro linguistic programming and how it helped her understand more about herself. The three talk about the podcast community and why people start podcasts. Courtney talks about a new podcast she’ll be starting called Unzipped where she will interviewing her favourite podcasters within h...
Nov 07, 2018•33 min
In This Episode: Rumeet explains her work with Viewpoint Leadership and how it helps with the development of leadership in businesses by building the leadership in individuals through research, studies, and workshops. She also talks about her new picture book. She discusses the study Viewpoint ran in relation to “Tall Poppy Syndrome”, and how it cuts down the motivation, productivity, resilience, and even the self-confidence of individuals in a workplace environment. The three discuss what may b...
Oct 31, 2018•32 min
Ed has nearly 20 years’ experience working with Atlantic Canadian ICT companies. He has a thorough understanding of the business landscape in New Brunswick and believes that technology helps our businesses compete and work with different companies around the world. TechImpact, the company he was the CEO of in the past, had and still has the size and capacity to develop smart solutions for global problems. Ed is working to help the New Brunswick region develop strategies that will be needed for o...
Oct 25, 2018•42 min
In This Episode: Greg and Dave talk about good public relations and how important it is for your business. Bonnie talks about being strategic and consistent with getting your message out there by investing in a plan. She wants business owners to understand their customers and what they really want. Always ask yourself what is keeping your customers up at night. She talks about the strengths of each of the biggest social media platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...
Oct 17, 2018•31 min
In This Episode: David starts by telling us about his first time firewalking and how terrified he was. He also talks about how his career in the firewalking business started. David talks about some of the celebrities he’s seen firewalk and how the process effects people. David talks about being your own hero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2018•45 min
In this episode: Elizabeth explains why she wrote her book and what inspires her. She talks about staying motivated and why some entrepreneurs find their interest in their company going stale. Elizabeth talks about showing people how to look at themselves with more compassion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 27, 2018•33 min
In This Episode: Connor explains his frustration with the usual freelancer finding websites online. He explains how his company, FreeeUp, only allows the top 1% of freelancer applications onto their market and even offers freelancer insurance. Connor talks about hiring freelancers vs. employees. The three discuss being in control of your business and your assets instead of relying on other companies or services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 20, 2018•29 min
In This Episode: Greg and Dave sit down and talk with two of the board members of L’Arche, a chain of communities where people with intellectual disabilities are able to share with each other and explore their gifts. Their guests, Jim and Martin, talk about L’Arche’s art galleries and how they help build confidence for people with intellectual disabilities. They also help people with and without intellectual disabilities connect with each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Sep 13, 2018•26 min
In This Episode Greg introduces Brent Smith who is a Newfoundland chocolate retailer calling in from Las Vegas, Nevada. We hear our guest’s personal story of how he and his wife decided to go into the chocolate business. Brent explains how part of the inspiration for the company was to afford to get their two sons to Disney World. Our hosts hear the story of the Newfoundland Chocolate Company's breakthrough, and how they became a chocolate retail company. Brent shares how having no paycheque one...
Sep 06, 2018•27 min
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Sep 04, 2018•36 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Ken chats with Greg and Dave about his passion for surfing and how it has become a creative outlet for him to express himself. Ken explains the essence of surfing and life lessons you can learn from being out on the water, and how the experience itself can teach you things outside of surfing as well. Ken discusses about how he drifted away from surfing, and it came back to him at the age of 40 and he felt the same excitement as when he was 14 years old. Ken talks about how he in...
Aug 30, 2018•35 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Jaclyn chats with Greg and Dave about her book "33 Days: A Parenting Program to Strengthen Your Family", and describes how the Law Of Attraction inspired the start up of her book. Jaclyn talks about becoming more relaxed by becoming less busy and enjoying other experiences outside of work. Jaclyn discusses how her therapy is not structured like usual therapists, she reads and collects things that she thinks might help them. She describes her office as having natural elements suc...
Aug 28, 2018•37 min
IN THIS EPISODE: Bethany chats with Greg and Dave about creating SomaDetect agriculture farming company, which is helping farmers provide better care for animals and providing good quality milk. Bethany talks about completing a PHD in biology, and how it has helped immensely with the start up of SomaDetect. Bethany discusses how she helps farmers diagnose low quality or contaminated milk and providing nutritional needs for farmers with their farms. Bethany tells how the idea was actually born fr...
Aug 23, 2018•29 min
In this episode: - Richard explains the impact on broad lateral thinking that comes with training or schooling in architecture. - Richard and Greg give examples of the qualities of architecture being transferable to different jobs. - They explain parallels between architecture and film. - They speak on monument building in the light of old monuments getting taken down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Aug 21, 2018•39 min
In This Episode: Bridget Oland discusses how she got to her position as the marketing director and recipe developer of Crosby's Molasses Greg, Dave and Bridget all share their best molasses stories Bridget explains how molasses is made and what a versatile product it is Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2018•32 min
