Disruptors

Over the last 153 years, millions of Canadians have spread to every corner of the world. We have been part of major global movements from the birth of Hollywood to the strategy behind modern day peacekeeping. We know that Canadians are going to play a key role in rebuilding the global economy as we look beyond the pandemic. Laura Buhler, Executive Director of the C100, an association of Canadian expats in the Valley that has helped build Canada's tech ecosystem, and Andre Charoo, General Partner of Maple VC and co-chair of the C100, join John Stackhouse on RBC Disruptors to discuss:

• How we can leverage our population at home and abroad to create strategic opportunities and accelerate the growth of Canada’s tech companies.
• What Canadian companies need to do to attract global talent. Pay must match ambition.
• Why large corporations need to invest locally to develop a thriving ecosystem to compete on the global stage. 

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Retail is a massive originator of data, generating 40 terabytes per hour globally. As the industry continues to undergo unprecedented disruption, to survive and continue to thrive in today’s environment, winning retailers are using that data to understand their customers, empower their employees, create intelligent supply chains, and reinvent their business models. Jose Ribau, Executive Vice President, Digital & Innovation at Cadillac Fairview, and four guests join John Stackhouse on RBC Disruptors to explore the future of retail and how malls can compete in a post-pandemic environment.

Key Takeaways:

• The mall of the future will be built on data
• Online shopping may be here to stay, but so too, is a blended model of in-person and online experiences
• Retailers and landlords will need innovative approaches to cater to dramatically changed consumer behaviour

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On this episode of RBC Disruptors, John Stackhouse is joined by Valerie Pisano, CEO of MILA in Montreal, and Abhinav Sharma of McGill University to discuss Canadian innovations in AI and machine learning for healthcare delivery, progress in the development of digital contact tracing applications, and the importance of healthcare professionals working hand in hand with technology.

Key Takeaways:

• What will the patient experience look like in 2030?
• Technology is going to increasingly shape healthcare. But without the human adoption of technology, we'll never see its potential
• How do we navigate data and privacy concerns, while understanding the benefits of these innovations?
• How can we ensure that Canadian healthcare innovations are global in their ambition?

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COVID-19 pushed Canada into the first recession since the mass adoption of smartphones. Entering 2020, Canada had more than 500,000 businesses that were predominantly analog. The crisis has served as a catalyst for small businesses including traditional businesses to pivot to digital as they closed their doors due to COVID-19. Businesses that will emerge from this crisis stronger, are the ones that changed their strategies through the crisis to reach customers in new ways. In this episode, John Stackhouse is joined by Lori Darlington, VP, Small Business & Strategic Partnerships at RBC and together they examine a series of case studies on small businesses who have pivoted to new strategies to grow through the pandemic. In this episode we discuss:

• How small businesses can scale coming out of the crisis
• How have they used digital to improve the customer experience and reach new customers?
• What do small businesses need to thrive beyond the pandemic, in terms of capital, support, public policy and consumer behaviour?

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In March of 2020, Canada’s post-secondary institutions moved over 2 million students to online learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As the urgency of crisis measures fade to operating in the “new normal”, we are likely to see students demand more from digital-based learning to give them greater flexibility in where, when and how they learn. This collective moment of mass disruption can be seized to move higher education to the digital age. 

In this episode of RBC Disruptors, John Stackhouse is joined by John Baker, President and CEO of D2L,  Charlotte Yates, Provost and Vice President of Academics at Guelph University, Sophie D’Amours, Rector of Laval University,  Neil Passina, President of Athabasca University and  Andrew Schrumm, Senior Manager, Research at RBC to discuss: 

• How online learning can transform post-secondary education, far beyond the current crisis
• How the institutions that will thrive will figure out how to blend technology and socialization
• The need to support teachers in transitioning to a brave new world
• The huge opportunity for Canada to leverage our strength in education and scale our digital platforms on a global basis

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Canada has always had a place for talent from all over the world, but post-crisis, will our approach to acquiring global talent need to change? How do we ensure Canadian businesses and workforces are set up for success as the landscape of work has evolved? Innovation and design-centric thinking are key, and for companies of any size, so is building proactive, adaptive and agile teams. On this episode of RBC Disruptors, John Stackhouse is joined by Sheetal Jaitly, Founder and CEO of TribalScale and Eman Faiz, senior product designer at TribalScale to discuss:

• How do we approach talent acquisition in a post-COVID society?
• What strengths does the Canadian tech sector bring as we reimagine the economy?
• Beyond hard and soft skills, what should companies look for in prospective candidates to drive success in a changing landscape?

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Art has always acted as a mirror to society. Our art changes as things like technology, globalization, and now, a global pandemic drastically alter the way we live our lives. Canada is a hub for creative digital technologies and the arts. In this episode of RBC Disruptors, John Stackhouse is joined by iconic Canadian photographer Ed Burtynsky and his business partner and gaming expert, Vikas Gupta. Together at AVARA Media, they are pushing the boundaries of photography using augmented reality, virtual reality and photogrammetry to create immersive, three-dimensional visual experiences. With people across the globe adjusting to a widely professed “new normal,” a boom in augmented reality and virtual experiences is taking place. In this episode, we discuss:  

• How is technology transforming the photographic experience?
• How can Canadian artists and creatives make an impact in a digital-first world?
• How are augmented reality and virtual reality going to help us better communicate and enhance the human experience post COVID-19?

Learn more about Ed Byrtynsky and Avara Media's work here: 

• https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/ed-burtynskys-augmented-reality/?fbclid=IwAR3FLeXduudLrZX1_8MqUq4kDr7gijqru9JTRQXpkFaYznRT3NJsb9UrWow
• https://www.avaramedia.com/ar

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Canada’s economy has been put on notice. Leading into the COVID crisis, the biggest powers were throwing around their weight, and the world’s smaller countries were beginning to feel it. In a post-COVID economy, small nations will need the savvy of the shrewdest start-ups, and their start-ups will need to be even more on their game. It’s the only way a small country of relatively small businesses can excel in a big world dominated by big platforms. David Skok has a front row seat for this new competition for scale. As the founder and editor-in-chief of The Logic, he’s running Canada’s digital publication focused on the innovation economy, covering companies and creators who are in a race against time. Just like his media start-up. In this episode we discuss:

• Can the media succeed in Canada without subsidies?
• What do we need to create ten Shopify's?
• Is Sidewalk Labs’ exit a victory or defeat for Canadian innovators? 

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Alberta’s economy will shrink by billions of dollars in 2020 and the unemployment rate is set to exceed 20%. Starting the year with a price war launched by foreign countries, combined with a global pandemic, demand has been decimated and Alberta’s economy is in crisis.

In this episode of RBC Disruptors, John Stackhouse is joined by Alice Reimer, Co-Founder of the51 and Site Lead for Creative Destruction Lab and Marty Reed, CEO of Evok Innovations, to discuss the challenges facing Alberta’s energy sector and the steps Alberta needs to take to ensure our energy sector is a critical part of a greener global economy. In today’s episode we discuss:

• How Alberta technology can transform the future of global energy;
• The steps Alberta’s energy sector can take to power a cleaner and more competitive economy;
• How to foster a culture of innovation in Alberta to create exportable IP, attract top talent, and diversify the energy sector and economy.

News clips provided from: 

1. Edmonton Journal, April 15, 2020

Full length clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KziURItutQU

2. Global News, April 24, 2020

Full length clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MAhjng6x5E

3. Global News, March 25, 2020

Full length clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nqt8HS7WJo

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In today’s episode of RBC Disruptors, we are joined by Alex Benay, Partner, Digital and Government Solutions at KPMG, former CIO of Canada and one of the world's 100 most influential people in digital government, and Hillary Hartley, Ontario's first Chief Digital and Data Officer, to discuss how governments have pivoted to push out billions of dollars in support to Canadians through the COVID-19 crisis almost entirely through digital channels – and what that could mean for a digital government of the future. In today’s episode we discuss:

• How the government rapidly shifted to a digital-first approach during the COVID-19 crisis;
• How governments can seize this opportunity to rethink Canada’s digital infrastructure in a post-COVID world;
• The need for government to re-think their models, and adopt a major shift in mindset toward speed and user centricity.

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