Iterations

In this episode, we chat with Carmelita Tang about her experience working in the 9-5 systems and corporate structures as a person with ADHD. She gets into the struggles and triumphs that come along that journey for so many of us with ADHD. Lean in and hear about that journey. 

Carmelita Tang currently works in the Executive Development field for the Ivey Academy at the Ivey Business School.  Currently in her 16th year of her professional career, Carmelita spent the bulk of time working within the Higher Education field and Professional Associations such as the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.  Diagnosed with ADHD in the latter part of her University studies, Carmelita has been “fumbling towards excellency” (Sarah McLachlan reference) ever since then.

An active community member, Carmelita enjoys contributing to boards, community event planning committees and promoting all the cool things happening in Downtown London. 
An avid “Sports-Mom”, often seen on rinks, fields, running tracks and making awesome memories with her friends, partner and her Mom.

A passionate advocate for education, Carmelita received a London City Council Appointment on the London Council for Adult Education. 
Carmelita is currently pursuing an MEd with a focus on Sustainability, Creativity and Innovation… in her (pretend) “spare time”. 
On a good day, she gets 6 hours of sleep – but is looking to increase that.

In this episode, we explore the complexities and opportunities that come hand in hand with AI’s arrival in the workplace. We discuss how AI can improve productivity, increase happiness and make work more interesting. Alongside the opportunity to engage with AI as an empowerment tool, we also discuss the challenges leaders and organizations will be navigating as AI becomes more integrated into our daily 9-5 environments. 

Guest Bio: Doug van Spronsen is the CEO and co-founder of Versett, a partner for established companies seeking to launch, build, and scale new digital ventures.  Established in 2012, Versett's global team of over 350+ employees bring together rigorous research, exceptional design, and software engineering to create and scale world-class digital platforms and interfaces. In the past year, the company has worked extensively with clients like American Express, TD Bank, Visa and Getty Images across a variety of global projects. Versett is headquartered in Calgary and has offices in Vancouver, Paris, Brussels, Toronto and Ho Chi Minh City. He also serves on the board of the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation and True North Water. Doug was EY's Entrepreneur of the Year (Prairies) for Technology in 2019 and was named one of Avenue's Top 40 Under 40 in 2018.

Twitter: @dougvs

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougvanspronsen/

Made Together (Versett’s own Podcast that explores AI)

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/made-together/id1687218926

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4WUmIES44hxKId8ffWFDO2

In this episode, organizational culture consultant Anne Comer shares her personal experience of identifying stress in her own career. We explore the lessons learned to better understand how leaders and organizations create conditions for less stress in our busy work lives. 

Covers topics like: Stress, Boundaries, Psychological Safety, Purpose, Meaning, Perspectives and Leadership 

Our guests are 9-5ers in two of Canada's larger and more complex organizations. They share their insights on how to manage the pace and flow of work. 

Harvard Article on Brain Rest: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/secret-to-brain-success-intelligent-cognitive-rest-2017050411705

Matthew MacDonald is a Learning and Design consultant with 15 years experience in the aviation, life sciences, public sector, telecommunication, and technology sectors. Matt focuses on humanizing learning experiences wherever possible, believing the stickiest learning experiences are the ones that resonate with our personal values/beliefs. He has compiled a bag of tricks to help ensure people show up ready to receive.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-macdonald-b21a8031/

Jenny Hill builds opportunities for North American leaders and teams to do their most meaningful work. Over the past 15 years, she has successfully designed, built, delivered and managed employee and customer training programs to achieve business goals across a wide spectrum of enterprises.  In her current role, she supports thousands of leaders and employees across North America to meet their development goals.  Jenny holds a Master of Education degree in Adult Learning and Global Change, as well as certifications in talent development, instructional design, and  coaching. Speaking credits include the Learning Experience Design conference, and the Institute for Performance and Learning National Conference. She has written for Learning Solutions Magazine, as well as other publications and blogs

You can find Jenny on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferreneehill/

An outtake from our full interview with Liane Davey, author of 'The Good Fight'. In this outtake Liane shares how four levels of team trust can be experienced in hybrid work environments.

https://www.lianedavey.com/building-trust-in-remote-and-hybrid-teams/

We explore the tension behind the return to the office and discover ways to engage in the conflict with team effectiveness expert Liane Davey. In this discussion, we think through ideas about what is happening in our Canadian landscape around hybrid work and what responsibilities individuals have , beyond the task of work, toward their team and organization. 

Liane Davey is a New York Times Bestselling author of three books, including The

Good Fight: Use Produc3ve Conflict to Get Your Team and Your Organiza3on Back

on Track and You First: Inspire Your Team to Grow Up, Get Along, and Get Stuff

Done. She is a contributor to the Harvard Business Review and frequently called

on by media outlets for her experience on leadership, team effecEveness, and

producEvity. As the co-founder of 3COze Inc., she advises companies such as

Amazon, TD Bank, Walmart, UNICEF, 3M, and SONY. Liane has a Ph.D. in

OrganizaEonal Psychology.

Team Check-in Activities available at: 

https://www.lianedavey.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/3COze-Team-Check-in-Tools-universal.pptx

This episode is a personal story about a leader who experienced burnout at work. Matt Tod is a director at a Canadian office for a global social impact organization. He shares how the pandemic impacted time and spaciousness at work and added to the mounting pressure on leaders when they lead in the unknowns. He discusses how the mental health continuum helped him understand where he was emotionally leading up to his burnout. And, he shares what he learned about mental health at work and what leaders and organizations can do to support their people around mental health.

Mental Health Continuum : 

https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/pdf/corporate-info/covid-19/mental-health-continuum.pdf

https://uwaterloo.ca/thrive/resources/thrive-toolkit/defining-mental-health-continuum

Canadian support for well-being at work: 

https://wellnessworkscanada.ca/

https://cmha.ca/what-we-do/national-programs/workplace-mental-health/not-myself-today/

We talk to the brave, unconventional Canadian leaders and innovators who make it their business to reinvent the ways we work. As we dig into the complexity of it all, we explore why  our outdated methods of work are no longer working and challenge corporate structures that are getting in our way. Because we can reinvent, or shall we say, iterate, the very systems and structures we created in the first place.