Open Concept

By Yahoo Canada Finance

Yahoo Canada Finance brings you Open Concept, a series about the entrepreneurs and innovators making a difference today. Join us here for in-depth discussions and insights on the people, issues and tr... more

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The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.

Open Concept episodes:

December 11, 2018 Alan Brookes: Running the Running Business
For the past three decades, Alan Brookes, Race Director of the Canadian Running Series, has helped make Canada a racing destination. Here's what he says it takes to make an event that really has meaning for people, and that will keep them coming back.
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22min
December 04, 2018 How to Keep Going - Ecobee CEO Stuart Lombard
In 2009, Stuart Lombard's company Ecobee created the first-ever smart thermostat. But when the bigger, better-funded Nest thermostat burst on the scene, everyone told him he should just quit.

He didn't. Here's how Lombard kept going through the tough times, and how he's found a smarter way to success.

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31min
November 27, 2018 Justin Crabbe: Disrupting the Aviation Industry
Could the sharing economy shake up...air travel? Justin Crabbe thinks so. He's the CEO of Jettly, an app for on-demand private jets – and he wants to compete for customers with major commercial airlines.
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18min
November 19, 2018 Knix CEO Joanna Griffiths
There's a revolution happening in the women's underwear industry – one that's focused on comfort, function, and what women actually want. Canadian brand Knix is one of the companies leading that movement. Here's how CEO Joanna Griffiths built a successful brand – and a huge online community – by challenging stigmas about women's bodies.
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34min
November 07, 2018 Ab. Velasco: Innovating the Public Library
Public libraries on a business podcast? You bet. If you want to know how to reinvent an institution at risk of becoming obsolete, you couldn't find much better inspiration. Many predicted Google would kill the public library, but today they're bustling. People aren't just there for the books. They come for the the 3D printers, the video editing courses, and the cooking classes. That's thanks in part to people like Ab. Velasco, Manager of Innovation for Toronto Public Library. Here's what he's got to say about how any institution, big or small, can push the boundaries.
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20min
November 01, 2018 Sheetal Jaitly, Founder and CEO of TribalScale
TribalScale calls itself a global innovation company. CEO Sheetal Jaitly tells us what it takes to make big corporations more innovative, why interviews are a terrible way to know if you've got a good hire, what he learned as a door-to-door photocopier salesman, and why business leaders need to talk more about their own mental health struggles.
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27min
October 24, 2018 Feminuity CEO and Co-Founder Sarah Saska
Diversity is a hot concept in the business world these days -- but what does that actually mean, and what do companies need to do to be truly inclusive? Sarah Saska wants to help companies make fundamental changes for diversity -- and she says there’s a good business case for them to do it.
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31min
October 12, 2018 Rami Alhamad, CEO and founder of PUSH
Rami Alhamad on the making of the PUSH Band, and what's coming next in the multi-billion dollar business of wearable tech.
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37min
September 26, 2018 Sonia Sennik, executive director, Creative Destruction Lab
Sonia Sennik and the Creative Destruction Lab are searching for 'massively scalable' science-based start-ups...on earth or in space.
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29min
September 19, 2018 Rakuten Kobo CEO Michael Tamblyn
Michael Tamblyn on the launch of a tech titan, the worldwide battle with Kindle, and why he remains bullish on reading.
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36min

FAQs about Open Concept:

How many episodes does Open Concept have?

The podcast currently has 25 episodes available.