Own Your Potential

John Weston, Senior Vice President Global Microsoft Practice at Publicis Sapient and 20+ year veteran of Microsoft, tells us about the power of unlocking your growth from the traditional corporate ladder, the value of mastering extemporaneous speaking, and the importance of embracing your opportunity to lead regardless of your title of career stage.

Akeem Gardner, Co-Founder & CEO of Atlas 365, Inc. and Founder & CEO of Canurta Inc., tells us about how channelling mindsets developed as a high-level athlete, investing in a physical space dedicated to work, and the willingness to outwork everyone helped catapult Akeem down the path to launch a real, natural solution for inflammation in order to solve one of the world’s biggest health challenges – preventing and managing chronic disease effectively and safely.

Karmen LaMer, Founder of Tight Clinic and veteran of the luxury retail industry, tells us about how fearlessness, tenacity and an insatiable desire to achieve excellence helped her transform from a successful corporate professional into a fast growing entrepreneur shortly after facing one of the biggest challenges in her life.

Sheldon Monteiro, Chief Product Officer at Publicis Sapient, tells us about the importance of understanding contrast in the world around you and how critical mastering your filters is to managing information overload and guiding your growth.

Arthur Filip, Chief Growth Officer at Publicis Sapient, tells us about the value of ambition, the importance of diversity in lived experiences and how his pursuit of solving challenging problems helped guide his career decisions along his professional journey.

Scott Bzdok, former Digital Strategy Executive and newly minted Realtor at Brookstone Realtors, tells us about his decisioning process and journey that led to stepping away from a very successful digital marketing career to jumping in head first into the world of real-estate in pursuit of real fulfillment and happiness from his work.

Hazel-Ann Mayers, former Chief Business Ethics & Compliance Officer at CBS Corporation, Harvard Grad and current Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, tells us about her inspiring legal career journey and how critical it is to have someone that can dream for you when you can't dream for yourself.

Emmanuel Antwi, US Army Veteran, MBA Grad and SalesForce Consultant at Publicis Sapient, talks about how his military experience showed him the value of diversity of thought and lived experience, the transformative impact of discipline and how having an open mind allowed him to discover a passion-driven career in IT consulting.

Nelly Radfar, Senior Leadership of the KPMG Advisory, Management Consulting Team focused on technology strategy and digital transformation, tells us about her 3 step approach to career growth, the mindset that has helped her overcome obstacles as a woman in the technology space, and how she draws strength from her experiences as an immigrant in Canada.

Courtney Stephen, ex-professional football player for the CFL and now the Director of Community Partnerships for the Hamilton Tiger Cats, tells us about how his pursuit of a professional football career helped him develop the tools, mindsets and behaviors needed to be successful in his post playing career and how the intersection of his passion, capability and ambition made him dangerous both on the field and in the boardroom.