Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing

Erin Young serves as the Sustainability Specialist for Breckenridge Grand Vacations, where she helps steward one of Colorado’s most iconic mountain ecosystems. Her work sits at the intersection of environmental resilience, community wellbeing, and place‑based leadership.

Outside her sustainability leadership role, Erin is also the author of The CEOwner and an international ski judge, bringing a dynamic perspective rooted in community, sport, and sustainable small‑business leadership.

This episode explores how sustainability becomes truly transformative when grounded in local action, community wisdom, and daily micro‑practices that strengthen both people and the planet.

To spotlight Sandra Sherman’s powerful 17-year journey at DXL Group, where she’s led initiatives that ensure global supply chains are not just efficient but also ethical, humane, and compliant with the highest social and environmental standards. This conversation will highlight Sandra’s leadership in driving forced labor prevention, traceability, and vendor accountability, while also exploring how this work directly contributes to employee pride, psychological safety, and workplace wellbeing—both within corporate HQs and global factories.

Anna Turrell is one of the world’s most respected voices in sustainability. With a track record that spans multinationals, startups, boards, and policy-shaping coalitions, she brings a systems-thinking approach to some of the most urgent challenges facing our planet—and the organizations operating on it.

As former Chief Sustainability Officer at Decathlon, and Group Sustainability Director at Tesco, Anna has led Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) transformation from the inside out. Now, through her work as Founder of Ethos & Edge and as a strategic advisor and board member, she guides companies toward integrated strategies that unite environmental impact with ethical governance and human flourishing.

In today’s conversation, we’ll explore what’s next in sustainability, how leaders can move from compliance to courageous action, and why the future of sustainability and workplace wellbeing are fundamentally interlinked.

Mark Patterson is at the forefront of inclusive innovation in Canada’s workforce landscape. As the Executive Director of Magnet, Mark is driving systems-level change to ensure that digital transformation—including AI adoption—is both human-centered and inclusive. This episode explores how we build national capacity for equity, wellbeing, and adaptability in a world shaped by automation, demographic change, and evolving skill needs.

This episode brings two CEOs from companies working in the sustainability space to have a conversation about their work and its importance related to people’s wellbeing. We will end with a call to action for business leaders to support achieving the ESGs.

Wade Smith is the CEO of EnergyPrint, helping organizations turn utility data into actionable insights and measurable ROI. With a purpose-led approach, Wade believes the energy and utilities managed within buildings mirrors the energy cultivated within people—driving integrity, sustainability, and care.

Roger Barlow is the CEO of Diversys Software, a sustainability tech company helping organizations transform how they track and optimize recycling and waste compliance. A global tech leader turned entrepreneur, Roger champions data integrity as the foundation of trust—and trust as essential to both culture and wellbeing.

In this episode, we’ll explore:

✅ What ESGs are and how transparency affects real people’s wellbeing

✅ Lessons from building a company culture where wellbeing and integrity are inseparable

✅ What leaders can do to turn advance sustainability in ways that really matter to employees

Today we will be talking with Dr. Connie Noonan Hadley who is a globally recognized organizational psychologist, thought leader, and researcher dedicated to enhancing work-life experiences. She is the Founder and Chief Scientist of the Institute for Life at Work. She also serves as a Research Associate Professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, as well as Associate Director of the Human Resources Policy Institute.

Her work spans critical areas such as team effectiveness, psychological safety, loneliness, inclusion, trust, burnout, mental health, and the impact of AI on interpersonal dynamics at work. Widely published and named to the Thinkers50 Radar List for her rising global influence as a management scholar, Connie blends rigorous research with lived human experience to redefine what healthy, sustainable workplaces must look like.

In this conversation, we’ll explore how leaders can design workplaces of connection, meaning, and belonging, before loneliness becomes the silent epidemic of the modern workplace.

In this episode, we’ll explore:

✅ Why businesses should prioritize workers well-being

✅ How loneliness is a structural problem, not a personal one

✅ The ways social norms and workload expectations worsen isolation

✅ Practical shifts leaders can make today to build connected, thriving teams

Andres Angelani is a globally recognized tech executive with over two decades of experience leading software engineering innovation across startups and global enterprises. Now CEO of Wizeline, Andres previously held senior leadership roles at Globant, and Speedcast, where he pioneered distributed agile models and built high-performing global teams.

At Cognizant Softvision, he played a pivotal role in shaping the digital engineering brand and creating global digital studios. His leadership consistently bridges strategy, technology, and culture—making him a sought-after voice on scaling innovation responsibly.

In today’s episode, we’ll discuss why people, not just platforms, are the true drivers of innovation, adaptive teams across geographies, how to create agile models in a global setting, and what it takes to lead digital transformation at scale.

Mark C. Crowley is a pioneering voice in the movement to redefine workplace leadership. Known for his bestselling book Lead from the Heart, Mark returns with a bold, research-backed follow-up: The Power of Employee Well-Being. Drawing from Oxford’s 20-million-person global study and his decades of experience as a financial services executive, Mark’s message is clear: outdated metrics like engagement scores aren’t enough.

Instead, workplace wellbeing must be the North Star of 21st-century leadership—because people don’t perform at their best unless they feel cared for, connected, and safe. Mark’s work offers a practical, soul-awakening roadmap for leaders who want to build flourishing teams, retain talent, and lead with empathy in a high-pressure world.

Zach Mercurio, is one of today’s leading voices in meaningful work, purposeful leadership, and positive organizational culture.

He’s the author of The Invisible Leader and The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance. Through decades of research, teaching, and consulting with organizations like Marriott, Delta Airlines, the U.S. Army, and the FDA, Zach empowers leaders to create cultures where people feel seen, valued, and essential.

Zach will help us explore how mattering — feeling noticed, needed, and important — is a fundamental human need often overlooked in modern work cultures.

Specifically, in this episode, we’ll explore:

Why mattering is a basic human need and a competitive advantage

How purposeful leadership transforms performance and well-being

Practical ways leaders can embed mattering into daily organizational life

Why meaning and connection, not perks, are the true retention strategies today

Vatsal Sood is a rising voice in the world of communication—and not just because of his powerful stage presence. As a public speaking coach, keynote speaker, and leadership mentor, Vatsal helps high-achieving professionals transform fear into confidence and speaking into impact.

He walks the talk—from impromptu storytelling at Halifax’s first Story Slam to sharing emotional truths on stage at Toastmasters competitions. Whether you’re a nervous speaker or a seasoned presenter, Vatsal brings a compassionate, strategic, and community-first lens to public speaking.

In this episode, we’ll explore:

✅ How to conquer public speaking anxiety and unlock authenticity

✅ Why storytelling is a superpower in leadership and life

✅ The role of community in shaping confident communicators