Chatter that Matters

Hugh Evans -Changing Humanity, One Global Citizen at a time Hugh Evans has two life changing experiences as a teenager, and embarks on a quest to eradicate global poverty. On his journey he meets people like Bill Gates, Sumner Redstone, Oprah and hundred more people of influence and intellectual capacity. This is Hugh's story but not once does he make it about himself, or even Global Citizen the organization he leads. He makes it about human. It's inspiring and insightful, and if you have a chance, listen to it with your children. Impossible is always possible, and Hugh's advice of 'one day more' is one we can all benefit from.

Healthcare is at a crisis point. An aging population that is demanding more and less. More life and longevity, with less friction and wait times, and a time when the health sector is straining to do more with less. Add to this pressure new viruses, superbugs, and climate chain and the essential question is about sustainability. The only path forward is to reimagine and reinvent the sector. Can it be done? Paul Hemburrow, one of the founders of HealthHub thinks so if all parties are willing to make the patient the hero, and their quest to get healthy the focal point.

I first met Joe Jackman 25 years ago. He impressed me then like he continues to impress me now. He has led, from a strategic, creative and human viewpoint, the reinvention of some of the world's leading brands. He has passion, personality, persuasion and persona. In this podcast we talk about his extraordinary career and his new book, The Reinventionist Mindset, which I recommend to anyone who wants to roar into the 2020's.

A brand new decade should include a brand new you. In 3 months you can dramatically improve your mind and body to prevent disease, and slowing down your ageing process. You will look and feel much younger. You will improve your energy and sex drive and counter years of partying. No pills or magic bullets. In this podcast learn how you are a bitch to the food that strips you of minerals, inflames your body, compromises food absorption, and decreases your circulation. Learn the difference between deficiency, sufficiency and toxicity. Focus on just three things to let you race on a path to a much healthier you. And after listening to this podcast, my bet is you put aside your pencil to write New Year's resolutions and instead reach for a tape measure. The final segment in my conversation with the extraordinary Gunn Sikk. 30 minutes to improve your next 30 years. Please comment, share and let us know what you think.

In part two of my three-part podcast with Gunn Sikk on your health, we talk about the popular Netflix documentary, The Game Changers, presented by #JamesCameron, #ArnoldSchwarzenegger, #JackieChan, #LewisHamilton, #NovakDjokovic, and #ChrisPaul. The Game Changers showcases the significant performance advantages that happen when someone switches to a plant-based diet. I asked Gunn if he feels this movie is more fact or fiction and how he feels about a plant-based diet? His answers might surprise you. If you didn't tune in last week, let me state my personal belief that Gunn Sikk is one of the smartest people I have ever met. He has devoted his life to understanding the human body and why our health and ability to prevent disease, live to our fullest and slow down our internal aging clock is based in large part in what we consume. Gunn has a brain where he can combine his hypothesis with synthesis from thousands of studies that he has read to draw conclusions and to lay out a path that all can follow.

Gunn Sikk is one of the smartest people I have ever met. Articulate, passionate and consumed by the human body, our chemistry and our biology. Gunn agreed to do a three-part Chatter that Matters podcast with me. His advice is simple, there is no voodoo or superfood, just smart advice. It's worth your and your families time and health to listen. I ask Gunn questions like: Can you slow down your internal aging clock? Be the person that looks 20 years younger? Improve your brain, increase your energy and sex drive? Cure versus mask disease with medicine? Is our tap water healthy? Meat? Plant-based diets? Is the movie Game Changers fact or fiction? Gunn Sikk works with world-renowned individuals, leaders, celebrities and athletes. Gunn's belief is that we are mostly' We are what we eat'. Genetics only play a small part in how we live and how long we live. Episode one: click - https://lnkd.in/d3u6ZbR or subscribe to Chatter that Matters wherever you get your podcasts. Part 2 and 3, will arrive the following Tuesday's. Eat well. Be well. Listen Well, Share and Subscribe.

Will there ever be homes for the homeless? Will the marginalized always be outside the margins? Tough but essential questions as we are all one society. In today's podcast, I interview Rudy Ruttimann, Co-founder and Executive Director of Sketch Working Arts. SKETCH enables Toronto's homeless and marginalized youth, aged 16 to 29, to pursue art, music, dance, woodworking, digital media, leadership, culinary arts and so much more. SKETCH isn't a shelter; it's a place to learn practical skills that lead to self-sufficiency and build agency and self-worth. This podcast isn't about impossibilities; it's about possibilities: building self-esteem, confidence, and conviction. Being accountable and making your path in life a matter of choice, not chance. Rudy offers some extraordinary insights and lessons that not only apply to the marginalized but to all of us as individuals, as Parents, Leaders and, as Human Beings.

The Experience Economy is growing while the Materialistic is Stalling. How do you compete when what you offer - a service or experience, is less tangible than a product? This week on #ChatterthatMatter, Tony Chapman dives into the tourism sector to make his case for 'it's not what you offer but why you matter' The podcast travels back to the birth of tourism, to the present to provide insights and ideas that can apply to anyone in the services sector. If you like this you can also go to two other podcasts that show the path to differentiation. Are you Starving for Attention and Have you ever stepped inside someone else's shoes? Tourism represents 10% of the world GDP and 10% of the employment, so there is a lot to learn that can be applied to the services economy. How did this industry get so big? Why is it of such importance locally and globally? How do you attract the attention of customers and employees? How do personal experiences created through insights on what the customer values fuel your #marketing, #selling, #culture and overall #operations? Why does all of the above apply to anyone competing in the Experience economy?

Will a robot take away your job? What is the future of work? These are two of the essential questions that I ask Angela Donnelly, founder of Corethentic. I admire Angela immensely for her point of view on the future of work. Angela is a freshly minted Canadian, who immigrated from South Africa two years ago. Her knapsack is overflowing with experience working in human capital for leading financial services institutions and with Schuitema Group, a global consultancy dedicated to the enhancement and achievement of human excellence. I have interviewed Angela on the radio, seen her wow audiences from the stage and in workshops. She is articulate, passionate, positive, and practical. What she says in this podcast are worth everyone's ears as they involve both life and livelihood. Angela believes that this is the time to unleash the power, potential, and passion of human beings. However, it takes authentic leaders who give more than than they get, an environment conditioned to bring out excellence with individuals and teams, and an intent that achieves profit through a higher purpose. If you are a leader in business or life or have aspirations to be one if you are an employee who feels marginalized or an employee resource harnessed only for an outcome, you will get so much from the wisdom Angela shares. I am so impressed with her thinking I have invited Angela Donnelly to be a recurring guest.

Have you ever gone through, or are you contemplating a career transformation? Is this planned, or because of your circumstances, that changed abruptly? If so, this episode of Chatter that Matters is a must-listen. I interview a Canadian hero who is tackling two societal problems - hunger and waste. Jean-François Archambault left a promising career to pursue a higher purpose. To recover the tons of food wasted in hotels and restaurants to feed the homeless and people in need. His idea and the not for profit he founded, La Tablée des Chefs, has fed millions of people, taught food preparation and nutrition to people who have to make the most out of their food budget. Jean-François shares his story and what motivated him to pursue an entirely different path. His humility, insights, and passion will be an inspiration for anyone looking to or having to transform their life and livelihood. #notforprofit #tacklehunger #sustainability #foodwaste #MontrealCanadiens #LaTabléedesChefs #Quebec #nutrition #foodwaste #JeanFrançoisArchambault #chatterthatmatters #keynote #notforprofit #makethingshappen #hero

Great leaders are rare, but those who identify and define a new sector are often rarified. For example, Edison with Electricity, Ford in Automotive, Mary Kay with Beauty, Oprah with media, Jobs with consumer electronics, and Bezos with e-commerce made their unique mark but shared common traits. They have vision, curiosity, instinct, and they pursue their dreams with passion and persuasion. One of these individuals is Bruce Linton, the Founder and former CEO of Canopy Growth. Bruce witnesses how some countries were legalizing medical cannabis, and he listened carefully to the whispers of others who were looking at legalizing recreational marijuana. He determined that if this were to happen, it would be the opportunity of his lifetime and for Canada. His vision was to build, from scratch, the dominant global player in this space. To do so, Bruce Linton had to attract the capital and talent that could fuel his ambitions. His challenge to both was that cannabis had a stigma, whispers are not a guarantee, and in the USA, it is a Schedule 3 narcotic, with all the legal and banking implications that carry with it. We all know what Bruce Linton accomplished but what this episode of Chatter that Matter we focus on the individual, his mindset, his ability to make mission-critical decisions and to lead a company and a sector. We also learn the value he places on purpose and culture over profit, and why he embraces versus fears the path less trampled. And for anyone investing in this space, we also learn what Bruce is up to next.

Have you ever wondered how some people manage to do it all? In this week's episode of Chatter that Matters I interview Mary DePaoli, one of Canada's leading Executives. As an interviewer, I have an advantage as I have known and been in awe of this extraordinary human being for over a decade. Mary puts her family first, gives back to her community and humanity, and has a career that includes serving Lemon Chicken to Larry King, when working at #CNN as an intern, to today where she is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of #RBC, one of the world's leading banks. Learn how Mary DePaoli values people, invests in preparation, and prioritizes her time to not only manage to do it all but to matter too so many.

We all have a finite amount of time but many treat it as infinite. A resource that can be easily be surrendered even squandered until life passes you by. What if you knew how much time you had left. Would you value it differently? Of course you would. In this weeks podcast I share my thoughts on how you can get a better return on your time invested. The average life for someone in North America is 27,375 days. To find out how much time you have left if take your age and multiply it by 365. Then, subtract it from 27,375 days. As Aliza Licht stated, 'Life isn't a dress rehearsal'.

In this age of noise, where too much and too many are chasing a finite amount of time and money, you have to know how to sell. This podcast will teach you 'the' strategy for how to engage and persuade any audience. You can use it when interviewing for a job, raising capital, marketing or selling a product or service, leadership and even parenting. I know as I have successfully applied it in my career for over three decades.

In this episode of Chatter that Matters I return to my childhood. It's a cold night in Montreal, our only light is a streetlamp and our only prop is a ball hockey net. This was all I needed to transform Into the legendary Montreal Canadiens hockey player Guy Lafleur. With only seconds remaining on the clock, I would bear down on the Goalie, with the future of my teams Stanley Cup Run on my stick. I use this memory, and references to people like Tom Petty, to illustrate the power and potential of looking at problems and opportunities from the other person's point of view. Learn how this can become your advantage when collaborating, creating, engaging, and selling.

Competition will intensify and the next generation will need the mental fortitude to mange change. To make decisions. To learn how to pivot and find their way. In this 5 min episode of Chatter that Matters I ask whether we are doing too much for our children? Chauffeurs, personal assistants, their ATM machine and project coordinator. To make my point, I go back in time to my childhood and a year where going 'back to school' became an emotional roller coaster with no end in site. What I learned that year helped me deal with the many speed bumps and twists and turns called life. It was tough love but it toughened me. Give it a listen, share your stories as I might return to this in a future podcast. Thanks, Tony #podcast #chatterthatmatters #parent #helicopterparent #change #changemanagement #lessonsinlife #linkedin #linkedinbusiness #children #teaching #parenting #lifelessons #leadership #empowerment #podcasthost #keynote #commentator

Have you felt the vibrations? The tremors that are hitting every corner of our marketplace. In this episode of Chatter that Matters, Tony Chapman, takes you on a quest to uncover a new economy that is happening with such force it is rendering much of what we know about conventional capitalism and career building, obsolete. Players in this economy include Amazon, Alibaba, airbnb, Apple, Google, Facebook, Uber, Skip the Dishes, Facebook, Spotify and thousands more. They now have a combined market capitalization of $7.5 trillion dollars. Many ride an app like a Trojan Horse directly into your phone to connect you directly with the world you want to explore and buy. They harvest your data to enable them to focus on the two most compelling customer benefits that matter - more and less. More of what matters to you with less of what doesn't. However, with every cause there is an equal reaction and the platform economy is no exception. Tony shares his feelings on why much of what we take for granted and appreciate will become the exception versus the rule as the platform economy builds over the old. To learn more about the platform economy here is a link to Tony's keynote - From a Place to Buy to the Place to Be that he delivered at Store 2019 for the Retail Council of Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIUuH0eSJIM&pbjreload=10 To read an article about how conventional retail, tourism and hospitality can counter the platform economy. Click here. https://www.retailcouncil.org/community/technology/mind-your-ps-but-own-your-bes-how-bricks-can-beat-back-clicks/ Retail Council of Canada - https://www.retailcouncil.org/ Platform Economy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_economy Platform Economy - https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/digital-mckinsey/our-insights/the-platform-play-how-to-operate-like-a-tech-company Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/

What does Boston Bib Lettuce, and a fixed price all you can eat buffet have to do with our upcoming elections? In this episode of Chatter that Matters, Tony looks at each parties campaign slogan and platform by comparing it to a buffet line, with endless promises, but many without substance. He challenges the Liberal parties slogan #ChooseForward and whether it is any different than the Conservatives #GetAhead. He calls them both Boston Bib Lettuce that lack differentiation, plate appeal or bite. He looks at each #JustinTrudeau, #AndrewScheer etc, persona. Tony then goes on a rant to describe how each party hopes to entice you but why this years food fight will shift from mass media to social media. He encourages us all to think about three things before voting, and to put collective ahead of self interests. Its the type of fresh thinking you get when someone isn't tethered to the purse strings of any party.

Our world is now within 'arm and voice' reach of desire. We can summon almost any product or service to our doorstep, and often within hours. The benefit is almost immediate gratification, but it can come with a huge price, a matter of life and death. Amazon and other ecommerce delivery drivers have been accused of running red lights and stops signs just to make up time. In some cases they've been blamed for injuries and even fatalities - when pedestrians get in their way. CBS News tells the story of two dramatic cases in Chicago - one involved serious injuries; the other resulted in the death of an 84 year old woman. In that case, criminal charges were brought against an Amazon delivery driver and ended with an acquittal. Should we be looking beyond self-gratification or is the value we place on convenience both priceless and potentially lifeless? Follow Tony Chapman Website - https://tonychapmanreactions.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/TonyChapman Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonychapmanreactions/

My very first podcast, complete with the signature drums that would power the next 212. In this five minute episode I share why Attention is the Oxygen of Marketing, and how to get the attention you deserve as a Leaders, Marketer, in Sales, or as a Mentor, Parent and Coach.