Preparing for the Unexpected

Success for individuals, corporations, and communities comes from the creation of great teams. Though teams build success, they can also be misunderstood and under utilized. I talk with ER physician at Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), award winning host of CBC Radio’s White Coat, Black Art and The Dose, and bestselling author Dr. Brian Goldman about his latest book The Power of Teamwork. During our chat, Dr. Goldman talks about: 1. Defining a team vs a group, 2. Leadership, 3. How personalities can compliment a team, 4. The Dark Triad (Machiavellians, Sociopaths, Narcissists), 5. Introverts vs Extroverts, 6. Learning from mistakes (and why some refrain from pointing out mistakes), 7. Feeling unsafe in a team, 8. How to build teamwork (Visual Thanking Strategies, Improve?!?...), 9. The benefits of responding with Yes, and... vs Yes, but... 10. Tips to help kickstart your team building...and so much more. Dr. Goldman does an incredible job of discussing teamwork and how it's more than what many people perceive. He leverages his experience from his medical career to provide teamwork insights that apply to all organizations, industries, communities, and board rooms. You don't want to miss what he has to share. Enjoy!

Resilience - it's not just a buzzword. I talk with long-time respected Risk Management and international security expert, Robert Hall about Resilience. We touch on such things as: 1. Defining resilience 2. The need for societal engagement 3. Leadership 4. Risk 5. Community resilience 6. The UK Governments Resilience Framework (what it is, its strength, it's weaknesses, and it's future) 7. National Resilience 8. Building resilient futures 9. How volunteers can help with preparedness and response...and much more It’s a great conversation with some very interesting perspectives many people, organizations, and community leaders may not be thinking about. Enjoy!

To build resilience, whether in a team or an organization, a person needs to build psychological safety for themselves...but how. I talk with Psychologist, author, and the co-founder of the Academy of Brain-based Leadership (ABL), Dr. Dan Radecki, as we talk about the book he co-authored 'Psychological Safety: The key to happy, high-performing people and teams'. Dr. Radecki talks about: 1. Defining Psychological Safety, 2. The co-pilot (Pre-frontal cortex), 3. Biases (What it really is and how we can manage them), 4. The SAFETY model (Security, Autonomy, Fairness, Esteem, Trust, You), 5. How to build a resilient brain with NETS and TRAIN, 6. Understanding our triggers, 7. How mindfulness helps us with resiliency, 8. Building strong networks for resilience, 9. How to get started building a resilient team...and it's now what you think. Dr Radecki provides some incredible insights into how we can create resilience for ourselves, our organizations, and our communities but starting with ourselves. Enjoy!

The summer of 2023 is shaping up to be a crisis-filled time, so I talk to author, and crisis management expert, Regina Phelps, to make sense of it all. During our talk we touch on: 1. Wildfires and their big impact, 2. What professionals and organizations do to review their plans and responses to the impacts of wildfires (It's more than what you might think), 3. Permacrisis and Polycrisis (Let's face it, crises are here to stay for the foreseeable future), 4. Recent events in Russia and what it might mean for the Ukraine war, 5. Doing business in China (scary considerations), 6. Taiwan and computer chips (and the possible impact of its big neighbor), 7. Understanding the interconnectedness of supply chains and business operations (it's a tough one to get your head around)...and more. Another great chat with Regina about some key topics that impact our organizations during the summer of 2023; the summer of crises. Enjoy!

I’m joined by globally renown resilience team building expert, organizational psychologist, author, and entrepreneur, Kathryn McEwen. Resilience in the workplace is a topic organizations around the globe is tackling, and trying to understand what it really means and how to address it. Kathryn will help us understand this. During our discussion, Kathryn talks about: 1. Defining team resilience, 2. Building personal resilience at work, 3. Building resilient teams, 4. The impact and culture of organizational culture, 5. Measuring resilience, 6. Aligning team resilience with other disciplines (e.g., BCM, Risk, etc.), 7. DE&I...and so much more! Don't miss Kathryn great insights on how to build resilience - in ourselves and in our teams. It's one you don't want to miss. Enjoy!

Despite what many have been saying, resilience isn't something you can simply state yo are or that an organization can initiate. I'm joined by researcher and author, Dr. Robert Sinclair, who talks about the personal characteristics that can be used to promote resilience. During out chat, Dr Sinclair touches on: 1. Defining resilience (it's more than you think), 2. Capacity for resilience and the Demonstration of resilience, 3. Stressors, 4. Characteristics of resilience, 5. Leadership and resilience, 6. Discuss the POWER model, 7. Organizational participation in creating resilience, 8. The dark side of resilience, 9. Tips for individuals about resilience...and more. Dr Sinclair provides some insight into resilience not many are covering. It's not something you buy off a shelf or simply implement - it's much more personal than that. Enjoy!

To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive. (From book cover). I'm joined by transformational leadership expert and author or 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. Nicholas touches on: 1. Defining resilience, 2. Being vs Doing. 3. Leader as an Executor vs a Leader as a Healer, 4. Self-awareness, 5, Defining ones purpose (personal and as a group), 6, The importance of emotions, 7. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

Today I talk with globally recognized Crisis Management specialist, Regina Phelps. During a very enlightening discussion - intense and scary at times – We talk about: 1. A few comments about COVID being ‘over’ 2. What is a polycrisis? 3. Did 2012 predict today’s troubles? 4. Economic Risks & Impacts 5. Societal Risks & Impacts 6. Geopolitical Risks & Impacts 7. Evacuating Employees from troubled areas 8. Potential global and economic impacts if China attacks Taiwan 9. Expanding the BCM professionals focus As always, a very enlightening discussion with Regina. There are some insights here you do not want to miss. Enjoy!

Preparing for the Unexpected broadcasted live from the Continuity & Resilience Today (CRT) conference in Toronto, November 16 & 17, 2022. This episode captures interview segments we did with 3 conference speakers: 1. Kevin Newman (well-known journalist and anchor), 2. Chloe Demrovsky (President of the Disaster Recovery Institute International), 3. Brock Holowachuk (Past President of the Disaster Recovery Institute Canada). Enjoy!

I talk with recognized Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Emergency Management expert, Vito Mangialardi, as we talk about Fit for Duty. Fit for Duty means that an individual is in a physical, mental, and emotional state that enables them to perform the essential tasks of their work assignment…even under adverse and stressful situations. Isn’t that something Business Continuity, Crisis Management, and Emergency Management personnel should be concerned with? We talk about: 1. ‘Fit for Duty’ defined, 2. Duty impairments, 3. Managing fatigue…when people are already fatigued, 4. Policy, 5. Helping people with issues, 6. Safety issues, 7. Leadership and when a leader isn’t quite right for the role, 8. Managing issues when people with no training or awareness try to manage a situation, 9. Hierarchical issues, 10. Discussing Fit for Duty with 3rd Parties and Vendors, 11. Tips to help embed ‘Fit for Duty’ in your organization. Vito brings to light some interesting perspectives and insights with regards to Fit of Duty, and the things we need to consider. Remember, for many individuals, what they do and how they do it can have an impact on the life and safety of people they work with or are trying to help. Enjoy!