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The Catalyst by Softchoice

A documentary-style podcast about how IT leaders tackle high-stakes transformations.Each episode weaves together real voices, expert insights, and compelling narratives that reveal universal challenges and practical wisdom.Season 7: "Small Teams, Big Dreams" explores the human stories behind IT transformations—from AI adoption experiments to burnout crises, from toxic job markets to infrastructure decisions that matter. These aren"t polished case studies. These are authentic accounts from IT

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26:27

Neighborly Software: Digitizing social equity

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2021/11/17

There are currently trillions of dollars' worth of government funding in the US being processed every day through cities, counties and states, all aimed at bettering the communities who need it. But the reality is that despite the best intentions, all the administrative work needed to actually roll out that funding is slowing everything down. That means that government funding is not going to where it's supposed to. So, is there anything anyone can do about it? In this episode, Erika Van

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31:43

VMware Cloud: Helping IT teams manage change.

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2021/11/03

The demands to move to the cloud faster are increasing as IT leaders face growing pressure to address mounting operational and business challenges. Now, they’re looking across the entirety of their infrastructure with a new lens and a push to challenge the status quo. However, skills developed in the traditional data center or private cloud environment don’t translate easily to public cloud infrastructure - so what do IT leaders do now? In this episode, Erika is joined by Claude Reeves, Vice

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23:40

Connected North: The future for remote, Indigenous...

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2021/10/20

Only 24% of households in Indigenous communities across Canada have access to modern, highspeed Internet, which means students in these places aren’t getting the same new digital learning experiences as kids throughout the most of the country. Now, a program called Connected North is aiming to change all of that. In this episode, Michael Furdyk joins Erika Van Noort to discuss how Connected North is using two-way telepresence video technology to enhance the classroom experience in Indigenous

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24:05

Ransomware: Fueled by money

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2021/10/06

The nature of ransomware attacks is evolving to a level of viciousness that impacts humanity as we know it. While the end game is typically money, today ransomware attacks threaten people’s lives and our world. Ransomware has become a service and an industry. So, what can we do about it? In this episode, Andrea Knoblauch joins Erika Van Noort to share the big picture on the ransomware landscape and inspire you to swap a reactive approach to ransomware and move toward a new, cloud-forward,

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Season 3 Trailer: Into the After

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2021/09/15

The new normal is here, and that means the gap between humanity and technology is quickly disappearing. While the pandemic was a catalyst for tech innovations making record speed, it doesn’t seem like things are slowing down any time soon. Tech leaders of the 2020’s across all industries and sectors are still busy, shaping our future and our world as we know it. This season, we’re exploring digital transformation and talking to tech leaders who are inspired by people. We’re looking ahead at what the

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24:16

How the pandemic prompted a retail revolution

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2021/08/04

The pandemic caused a major change to retail tech and the customer experience, from eCommerce, to in-store, to mobile apps. In this episode Erika is joined by retail veteran, Michael LeBlanc, to unpack how these changes worked out. What is the future of retail going to look like, post-pandemic? Featuring: Michael LeBlanc, Founder, Strategic Advisor, Keynote Speaker and Host at the Remarkable Retail Podcast Special appearances by: Noureddine Talmoudi, Solution Marketing Manager for Workplace

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33:13

Back to the office?

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2021/07/21

Recently we've been hearing the same story from Softchoice customers: they’re concerned about how to prepare their people for the journey back to the office. Today, “the office” is a tool among other workplace tools – and we need to reimagine how that space is best used . In this episode, Softchoice colleagues, Jeff Gwinnett and David Erlich, join Erika Van Noort to get the insider scoop on the types of barriers that organizations are facing as they prepare for the return to the office and

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28:46

Paging Dr. Innovation: Healthcare’s 2020 evolution...

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2021/07/07

The shift to digital collaboration in the workplace hasn’t just impacted regular office-goers – it changed the game for frontline healthcare workers, too. Katie Poolton, Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft is one of the people guiding the healthcare industry through this massive change, and joins Erika Van Noort to discuss how the pandemic helped radically evolve digital healthcare collaboration and the patient experience. Featuring: Katie Poolton, Product Marketing Manager at

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26:02

New tech adoption challenges; something's got to give...

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2021/06/23

In order to power the major shift to the remote workplace, enterprises drastically changed the tools and applications we use to get work done - and faster than they ever anticipated! As a result, organizations are now dealing with employee burnout and overheating laptops filled with apps wondering where they went wrong. Luisa Colmenares, Director of Workplace Innovation at Softchoice joins Erika Van Noort to examine the gaps, learning curves and challenges created by the rush to evolve, and share

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20:46

The new ROI of Cloud

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2021/06/09

The pandemic might have accelerated the journey to Cloud – but it hasn’t made the road there any less bumpy. We speak to Craig McQueen about the pitfalls – new and old – of cloud migration, and the amazing value and innovation you can unlock with a well-executed cloud strategy. Featuring: Craig McQueen, Vice President of Innovation at Softchoice The Catalyst by Softchoice is the podcast shining a light on the human side of IT leaders and reframing our relationship with technology. Are you a

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35:09

Innovation and DE&I: What’s the connection?

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2021/05/26

The tech sector has an important role to play in the efforts toward an inclusive and equitable world for all, giving us a unique opportunity to re-evaluate what “innovation” truly means. In this episode, we meet up with Cisco Canada’s President Shannon Leininger to discuss how the world of DE&I has evolved in the technology industry and how IT leaders can amplify Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to succeed.Featuring: Shannon Leininger, President, Cisco Canada Special appearance by: Robbin

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Employee cybersecurity training: Your first and last...

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2021/05/12

A few episodes ago, we talked to David Kennedy about the new obstacles that IT leaders are facing - as cybersecurity threats get more advanced and even more dangerous. But there was a lot more to this conversation that we had to unpack. Why are employees and people still the weakest link? What part of security awareness training isn’t sticking? Erika Van Noort meets up with Sharyl Givens, Chief Human Resources Officer at Proofpoint to unpack the tangible steps you can use to protect your people and

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32:28

Accessibility is good for business

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2021/04/28

The major shift to a digital world over the last year created innovations and mindset changes that people with disabilities have been waiting on for years. Today, our values and dollars have never been more connected, and that means that organizations that are prioritizing accessibility are seeing some big benefits! So how important is accessibility to both your culture and bottom line? Ricardo Wagner, Accessibility Lead at Microsoft joins Erika Van Noort to discuss how the shifts to an accessible

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32:57

The hack that changed everything

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2021/04/14

The year 2020 was one of many turning points in the IT industry, so when it comes to cybersecurity, you’d hope there were some silver linings, right? Well, we might have some bad news. In the year since the global pandemic hit, hackers have gotten more sophisticated and dangerous. In this episode, David Kennedy, renowned cybersecurity leader and best-selling author, returns to the podcast to take a look at the major SolarWinds attack, the new obstacles for IT and best practices for securing your

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33:35

Saving work-life balance… with data

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2021/03/31

Business leaders have access to more employee data than ever before. But, as with everything else that’s happened with the shift to remote working, there are risks in every opportunity. Unified communications thought leader Kevin Keiller and Microsoft’s Sherief Ibrahim join Erika Van Noort to examine the ethical issues and the positive impact these new data and intelligence capabilities bring to the workforce of the future. Featuring: Sherief Ibrahim, GM of Modern Workplace Devices at

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36:52

Making Hybrid Work

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2021/03/17

We aren’t ever going back to the office – at least not in the same way. So what does that mean for the workplace, and even what “work” really is? IT leaders today are tasked with rapidly building the infrastructure, security and user experience needed to create a sustainable and modern Hybrid Workplace. But they’re also operating with no playbook in hand! In this episode, Erika speaks to a thought leader about the future of work, as well as Softchoice’s own SVP about scaling a new way of

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Season 2 Trailer: No Turning Back

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2021/03/03

The year 2020 saw IT leaders quickly adapting to a new world, creating changes that sometimes felt like they were a long-time coming. Now, a year later, the only way forward is to keep up the courage and continue to push ahead with bold new ideas. There’s no turning back. This season, we’re once again shining a spotlight on the intersection of people and technology. We'll find out where the hybrid workplace is headed and re-examine what “work” actually means these days. We’ll figure out how

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31:27

We made it through 2020. So, now what?

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2020/12/23

The year 2020 pushed us all to great lengths to achieve things we never thought possible – and it was no exception for those in the IT space. With the year almost behind us, the question is: what now? In this episode, host Erika van Noort is joined by her Softchoice colleague Aaron Brooks – Senior Director of Strategy -- for a year-end, season finale. Together they review the key insights we uncovered from our co-workers and our tech leaders in Season 1 and look forward to how these same

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Cooking up disruption: How restaurants will come back...

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2020/12/09

As Canada’s longest-running restaurant chain, White Spot and Triple O's Restaurants served more than 17 million guests last year. But since the world nearly stopped in March 2020, Vice President of IT Shauna Begley has been tasked with finding innovative solutions to keep burgers and shakes a part of people’s everyday lives. In this episode we’re taking a deep dive into the new user experience of dining out. What design innovation will result in a safer date night? Or, will we still be eating

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26:52

Will technology save the travel industry?

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2020/11/25

For nearly a century, the way people travelled the world didn’t change much. And then came COVID-19. Now, Erika Van Noort feels strange leaving her house at all. In this episode, Erika sets out to understand the ever-present relationship between travel and technology and what is top of mind for travelers, industry leaders and travel bloggers alike. In a featured interview, Erika meets up with Derek Marshall, Chief Technology Officer at TripStack, a B2B travel technology company. They talk about the

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