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WorkPlace Radio

Jim Ellis & Gary Hepworth

Welcome to WorkPlace Radio, a new weekly radio/podcast series that dives into the evolving world of work across Canada. From hybrid models and AI integration to labour shortages and shifting employee expectations, the modern Canadian workplace is undergoing a transformation like never before. Each episode explores the trends, challenges, and innovations reshaping how we work, where we work, and what we expect from our careers.

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54:54

What Is Organizational Resilience? with Gary Hepworth

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/11/07

An insightful chat with Gary Hepworth, CEO of PeopleView, about Organizational Resilience. It's an incredibly popular topic in business today and Gary breaks it down into what it is, what it takes and why it's critical to business now.

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57:36

What Are SMB's Saying These Days? with Ryan Mallough

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/10/31

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54:48

Todays Workplace Options with Ken Dietrich

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/10/24

We’re particularly excited about our interview with guest Ken Dietrich, today as we talk about Options for Today’s Workspace. A seasoned leader and entrepreneur, he is the owner and operator of Venture X Etobicoke, a prominent and innovative co-working space located in Toronto’s Etobicoke district. Ken has built a reputation for blending entrepreneurial vision with practical execution. His approach emphasizes community, flexibility, and innovation, qualities that are reflected in how Venture X

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47:42

The Evolution of Workplace Conflict Today

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/10/17

A fascinating and sometimes disturbing discussion with author, artist and at his centre, social worker and therapist, Richard Schwindt, MSW, about the phenomenon of workplace mobbing and how the power of social media and a culture of today's "influencers" have evolved mobbing, and overall workplace conflict today. His powerful book from 2016 entitled Emotional Recovery from Workplace Mobbing: A guide for targets and their supports, speaks to the phenomenon that has been in the workplace for years,

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49:19

The 3% Rule with Jeppe Hansgaard

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/10/10

Both fascinating and insightful, we chatted with Jeppe Hansgaard, CEO of Innovisor about their discovery of The 3% Rule, and the brilliant tool it has become for their change management practice. The tool provides insight as to how 3% of your employees shape the opinions of 90% of their colleagues.

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49:53

What Happened To Emotional Intelligence with Phil...

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/10/03

This week we sat down with Phil Johnson, CEO of The Master of Business Leadership Academy, here in Toronto, Canada, to talk about what happened to emotional intelligence. With people quitting and referring to toxic workplaces, many of the times because of "bad bosses", many seem to have lost their ability to behave and collaborate. A fascinating chat with Phil!

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01:02:06

Training In the Workplace Today - what are companies...

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/09/26

Along with today's workplace news updates this week, for our favourite part of the show, we sat down with Mary Brady of Brady Talent Development for an insightful discussion about what companies are focused on these days when it comes to training in today's workplace. Its a dynamic time when it comes to learning in the pace of so many subject areas so this conversation was timely..... and Mary really put it together for us. A great listen for any size workplace.....

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01:01:04

The Ripple Effect - Returns with Marc Kealey and...

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/09/19

An interview so fascinating that we had to bring it back for another reply, as we've had so many listeners ask for it. From earlier this year we sat down with Marc Kealey and the Honourable David Tsubouchi to talk about their upcoming book "The Ripple Effect". An insightful discussion about the power of networking and its value in business, the workplace and life in general. This interview required two episodes (both included in this one) as we all got into a conversation that we just couldn't

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58:12

Are New Grads Ready For Today's Workplace? with Simon...

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/09/12

An insightful chat with Simon Brown, a college professor, management consultant and soon-to-be author about the challenges of the different generations in today's workplace and how prepared anyone is to perform and lead in this complex mix of behaviours. While the original premise of the show was to focus on GenZ and their effects on the workplace, it was clear by the end of the interview that all the generations are challenged by a weakness in their emotional intelligence. Fascinating chat.

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56:07

Episode 17 - The Invaluable Power of Onboarding with...

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/08/26

A fascinating show featuring a full hour with our co-hosts Gary Hepworth & Jim Ellis as the discuss The Invaluable Power of Onboarding. Referring to their consulting practice areas, they share what they are seeing in businesses of all sizes as they wrestle with staff retention, turnover, re-recruiting and the costs and impacts on other functions..... and customers. A great learning session on what onboarding programs should include..... and not include.

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01:02:16

Organizational Resilience with special guest...

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/08/22

We sat down this week with Marie-Chantal Cote of SunLife for an insightful and educational discussion on the subject of Organizational Resilience. It truly was impactful to understand how most organizations of all sizes are really challenged these days to be resilient in a very uncertain world around us today. But SunLife has taken an impressive lead here.

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56:16

Workplace Scams Today with special guest Detective...

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/08/15

Another great show at WorkPlace Radio and this time with special guest Detective David Coffey of the Toronto Police Services, Financial Crimes Unit, as we talk about WorkPLace Scams Today. It was a particularly insightful discussion as the problem is far more pervasive than any of us think and it's here to stay and grow!

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01:25:34

Tools Towards A New Workplace

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/08/08

A deep and fascinating discussion with Regan Inkster, author of the forthcoming book Organizational Phi: Unlocking Conscious Performance. If you take a systems architect, an organizational theorist, an organizational designer and give them the power of AI to research the historical performance of organizations, Regan has arrived at some powerful observations of what maybe has worked in the past and more recently has clearly not. The book also points to his creation of "Phi Scores" that can be used

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01:00:12

New Workplaces for Retirees

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/08/01

An insightful interview with Ellis Katsof, author of the popular book, Life 3.0: Protirement NOT Retirement as we talk about New Workplaces for Retirees. It's a brilliant book for anyone approaching retirement or well down the path. With 100 interviews from celebrities to regular folks, with Ellis talking about some of the interviews that really stood out. It's the perfect book for retirees today. You're really doing to join this one!

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01:00:14

Insights for SMB's and Aspiring Entrepreneurs

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/07/25

This week we sat down (virtually) with David Girolami of the Business Development Bank of Canada, better known as the BDC. It was a particularly interesting discussion as we learned about another arm of the BDC beyond financing.... they have a comprehensive advisory group as well built to support the success of entrepreneurs. Of particular interest was David's ongoing experiences, working with small business and entrepreneurs regarding their challenges in today's changing economic world and the

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01:00:58

Generational Wealth: The Entrepreneur's Legacy

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/07/19

This week we sat down with Dwayne Rettinger of the Rettinger Group to talk about Generational Wealther, often referred to as The Entrepreneur's Legacy. It's a fascinating discussions about a subject that few entrepreneurs tend to ponder until they're close to retirement, and often when family challenges can emerge or opportunities lost by not thinking about it sooner. A great chat and a bit of a wake up call!

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37:44

The Value of Authenticity In Business Today

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/07/11

The best way to describe Jeppe and his team at Innovisor is in how they've taken the discipline of change management into the science of change management. An illuminating discussion for practitioners and business leaders who have been following conventional change models for years..... while Innovisor has been mapping and researching their effects in the background. And a perfect lead into the criticality of authenticity in business today.....

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36:27

On Reflection - Insights For Today's Entrepreneur

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/07/04

Co-hosts Jim Ellis and Gary Hepworth reflect on WorkPlace Radio's first 8 episodes and highlight the many learnings from their guest interviews, specific to today's entrepreneur. Some truly insightful nuggets whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or a seasoned one that you can apply today. Thanks to all of our guests!

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36:24

Today's Job Market In Canada

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/06/28

A fabulous chat with Donna Milton, CEO of Catalyst Connections as we talk about the changing job market in Canada today. We discuss the uncertainties that current trade rumblings are causing on the job market, who's hiring, who's not and hiring trends over the past 6 to 12 months. A great snapshot for today for those looking for a job, hiring for a job or just curious about what's going on!

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34:00

A New Government..... A New Workplace

WorkPlace Radio ·

2025/06/20

An insightful discussion with Yvan Baker MP of Etobicoke Centre on the number of new governement initiatives that will have a direct impact on today's workplace. On the opportunities of elmination interprovincial trade barriers to some of the large scale infrastructure projects planned, it's clear that a focus on strengthening Canada will lead to new revenues and jobs for Canada.

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