In this episode, Laurel Sim and Ed Hoffman are are live and together in person at the PMI - Southern Alberta Chapter's Professional Development Conference 2024 in Calgary, Alberta! This is a live recording from the conference, where Ed and Laurel take questions from the audience.
On this episode of the Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by David Nedohin, Founder & Chief Customer Officer at Scope AR and 3x World Curling Champion.
David brings more than 20 years of experience in business development and supporting customers at all stages of the customer journey to drive the company’s vision to revolutionize the world of industrial training, maintenance, manufacturing and field support with augmented reality (AR) technology.
In this role, David manages key relationships with industry partners and works with some of the world’s leading global companies including, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Johnson&Johnson, and Medtronic, among others. He also is an industry thought-leader, often presenting on some of the most practical use cases and AR success stories across industries at leading industry events.
Residing in Edmonton, Canada, David is also a 3x World Curling Champion and National team member for 10 years in waterskiing.
David has recently been inducted into Canada’s Sport Hall of Fame (Class of 2023) as part of Team Ferbey Curling Team.
Learn more about Scope AR: https://us.scopear.com/
On this episode of the Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Laura Dostaler, Professional Hockey Player and Program Director Girls Hockey Calgary.
Laura Dostaler plays hockey professionally with the PWHPA and the CWHL with the Calgary Inferno, winning a Clarkson Cup Championship with the Inferno in 2018.
Laura is currently the Program Director for Girls Hockey Calgary, where she enjoys the opportunity to give back to the game and pass on the skills she’s learned to the up-and-coming generation.
Laura is passionate about inspiring and empowering female athletes to become the best athlete they can become. She believes sports hold a unique role in becoming the best version of ourselves, and living a healthier, and joy filled, life.
Follow Laura on Instagram @lauradostaler
At the start of 2024, Laurel Sim joined Ed Hoffman at Columbia University to speak with the Navigating the Future of Work Masters Class.
During this episode Ed and Laurel engage with the students and answer questions.
On this episode of the Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Tara Dafoe, a TV Director, Writer, and Script Supervisor.
Tara is based in Vancouver, and has a deep passion for film that originated in her hometown of Calgary. As a proud member and advocate of the LGBTQIA+ community, Tara brings her background in competitive softball, where she excelled as a player and coach, to her work in the film industry. Starting her journey as a Script Supervisor on an indie film, Tara's unwavering dedication and exceptional talent propelled her to the position of Director on the renowned TV series Riverdale. Throughout her time on the show, Tara has successfully directed multiple episodes, showcasing her remarkable skills and creative vision. With an unyielding commitment to honing her craft, Tara is determined to continue writing, producing, and directing her own compelling content in the future.
On this episode of the Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Mia Eng, Partner of Cognascent Inc., Executive Coach, and a certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator and trainer.
Mia is an executive coach, facilitator, and consultant who partners with individuals and organizations on their journey to develop the leadership capability that is aligned to their vision and mission. She is on a mission to normalize critical characteristics and habits such as self-awareness, adaptability, and accountability to cultivate the small-L leadership that enables individual, team, and organizational success.
Mia has been coaching and facilitating individuals and teams using a variety of tools and techniques -- including LEGO Serious Play -- to enable deeper discovery, insight, and communication. And Mia has also been “passing it on” by training other facilitators, managers, consultants, and even war game designers to use LEGO Serious Play to engage others. Next up, she will start training professional coaches on the use of LEGO Serious Play in 1:1 coaching – a personal project two years in the making.
Mia has direct experience serving clients across a diverse range of sectors and geographies including engineering services, hospitality, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, professional services, the Canadian military (including a regiment she can’t name publicly!) and various fire and emergency services departments.
For more information on Mia’s work, Cognascent, and LEGO Serious Play, or to connect with Mia, check out the links below!
On this episode of the Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Dr. Nabeel Ahmad, co-founder of changeforce.ai
changeforce.ai is an AI-powered consulting firm and data analysis platform that monitors sentiment in real-time. He teaches at Columbia University in human capital management topics on organizational learning strategy, digital HR and the digital workplace.
Nabeel authors the Four Minute University, where he shares actionable tips to learn better, using best practices and evidence-based approaches.
If you want to learn more about the work Nabeel is doing, or check out some of the resources he mentioned in the podcast, we invite you to explore the links below!
On this episode of the Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Jordon Sims, Founding Partner of Imperium Global Advisors. Jordon has many years of legislative, political, and professional advocacy experience globally. Most recently, he was the Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX), the senior Republican for the House Appropriations Committee and the most senior Republican woman in Congress overall. He has also served as a nuclear-trained submarine officer in the U.S. Navy, which included assignments as the foreign liaison for the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), and Secretary of Defense (SECDEF). Jordon’s variety of assignments also included work as the Special Advisor to the Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion (Naval Reactors), in a dual-hatted Department of Defense and Department of Energy role, responsible for all aspects of governmental affairs for the US submarine and aircraft carrier programs. Building upon his work with the defense and energy industrial base, Jordon has led global corporate and government relations teams and initiatives across a variety of markets and jurisdictions in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Australia, U.K., E.U., India, and China. His work has spanned the technology, energy, financial services, defense, healthcare, and infrastructure sectors in both government policy and management strategy. He has served as a contributor to the World Economic Forum working groups for developing economies in the areas of long-term investment planning and infrastructure development. In addition to this work, he has also served in leadership roles for executive and board advisement in large global organizations. Jordon has volunteered time for local youth sports in Maryland, remains involved in an advisory role for the Governor of Maryland’s finance committee and campaign efforts, and serves as “Entrepreneur in Residence on the faculty for Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies - Information and Knowledge Strategy Program - as the co-lead for “The Future of Work.”
On this episode of The Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Maestro Roger Nierenberg, Symphony Conductor and Creator of The Music Paradigm.
Maestro Roger Nierenberg made his New York conducting debut at Avery Fisher with the Pro Arte Chorale and Orchestra. He was soon invited to conduct operas in two successive seasons at the Mostly Mozart Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center. Thereafter followed long, successful tenures as Music Director of both the Stamford Symphony in Connecticut and the Jacksonville Symphony in Florida. Guest conducting invitations came from the National Symphony, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Detroit Symphony, the Saint Louis Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the San Diego Symphony, and many other great American orchestras. Abroad he has recorded with the London Philharmonic and conducted at both the Prague Spring Festival and the Beijing Festival. He has collaborated with many of the most renowned solo artists and composers of our time.
During his tenure with the Jacksonville Symphony, the seeds were planted that would lead Maestro Nierenberg to a startling departure from the conventional, through the unparalleled creation of The Music Paradigm. Through his experiences engaging with community businesses and civic leaders, he became curious about the challenges and opportunities faced by organizations in times of rapid change. He quickly realized how crucial issues of organizational development could be powerfully brought to life within an orchestra. Thus was born The Music Paradigm, which has taken Mr. Nierenberg to the podium of over ninety different orchestras, hundreds of different organizations, from civic groups to Fortune 500 companies, in two dozen different countries. Many of the lessons learned on this journey are presented in his book Maestro: A Surprising Story About Leading by Listening which was honored in 2009 as the Best Leadership Book from 800-CEO-READ.
Information about Roger’s book can be found here: https://www.musicparadigm.com/maestro/
Learn more about Roger and The Music Paradigm through the links below:
https://www.musicparadigm.com/
On this episode of The Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Alan McInally, Scottish former professional footballer. Alan played for Ayr United, Celtic, Aston Villa, Bayern Munich and Kilmarnock. After playing for Kilmarnock during the 1993/94 season, McInally retired from playing football. He has since worked in the media, most notably for the Sky Sports show Soccer Saturday. He also commentated on the FIFA 19 video game.
On this episode of The Mission Driven Leader, Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Nick Sonnenberg, Entrepreneur, Inc. columnist, guest lecturer at Columbia University, and the author of Come Up for Air: How Teams Can Leverage Systems and Tools to Stop Drowning in Work.
He is the Founder and CEO of Leverage, a leading operational efficiency consultancy that helps companies implement his CPR® Business Efficiency Framework. This is the culmination of Nick’s unique perspective on the value of time, efficiency, and automation which stems in part from the eight years he spent working as a high-frequency trader on Wall Street. The CPR (Communication, Planning, and Resources) Framework consistently results in greater output, less stress, happier employees, and the potential to gain an extra full day per week in productivity per person—just by using the right tools in the right way, at the right time. Nick and his team have worked with organizations of all sizes and across all industries, from high-growth startups to the Fortune 10.
For more information about Nick's book and his company, Leverage, check out the links below!
Company website - Leverage - Leaders in Optimizing Team Performance (getleverage.com)
Book website - Come Up For Air Book by Nick Sonnenberg
On this episode Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by Gregory Robinson, Former Program Director, James Webb Space Telescope.
Mr. Robinson has over 30 years of engineering, program and project management, and senior executive leadership at NASA.
Mr. Robinson was the Program Director of the $10B James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), which launched Christmas Day 2021. Webb is currently providing never seen before images and data of our amazing universe. He was formerly the Deputy Associate Administrator for Programs, NASA Science Mission Directorate, overseeing the development and operations of 114 flight projects.
Mr. Robinson held the position of Deputy Director of NASA’s John Glenn Research Center, consisting of 3,200 employees, where the scope spans research and technology, aeronautics, science spaceflight, and human spaceflight. He served as NASA’s Deputy Chief Engineer and was engaged with numerous satellite developments and launches, as well as the final 21 space shuttle launches. Mr. Robinson also served as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Systems at NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, leading the acquisition and management of all weather satellite systems. He previously spent 11 years in various leadership positions at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Mr. Robinson serves as faculty at the Columbia University, School of Professional Studies, Information & Knowledge Strategy program; he also served as faculty at the George Washington University, Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering.
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Ed Hoffman, former Chief Knowledge officer of NASA and Laurel Sim, Partner and Vice President of Portfolio Management at Taleo are back for Season 2 of The Mission Driven Leader!
In this episode, Ed and Laurel reflect on all of the incredible guests we had in Season 1, and look forward to another exciting year of great conversation and learning.
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On this episode Ed Hoffman and Laurel Sim are joined by CJ Gross, Founder of Ascension Worldwide, Author and TEDx Speaker.
Ascension Worldwide is a firm dedicated to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity training and consulting based in the Washington, D.C. area. CJ has 20-years of experience as an international organizational development consultant specializing in leadership development and Diversity and Inclusion. CJ is a certified Social + Emotional Intelligence coach, trainer, Keirsey Temperament professional, Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Administrator, and executive coach, with additional expertise in organizational mediation.
In addition, CJ has worked with domestic and international leaders from Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and government agencies on their Diversity and Inclusion strategies and initiatives. This training and experience enabled CJ to help clients explore impactful strategies for identity, diversity, inclusion, equity, and access from a unique vantage point.
CJ recently published a book titled, "What's Your Zip Code Story?: Understanding and Overcoming Class Bias in the Workplace". What’s Your Zip Code Story helps clarify the intersection of class bias and racial disparity in the workplace and arms organizations with the knowledge to not only have productive discussions, but also adopt effective solutions.
Learn more about Ascension Worldwide here: https://ascensionworldwide.com/
On this episode Ed and Laurel are joined by Laurence Prusak, Ph.D.
Laurence Prusak was born in Brooklyn, NY and studied the History of Ideas in undergrad and graduate schools. After leaving academics as a career, he became interested in how organizations work and found work at several management consulting firms. Laurence was fortunate to land a job helping Ernst and Young develop a research and development office in Boston, and it was there when he met Tom Davenport and they became very interested in the role of knowledge in organizational life. Together they wrote a book called Working Knowledge which propelled the knowledge management movement. After that Laurence founded the IBM Institute for Knowledge Management and then became an advisor to NASA, the World Bank, and McKinsey and CO.
Laurence has co-authored 7 books and edited 4 others, as well as having written over 60 articles and have facilitated talks and courses at over 40 universities around the world. Laurence is also the co-author of The Smart Mission: NASA’s Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People, and Projects (MIT Press, August 2022), alongside Ed Hoffman and Matthew Kohut.
On this episode, Ed and Laurel are joined by Matthew Kohut.
Matthew Kohut is the managing partner of KNP Communications. He has prepared CEOs, elected officials, entrepreneurs, ambassadors, scientists, and best-selling authors for events ranging from television appearances to board meetings to TED talks. Matt has held appointments at George Washington University and Bennington College. He is the co-author of The Smart Mission (MIT Press, August 2022) and Compelling People: The Hidden Qualities That Make Us Influential, and his writing has appeared in publications ranging from Harvard Business Review to Newsweek.
Social Media:
@Matthew_Kohut on Twitter
Laurel and Ed are joined by Heather Nedohin, Canadian and World Junior Curling Champion.
Heather Nedohin grew up in Fort St. John, British Columbia as Heather Godberson is now a non-competing Canadian curler from Sherwood Park, Alberta. She is a former Canadian and World Junior Champion (1996), 3 X Scott Tournament of Hearts Champion (1998, 2012, 2021) and a 2 X World Bronze Medalist. She has competed on the Canadian tour for 20 years and has been a national training athlete/ team member. Most recently, Heather was the coach of Team Canada Women's Curling (Team Einarson) in the 2020 - 2021 season. She is married to 3 X World Champion David Nedohin.
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Twitter - @hnedohin / @shpkcurlingclub
Facebook - @shpkcurlingclub
Instagram - @shpkcurlingclub
On this episode Ed and Laurel are joined by Jessica Fox.
Jessica is a tv/film director, author and nerd whisperer with over 15 years of directing experience and credits that span award-winning film, theater and TV. Her memoir, “Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets” was ‘romantic memoir of the year’ (Daily Mail) and is in development with Annapurna Pictures. Her latest film, “Stella” is a historical retelling of Cinderella, and she currently creates/stars in the Youtube series “My Famous Dead Boyfriend”.
Off set, Jessica created The Open Book, Airbnb’s most popular destination in the world, and is a storytelling consultant for science organizations like NASA. Jessica is XpoNorth's film sector specialist.
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https://www.instagram.com/filmfoxwrite/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafoxwriterdirector/
Laurel and Ed are joined by Olympic Silver Medalist and professional hockey player Daryl Boyle on this episode of the Mission Driven Leader Podcast.
Daryl was born and raised in Sparwood, BC. and moved with his family when he was around 12 years old to Lethbridge, AB and has continued to call Lethbridge home ever since. Daryl put on his first pair of hockey skates and stepped on the ice when he was 3 years old when his dad was coaching his older brother’s hockey team and would bring him out to all the practices.
Daryl played 4 years in the Western Hockey League and after that he started his professional hockey career and has been playing ever since. Internationally, Daryl played for the German National Team for about 5-6 years. He played at the 2016 World Hockey Championships and then at the 2018 Olympics, where he took home a silver medal. Daryl has since retired from the German National team and has shifted his focus on continuing his career with EHC Red Bull München and spending more time with his family. Daryl has been married to his lovely wife Dawn since 2018 and together they have a 2.5 year old son named Brees, who keeps them on their toes. Daryl and Dawn are expecting their second child in August.
On this episode of the Mission Driven Leader Ed and Laurel are joined by sports journalist and sports talk host on TSN 1260, Jason Gregor.
Jason is a sports talk radio host on TSN 1260 in Edmonton weekdays from 2-6 p.m. He began his radio career in 2001 after graduating with honours from NAIT’s Radio and Television Arts program, and he has hosted his own sports talk show since 2003. In 2005, he started his own broadcasting company, Just A Game Productions, and he operates every aspect of his show: on-air, sales, marketing and promotions.
In addition to his daily talk show he is the lead columnist on OilersNation.com and co-host of the DFO Rundown podcast with Frank Seravalli at www.Dailyfaceoff.com
Besides being an avid sports enthusiast, Jason is very passionate about philanthropy and community involvement. In the past decade he has raised over $2.5 million on his radio show for charities including, The MS Bike Tour, Santas Anonymous, The Christmas Bureau, Alzheimer’s Faceoff, Operation Friendship Seniors Society, Adopt-A-Teen and many more. He founded The Gregor Foundation in 2014. The Foundation provides high school boys, who can’t afford it, a brand new suit, shirt, ties and shoes for their graduation.
Jason was named a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International in 2014 and was named one of Edmonton’s Top 40 under 40 in 2011. Jason currently resides in St.Albert with his wife and son. #podcast #leader #sports