Podcasts by Disruptors
Disruptors, an RBC podcast, is an ongoing series hosted by SVP John Stackhouse about reimagining Canada’s economy in a time of unprecedented change. It features thought-provoking conversations with Canadian business and innovation leaders about planting the seeds of a new economy.
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MLSE's David Hopkinson on Raptors Uprising and eSports from 2023-12-14T10:32:52.978708
RBCDisruptors host John Stackhouse sat down with MLSE's David Hopkinson in December to talk about Raptors Uprising and the rise of eSports.
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MLSE's David Hopkinson on Raptors Uprising and eSports from 2022-03-07T10:45:35.677167
RBCDisruptors host John Stackhouse sat down with MLSE's David Hopkinson in December to talk about Raptors Uprising and the rise of eSports.
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MLSE's David Hopkinson on Raptors Uprising and eSports from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.682888
RBCDisruptors host John Stackhouse sat down with MLSE's David Hopkinson in December to talk about Raptors Uprising and the rise of eSports.
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Canada's AI Challenge with RBC CEO David McKay & Integrate.AI CEO Steve Irvine from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.677686
Is Canada falling behind on artificial intelligence? How can we turn machine learning into successful products? And how do you compete for talent against Facebook and Google? RBC CEO David McKay an...
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The NFL's Maryann Turcke on Sports Content in the Mobile Age from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.675544
The NFL is a TV ratings juggernaut: 19 of the 20 most-viewed broadcasts in U.S. history are Super Bowls. But the league is facing new challenges to its dominance in the age of mobile video, at the ...
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Freshco's Mandy Rennehan on Women in Trades from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.674167
There’s a serious skilled trades shortage in Canada. Carpenters, plumbers and electricians are retiring faster than they can be replaced. Here’s an easy answer for the problem: encourage more women...
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Estonia: The World's First Digital Democracy from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.650355
If you’re looking for the future of digital government, you’ll find it in the unlikeliest place: the tiny European nation of Estonia. The country offers nearly all of its government services online...
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Next Gen Entrepreneurs Event Highlights (Aug. 21, 2018) from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.643371
With traditional career paths in flux, some millennials are choosing entrepreneurship and staking their future on themselves. At a special RBCDisruptors session for RBC's summer interns, three youn...
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Mental Health In The Digital Age Event Highlights (Sept. 26, 2018) from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.642036
Millions of people have turned to wearables to track their steps, monitor their heart rate and sleeping patterns, and more. For many of us, the fitness tracker is a constant companion. Should track...
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Willing To Fail: The Disruptive Force of an Entrepreneurial Mindset Event Highlights (Feb. 27, 2019) from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.635252
Hauling away other people's junk, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? founder Brian Scudamore has seen it all: a mountain of escargot shells, a naked man and $400,000 in cash hidden under the floorboards. A lifelong e...
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"Hey Alexa, What's Next for Voice Tech?" Event Highlights (March 28, 2019) from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.626740
The most common question people ask their voice tech assistant isn't “How's the weather?" Not anymore. Today, it's “Alexa, will you marry me?" With 80,000 skills and growing, marriage is maybe the ...
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The Future of Shipping Event Highlights (April 3, 2019) from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.585304
Global shipping ushered in the modern economy — but in 2019, it still has a 19th-century problem: too much paperwork. With growth in global trade contracting, there is tremendous pressure to find e...
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AI for Good? (June 6, 2019) from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.582237
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are moving at a staggering pace but big hurdles remain to dreams like self-driving cars and personalized medicine. What are the risks, opportunities, an...
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From Burberry to Apple: A Shift in Retail (July 8, 2019) from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.579191
There is a shift happening in retail. Angela Ahrendts, former SVP of Retail at Apple and CEO at Burberry joined us on RBC Disruptors to discuss the trends she's seen from her time at two iconic glo...
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In Conversation with Two Next Gen Entrepreneurs from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.575619
The changing nature of work is keeping millennials and gen Z up at night. In a tech-driven economy, the path to success is no longer clear -- so young people are taking control. On this episode of...
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The Audience Strikes Back from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.567953
Peoples’ viewing habits are shifting dramatically, with the rise of streaming services and mobile viewing – yet, digital isn’t stopping live entertainment from drawing crowds. Cameron Bailey and Jo...
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The Skills Shift from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.565736
In the age of automation, we are undergoing a skills shift. By 2022, 54% of frontline workers will need significant reskilling. Carol Leaman, CEO of Axonify joined us on RBC Disruptors to discuss h...
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Can Alberta Tech Transform Global Energy? from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.481096
Alberta was already deeply challenged heading into 2020. The twin blows of COVID-19 and a global price war for oil has left the economy reeling. Can the province turn this crisis into an opportunit...
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How the COVID-19 Crisis will Transform Higher Education from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.475366
The mass transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic will have lasting impacts on how Canadians are educated, ultimately offering students more say in where, when and how they learn....
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Small Business’s Digital Pivot from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.473913
COVID-19 pushed Canada into the first recession since the mass adoption of smartphones. Entering 2020, Canada had more than 500,000 businesses that were predominantly analog. The crisis has served ...
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Beyond the Cart: How Grocery Commerce is Transforming from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.467985
When we look back on the beginnings of this pandemic, food supply and grocery commerce are top of mind. The rush to stock up on household supplies and find what we needed to keep our families safe ...
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Beyond Silicon Valley: Why We Need a Global Playbook For Innovation from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.463184
What do Sao Paulo, Bangalore, Ottawa, and Singapore have in common? They all have startup ecosystems with thriving entrepreneurs and billion-dollar businesses. Innovators all over the world are tac...
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Genomics and the Bio-Revolution: A roadmap for Canada's economic recovery. from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.451316
John Stackhouse sits down with two of the country's top experts on Genomics; Doctor Rob Annan, the President and CEO of Genome Canada, and Doctor Bettina Hamelin, the President and CEO of Ontario G...
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The SheEO Model: How Female Entrepreneurs Can Lead the Recovery from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.437942
Canadian women entrepreneurs are a dynamic and powerful economic force. After all, women own and operate almost one-third of all firms in Canada, and they start businesses one-and-a-half times m...
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Impersonal Information: Data and Privacy Protection in 2020 and Beyond from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.357709
On the heels of new federal privacy legislation, host John Stackhouse sits down with Ron Deibert, founder of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public ...
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Good Medicine: Is the future of healthcare digital? from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.273356
In Canada, we pride ourselves on our healthcare system—and the fact that equitable, quality coverage is available to all citizens. But the sector isn’t known for efficiency or innovation; wait time...
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Disruptors Revisited: How 5G Will Transform the Canadian Economy from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.246509
There’s been no shortage of hype. Now, after years of headlines heralding it as a transformative technology, an evolution in wireless service, even a “game changer for humanity,” 5G is finally bein...
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The Climate Conversations: How to Build a Greener Food Chain from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.187240
In our post-pandemic world, there is no more pressing issue than climate change. This fall, Disruptors, an RBC podcast, is exploring potential solutions to a warming planet—as well as some challeng...
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The Climate Conversations: How to Energize Our Future from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.185366
In our post-pandemic world, there is no more pressing issue than climate change. This fall, Disruptors, an RBC podcast, is exploring potential solutions to a warming planet—as well as some challeng...
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The Climate Conversations: UN Special Envoy Mark Carney from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.172423
In our post-pandemic world, there is no more pressing issue than climate change. This fall on Disruptors, an RBC podcast, we launched a multi-part series called The Climate Conversations, which exp...
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Disruptors: Season Four Trailer from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.170124
This season on Disruptors, we're changing up our format, alternating between a "Ten-Minute Take" and our regular episodes every Tuesday.
We're kicking off 2022 with a focus on, "The Great ...
The Great Resignation . . . or the Great Reshuffle? from 2022-02-22T02:04:35.169010
The war for talent is on, with more people reconsidering where they work, how they work—or if they work—than ever before. In the U.S. the shift is seen in a record “quit rate,” with over 4.5 millio...
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The 10-Minute Take: Tech’s Big Sell-Off from 2022-02-15T09:00
In our inaugural edition of Disruptors: The 10-Minute Take, hosts John Stackhouse and Theresa Do speak with Sid Paquette, Head of RBCx. Together, they chat about the public technology industry’s se...
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The Climate Conversations: Indigenous Leader JP Gladu from 2021-12-14T09:00
In our post-pandemic world, there is no issue more pressing than climate change. This fall on Disruptors, an RBC podcast, we launched a multi-part series called The Climate Conversations, which exp...
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The Climate Conversations: Scientist Katharine Hayhoe from 2021-11-30T09:00
In our post-pandemic world, there is no more pressing issue than climate change. This fall on Disruptors, an RBC podcast, we launched a multi-part series called The Climate Conversations, which exp...
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The Climate Conversations: Can Cities Save Our Planet? from 2021-11-16T09:00
In our post-pandemic world, there is no more pressing issue than climate change. This fall, Disruptors, an RBC podcast, is exploring potential solutions to a warming planet—as well as some challeng...
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The Climate Conversations: Where Do We Go From Here? from 2021-10-26T08:00
In our post-pandemic world, there is no more pressing issue than climate change. This fall, Disruptors, an RBC podcast, launches a multi-part series exploring some of the potential solutions to a w...
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Introducing: The Climate Conversations (Trailer) from 2021-10-12T08:00
After an unprecedented, deadly summer of wildfire, drought, flooding, and other extreme weather events, Disruptors host John Stackhouse and co-host Trinh Theresa Do cast a critical eye on Canada’s ...
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Disruptors Revisited: Youth Mental Health in the Age of Covid from 2021-08-31T08:00
This fall, a lot of us are looking forward to a return to something that looks—just a bit—like normal. Perhaps no group is more excited (or anxious) about the return to this “new normal” than Canad...
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Disruptors Revisited: Three Companies Redefining Resilience in 2021 from 2021-08-17T08:00
Resilience may have been the difference-maker this past year. In physics, it describes the ability of an elastic material to absorb energy—particularly from a blow—and then release that energy as i...
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Land of Unicorns - Canada’s New Bounty of Billion-Dollar Tech Companies from 2021-07-27T08:00
Canada’s technology sector is having a year unlike any other. In the first half of 2021, Canadian tech companies raised nearly as much venture capital as they did in all of 2019. Twenty-two compani...
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Leaders of Tomorrow: How Indigenous Youth Can Seize the Digital Day from 2021-07-13T10:02:20
Across the country and in almost every economic sector, Canadian companies face a skills shortage. One of the greatest opportunities to meet those impending needs can be found in Canada’s fast-grow...
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Rethinking Biotech: How big, long-term bets are paying off from 2021-06-22T08:00
When AbCellera went public last December, it quickly became the most valuable biotech company in Canada. The reason for all the excitement was the firm’s antibody-based treatment for Covid-19, call...
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New Frontiers: How Canadian Tech is Shaking Up Space from 2021-05-11T08:00
When we think of space, we think of big moments in time — like that first walk on the moon, or February’s historic landing of a robotic explorer on Mars. But space is also big business, with the ne...
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The Creativity Economy Part 2: From the Classroom to the Boardroom from 2021-04-27T08:00
Can it be taught or is it something you have to be born with? How can students maintain it while transitioning to the more highly-constrained corporate world? And how do some of Canada’s most succe...
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BONUS: Why Blockchain Holds the Key to a Greener Planet from 2021-04-22T08:00
If people know anything about blockchain technology, it’s the astounding appreciation in the value of bitcoin in recent months—a cryptocurrency that uses blockchain as a way of transparently and in...
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The Creativity Economy Part 1: A (New) Power Skill for the 2020s from 2021-04-13T08:00
It’s a word that has almost as many definitions as it does applications: creativity. The Cambridge Dictionary calls it “the ability to produce or use original and unusual ideas.” According to Wikip...
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Charging Ahead: Canada’s Role in The E-V Revolution from 2021-03-30T08:00
Have you ever felt the g-forces of an electric car with its accelerator pressed all the way to the floor? Or maybe even more exhilarating — the realization that you’ll never pay for another tank of...
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The Last-Mile Ecosystem: One-on-One with the CEO of DoorDash from 2021-03-16T08:00
Have you ever considered how far we’ve come from the days when milk was the only food product most people could get delivered to their doors? What a difference a few decades can make. Even before t...
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Diversity In/Action: Improving Inclusivity in the Tech Sector from 2021-02-16T09:00
In this Black History Month episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, John Stackhouse is pleased to welcome as co-host Michael Carter, the Global Head of Technology Investment Banking at RBC Capital M...
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Pandemics, Pivots, and Predictions: Looking Back on 2020 and Ahead to 2021 from 2020-12-15T09:00
On this special, year-end episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, host John Stackhouse welcomes back a voice that’s sure to be familiar to regular listeners; Theresa Do from RBC’s Thought Leadership...
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The Intangibles Economy: How to Make Canada an IP Powerhouse from 2020-11-24T09:00
On this episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, host John Stackhouse sits down for a no-holds-barred conversation with one of Canada’s most outspoken tech and innovation advocates: Jim Balsillie, a ...
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From Connected Cows to Smart Cities: Enabling the 5G Economy from 2020-11-10T10:00
On this episode of Disruptors, an RBC podcast, host John Stackhouse examines the true potential of this next-generation of wireless networks, as well as the apps and devices they will enable, with ...
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Can an Algorithm Be Racist? The Growing Push for Ethical AI from 2020-10-20T09:00
From facial recognition software that fails to recognize women and people of colour, to Twitter algorithms which seem to prefer white faces in photo previews, there’s been no shortage of negativ...
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Apps, Anxiety, and Adolescence: Youth Mental Health in the Age of Covid from 2020-10-13T08:00
It was already a challenge, even before the pandemic: helping young people and their families navigate Canada’s complex, fragmented mental health system. But experts say COVID could also serve a...
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8 Ways COVID is Still Disrupting the Economy from 2020-09-29T09:00:02
On this episode of RBC Disruptors, host John Stackhouse discusses the newly-updated report with one of the members of the RBC Thought Leadership Team who helped write it, Strategist Theresa Do. The...
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How the NEXT Generation of Entrepreneurs Could Kickstart a Wave of Change from 2020-09-22T09:00:05
In this episode of RBC Disruptors, host John Stackhouse speaks with three members of NEXT’s Class of 2020, who have bold goals for reshaping economic and social systems and the environment - which ...
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Cancon and Beyond - How Wattpad Is Becoming a Global Content Destination and Distributor from 2020-09-15T09:00:07
COVID lockdown restrictions have boosted the desire to consume creative content higher than ever. What’s new about this era is where the content is coming from -- a diversity of voices from arou...
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Concrete: An unlikely hero in the climate crisis from 2020-08-25T09:00:17
The climate crisis is accelerating. The pressing work at hand is the reduction of carbon in the atmosphere - and we have about a decade to do it. Climate innovators are focused on carbon utilizatio...
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Disruptors Revisited: The Next Generation of Entrepreneurship from 2020-08-18T09:00:14
Following last week’s International Youth Day, Canadian youth might feel like they have few things to celebrate. As one of the hardest-hit groups in the COVID-induced economic decline, they’re face...
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Open Oceans, Open Opportunity: Mapping Canada’s Role in the Blue Economy from 2020-08-11T09:00:18
Oceans are good for much more than a pretty view. They account for over $3 trillion in economic activity, provide a food source for millions of people daily, and ensure human survival on the planet...
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Disruptors Revisited: Data is Bigger than Oil from 2020-07-28T12:47:46
To succeed in the post-COVID economy, businesses will need more than just a pivot to digital – they’ll need to lean into and harness data to gain an advantage. As the COVID crisis disrupts traditio...
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App-to-Table: How Tech Can Help Restaurants Rebound from 2020-07-21T09:00:27
The COVID pandemic fundamentally changed how Canadians interact with restaurants, creating both challenge and opportunity for restauranteurs. Now, people of all ages see delivery not just as a meth...
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Disruptors Revisited: Rewiring the Brain (June 2019) from 2020-07-14T09:00:10
The COVID pandemic has brought everyday life online and made us more reliant on technology than ever. Many of us are working from home and glued to our screens all day, and then Zooming with friend...
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Global Canadians: The Tech Sector's Secret Weapon from 2020-06-30T09:00:12
There are 2-3 million Canadians living, working and studying outside our country; approximately 10% of them are in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley. There is a major opportunity to leverage this Can...
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The New Mall: Digital, Data and Delivery from 2020-06-23T09:00:09
The retail world we knew before COVID-19 doesn't exist anymore. The entire landscape has changed, as has consumer behaviour. The mall of the future will require a whole new level of strategy, plann...
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A Digital Cure for Healthcare from 2020-06-16T09:00:03
Healthcare professionals are on the front-line of the COVID-19 pandemic, treating and preventing the spread of the virus, while working within an already strained healthcare system. The crisis has ...
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How to Build a Strong Tech Workforce in a Post-COVID Economy from 2020-05-26T09:00:03
Canadian companies were deeply challenged to find the right talent when entering the 2020s. Now, with the COVID crisis inciting massive layoffs and causing widespread unemployment, it seems inevita...
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How Is “Photography 3.0” Helping Us Experience the World in a Post COVID Society? from 2020-05-19T09:00:01
The COVID-19 crisis has redefined the way we experience the world around us, but long before that, advances in augmented and virtual reality were beginning to allow audiences to view the world thro...
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In Innovation, It’s David vs Goliath from 2020-05-12T09:00:30
Canada’s economy has been put on notice. Leading into the COVID crisis, the biggest powers were throwing around their weight, and the world’s smaller countries were beginning to feel it. In a ...
Will the COVID Crisis Lead to a Digital Revolution in Government? from 2020-04-28T09:00:05
Through the COVID-19 crisis, governments in Canada have had to rapidly transition to a digital-first reality, practically overnight. In today’s episode, Alex Benay, Partner, Digital and Government ...
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Canadian Innovation in Crisis from 2020-04-21T02:17:03
In today’s episode of RBC Disruptors we’re speaking to tech legends; Michael Serbinis, Founder of League, and Janet Bannister, Managing Partner of Real Ventures, about how we can reimagine Canada’s...
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RBC Disruptors: Season Two Trailer from 2020-04-19T23:52:02
RBC Disruptors is an ongoing podcast series hosted by SVP John Stackhouse about reimagining Canada’s economy in a time of unprecedented change. It features thought-provoking conversations with Cana...
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Is Data Bigger than Oil? from 2020-02-28T21:50
The data economy in Canada is worth more than $200 billion. Over the past two years, more data has been created than ever before. And, while Canadian companies invest $40 billion a year in data, ma...
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Why Are There so Few Black Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy? from 2020-02-21T20:12:07
Today on RBC Disruptors, John Stackhouse sits down with two Torontonians who are working to ensure black entrepreneurs have access to more opportunities in the city’s thriving tech sector. They dis...
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How a Canadian Company Used AI to Detect the Coronavirus from 2020-02-13T23:05:24
On New Year’s Eve, BlueDot—a Toronto technology company aiming to fight epidemics using AI—saw something concerning. By the next day, BlueDot had alerted its clients of the possible outbreak of a n...
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Solving for the Silver Tsunami from 2019-10-29T21:03:35
By 2035, Canada’s senior citizens will make up 23% of the country and a shortage of 199,000 long-term care beds will exist if action is not taken. Canada’s health care system has a big problem to s...
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Disrupting Democracy from 2019-09-18T17:34:23
Technology is transforming the vote. Shuman Ghosemajunder, CTO of Shape Security and former click fraud czar at Google joined us on RBC Disruptors to discuss what technology is doing to democracy, ...
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Farmer 4.0: The Shift to Automation from 2019-08-27T21:11:43
Automation is changing the nature of food production. In part two of this mini-series, John Stackhouse visits the dairy operation of Matt and Jaclyn Walker in Muir, Ontario, two food producers that...
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Farmer 4.0: Agriculture's Skills Revolution from 2019-08-27T16:01:08
Agriculture is undergoing a skills revolution. In part one of this mini-series, John Stackhouse discusses the findings of a new RBC report, Farmer 4.0, with Andrew Schrumm, its lead researcher, and...
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Rewiring the Brain (June 24, 2019) from 2019-06-24T10:00:09
Technology is disrupting the brain. Dr. Murali Doraiswamy, a physician and brain scientist at Duke University highlighted that 8%-10% of people in North America show signs of a serious addiction to...
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Disrupting the daily RITUAL Event Highlights (April 24, 2019) from 2019-04-26T18:22:18
When Ritual CEO Ray Reddy was a product manager at Google, he learned a trick from Larry Page: the toothbrush test. If you can use a product twice a day, it will become habit-changing. A ritual. Re...
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BlackBerry's Big Pivot Event Highlights (Jan. 16, 2019) from 2019-01-21T18:18:20
John Chen didn't set out to be The Turnaround Guy. He just played to his strengths. He’s had plenty to fix at BlackBerry, the iconic Canadian tech company he took over as executive chairman and CEO...
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The Spin Master [Toy] Story Event Highlights (Dec. 4, 2018) from 2018-12-13T21:41:56
Spin Master was founded in 1994 by three friends fresh out of university. They had early hits with the Earth Buddy and Devil Sticks; but it’s when they started investing heavily in R&D that their t...
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RBC CEO Dave McKay in conversation with PayPal CEO Dan Schulman from 2018-11-28T16:03:57
Dan Schulman is President & CEO of Paypal, a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods like cheques ...
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Fireside Chat with iNovia’s Patrick Pichette from 2018-11-13T20:43:56
When it comes to business transformation, Patrick Pichette has seen it all. The former chief financial officer at both Google and Bell Canada has over 25 years of financial and operating expertise ...
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Slack: Changing The World With Chat Event Highlights (Oct. 1, 2018) from 2018-10-19T14:53:43
It's hard to talk about Stewart Butterfield without getting into his unorthodox path to the heights of tech. The Canadian entrepreneur spent his early childhood without electricity, taught himself ...
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Netflix's Jessica Neal on Building a Culture of Innovation from 2018-08-11T10:00:04
Netflix is maybe the biggest disruptor of them all. Ten years ago, the company made most of its money sending DVDs by mail. Now, it’s bigger than Disney—the most valuable media company on earth. Je...
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How to Think Like a Startup 2.0 Event Highlights (July 18, 2018) from 2018-07-23T18:31:06
It's the secret that drives Silicon Valley’s best: the growth mindset. It’s about failing fast, learning fast, and growing fast. PagerDuty's Jennifer Tejadahas built a growth mindset into her compa...
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Shopify's Harley Finkelstein on the Future of Tech Talent from 2018-06-29T20:43
Canada’s tech sector needs more swagger. That’s according to Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein, who says part of his company’s runaway success has been the ability to sell itself—to customers and to p...
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Diversity x Inclusion x Innovation Event Highlights (June 20, 2018) from 2018-06-23T16:43:57
Dax Dasilva says that when building a successful startup, culture is more important than code. He's the founder and CEO of Montreal-based Lightspeed, which has 50,000 customers around the world usi...
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Cryptocurrency: Future or Folly? Event Highlights (Apr. 26, 2018) from 2018-04-27T18:18:55
Some say cryptocurrency is the future of money. Others think it’s a house of cards that’s going to come crashing down any minute. We hosted a lively discussion about the future of cryptocurrency at...
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Canada's Skills Revolution: the Human Touch in Healthcare Automation from 2018-03-31T03:53:40
Robot doctors are still years away, not least because of their cold hands and stilted bedside manner. Yet the transformational power of technology is nowhere more obvious than in healthcare, where ...
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Canada’s Skills Revolution: Building the Winery of the Future from 2018-03-28T13:27:12
As part of our look at the skills revolution in Canada, we headed down to the Niagara Peninsula to see how one of Canada’s largest wine companies is training the next generation. Andrew Peller Esta...
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Canada’s Skills Revolution: Feeding the Future from 2018-03-28T13:10:32
Canada is facing a quiet crisis, In the coming decade, half of all jobs will be disrupted by technology and automation. That's the conclusion from our new report, Humans Wanted, a year-long study o...
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Scott Galloway on Breaking Up Tech's Big Four from 2018-03-16T16:22:49
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon control huge swathes of our online lives. That's why we need to seriously consider breaking them up, according to NYU marketing professor Scott Galloway. In his n...
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Mnubo's Frederic Bastien on the Internet of Things from 2018-02-25T19:41:57
The Internet of Things, the network of connected devices that surrounds our everyday life, creates oceans of data every minute. Montreal-based Mnubo uses that data to help companies transform their...
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Davos Debrief with RBC CEO David McKay from 2018-01-28T00:00
RBC CEO David McKay talks about some of the crises facing the world: political instability, robots taking jobs, cratering trust in institutions. These were the discussion points at the World Econom...
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Sidewalk Labs - RBCDisruptors Event Highlights (Jan. 17, 2018) from 2018-01-26T00:00
Here are some of the highlights from our Jan. 17, 2018 live RBCDisruptors event with Dan Doctoroff.
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Sidewalk Labs' Dan Doctoroff: Quayside and the Future of Cities from 2018-01-17T00:00
Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff talks about the Quayside project and his company's plans to build a test lab for the city of the future.
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