D-BEnefits Podcast David Emanuel

This episode is chock-full of nuggets.  Aidan McCullen is a transformation specialist.  His book - Undisruptable - is an outstanding call for individuals and companies to adopt a midset of "permanent reinvention".  His podcast https://theinnovationshow.io/ is essential listening for anyone who wants to understand the effects, of the rapidly changing world, on people and businesses alike.  Having listen to many hours of his podcast and havng read his book - I had many questions - too many to properly manage in the 90 minutes Aidan so generously shared; but he is the ultimate professional and steadily helped manage the flow.  I thouroughly enjoyed.  I hope you do too.  We touch on a wide range of subjects, childhood, parents and parenting, serendibipty, goal setting, talent and discipline, VUCA, Kintsugi Thinking and more.  

The more noisy the world becomes, the more carefully you have to communicate with people that you care about and or you know, such as your employees because you won't be able to control any message, and generally what people do fill that  void with, will not be what you want them to fill it with. - Nolan Bederman, Executive Chair - Lifespeak
This is a wonderful conversation with Anne Beutler, KMC Communications and Nolan Bederman, Executive Chair - Lifespeak
 

Common Wealth has built a single-stack cloud based Group Savings Platform.  Jonathan Weisstub is a deep thinking business leader who is focussed on identifying complex problems and breaking them down into solvable chunks all in the pursuit of building solutions that deliver support and service to Canadians with an elegant and delightful User Experience that "meet them where they are at". 

Speaking with Jonathan is always fun - he challenges conventional thinking and insists  on approaching and framing "problems" through an essentially positive lens. 

Jonathan Weisstub is Co-founder and co-CEO of Common Wealth Retirement -
he is a lawyer and former senior advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada with senior executive experience in government, professional services, and the corporate sector. 
 In 2015, he co-founded Common Wealth, a mission-driven financial technology company that provides straightforward, portable retirement plans. To advance our mission to make it possible for everyone to have a financially secure retirement, Common Wealth focuses on serving those not covered by workplace retirement plans, including SMBs, not-for-profits, self-employed professionals, and modest earners. Working together with our partners, Common Wealth’s innovations have included helping to create the first retirement plan in Canada for modest earners and the first group retirement plan in Canada for physicians. Common Wealth’s plans have received multiple awards for their innovative design, including a WorldPensionSummit innovation award in technology from Pensions & Investments. 

Joel Cadesky - could well be the definitive Insurance Agent. With 44 years of experience selling life and health insurance in both the individual/personal and group markets he has life lessons and wisdom for all of us. As a service maximalist and a person who has lived his life with presence and the humility to learn from his experience - his story is of value for all whether you are an insurance person or not. 

A must listen for advisors and other practitioners in the benefits business. Darwin Forbes is a seasoned leader with a proven track record of success. Anyone thinking of getting into the business or already building a benefits business should take the time to listen.

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