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and aren’t the only Albertan cities with incredible economic success stories. I am joined today on , Current & Critical, by Andrew Coates, VP of Sales and Marketing at ProAll Reimer Mixers.

ProAll is a company founded in Olds, Alberta, dedicated to changing the way the world pours concrete. They started with the belief that there’s a simpler, eco-friendly way to pour that also takes waiting times and logistics problems out of the equation.

This dream that a small town Albertan company could manufacture and compete globally is the ProAll reality. Listen to today’s episode for insights on how the Oil & Gas downturn allowed ProAll to grow, how automation is changing how their customers get work done, and why there’s always a silver lining when things don’t go as planned.

Listen here: https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e117-andrew-coates

“We're not used to bragging and telling our own story.”

And why wouldn’t we brag?! Alberta has steadily invested more than $40M over 15 years into and . Not to mention Alberta has one of the top AI groups in the world and we had a Nobel Prize winner at the University of Alberta this year. This should be something everybody in the province is bragging about like crazy.

Join today’s conversation on Current & Critical for an with Cam Linke, the CEO of Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute. We enjoy an optimistic chat on how our plucky province is leading the way thanks to the foresight of provincial investments.

Listen here: https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e116-cam-linke

International care what you’re doing and how you’re doing it - not where. But if you look closely, you’ll see that is a global .

Today I am joined on Current & Critical by Richard Simpson. Richard is the VP of Business Development at ZeroKey - the world’s most accurate positioning technology in the market today. Their next closest competitor is 100x less accurate than they are.

Richard and I discuss his views on tech, including how Oil & Gas paved the way to cutting-edge technology, why Calgarians need to start rowing in the same direction, and why ZeroKey’s founding story will impress any IronMan fan.

Tune in: https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e115-richard-simpson

Congratulations! You've just been awarded the job you dreamed of having when you were 5. What are you doing? For fun, tell me what your "grown-up" job is too.

There are 55,000 Black people in Calgary - in a city with a population of 1.3M. Canadian Football Hall of Famer, 2x Grey Cup Champion and all-around outstanding Canadian, Jon Cornish is one of them. After making his name known through the CFL, Jon continued to have a successful career after football by pivoting to with RBC Wealth Management.

Looking around , Jon wanted to elevate Black people in the city so he ran around handing out his business card to build up an email list that eventually transformed into the Calgary Black Chambers. Tyler and Jon talk about how shared experiences led to a strong foundation for transformation, what Jon’s experience of growing up Black in Calgary was like, and how you can shift an entire narrative by helping all people.

This is a deeply inspiring and informative that you cannot miss. Tune in here: https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e114-jon-cornish

Our host, Tyler, has learned a lot about how technology is impacting healthcare in Alberta through my conversations on with Tyler Shandro, David Shepherd, MLA Edmonton-City Centre, Dr. Robert Bray and Devon Livingstone, who are all working to transform healthcare.

Reimagining healthcare means seeking new, more effective and efficient ways to access and provide service. If you’re curious about how digital and data-enabled technologies are driving the development of patient-focused and personalized clinical solutions, new models of care, and an acceleration of research into innovation, then you need to attend Inventure$ upcoming Digital Health Summit.


This FREE event is happening next Tuesday, January 26th from 9 am - 12 pm and will cover various topics, including:

🩺 Forging new frontiers in digital health

🩺 Opportunities - and responsibilities - of digital health

🩺 Personalization of care

And more. Register here:

Digital Health Summit Digital Health Innovation - Reimagining Healthcare

How long are you willing to wait for your online order? Not long? That’s standard. Consumers have the expectation of getting what they need immediately, and it can be challenging for the supply chain to keep up.

Enter Scott Gravelle, CEO and CTO of Attabotics Inc, the world's first 3D robotic goods-to-person platform. Their vision? Help supply chain keep up with modern-day shoppers and their unique ordering habits.

Join me today on Current & Critical where Scott takes us on the journey from the idea to the start-up of Attabotics Inc and how he is working to transform supply chain management.

Tune in as he shares his thoughts on how we can keep innovative ideas here in Calgary: https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e113-scott-gravelle

We're throwing it back to when Terry Rock of Platform Calgary was on today. Get a dose of with one of the brightest minds in .

Terry joined our host Tyler twice on the show, once to discuss how to set up the right ecosystem to drive growth and again for a Current & Critical to discuss the generous donation of $30M that David Bissett made to SAIT and how that will impact the future of our city.

Tune in here:

https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e17-current-critical-sait
https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e14-terry-rock

When we talk about , oftentimes the wage gap is brought up. But what’s more concerning is women-owned . Globally? Women hold only 30%.

When Judy Fairburn and Shelley Kuipers met, they shared stories that many might recognize: being a woman entrepreneur who is struggling to find funding. Being an investor and being the only woman in a room. They realized this had to change and founded The 51 to drive across all levels of and wealth.

Join me today on Current & Critical for a very important conversation with these Co-CEOs. We discuss what reinventing the financial service experience for women looked like, why women managing funds is sadly still far from the norm, and why The Fund they launched in September 2020 is investing in female-led companies (and what opportunities that can generate).

Tune in here: https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e112-the-51

Picture this: a company that encourages its staff to unleash their superpowers and be a powder keg of creative ideas. A company that spends hours on many ideas, days on great ideas, and weeks on delivering wins. A company that is killing rules holding them back. What industry would you guess they’re in?

If you said Oil and Gas, you’d be right. As an industry that gets elbowed for sometimes being too stuck in the past, today’s guest on Current & Critical is breaking that stereotype down one drop at a time.

Join me and Chris Foster, VP IS and CIO at TC Energy, for a riveting conversation on culture hacks, tech disruption in energy, and Chris’s radical approach to .

If you’ve ever begged a boss to get more innovative, you might want to email them this episode. Tune in here: https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e111-chris-foster

What do you miss about the pre-COVID world? If it’s exploring the small shops in some of ’s best communities, like Inglewood, you’re not alone. While most had to switch to online orders to stay alive in this new era, there’s something to be said for offering an experience beyond just one of convenience.

Today’s Current & Critical guest is Jim Hill. Jim is the Founder of the Esker Foundation - Inglewood’s premier art institution. The shift to is devastating for not only the businesses but our citizens. They were able to visit this interesting, and slightly eclectic, funky neighbourhood of where they could get out and walk and have a tactile, analog experience.

Join me for this on being a landlord in one of Calgary’s coolest neighbourhoods and where he sees retail heading post- : https://www.collisionsyyc.com/episodes/e110-jim-hill