Podcast Recommendations

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Indigenous food culture and food sovereignty are discussed in three segments on Unreserved, one of our favourite Canadian podcasts. It’s a great listen for when you’re out on the dock, monitoring the barbecue or waiting to watch some virtual fireworks (?!) on this July 1.⁠
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Bonus: Watch Inuk chef Trudy Metcalfe-Coe show Grill This, Smoke That host Steph Legari how to make maple smoked arctic char.

June 26: Innovation in the Face of Adversity

Some of the greatest business ideas are born out of adversity and built on a need nobody else saw. The need for PPE and other safety equipment sized for women has been a major issue during the pandemic, and one Jane Henry recognized when she started her business, See Her Work. ⁠Great first interview for @wbenc with @seeherworkllc⁠ Find it online: https://www.wbenc.org/podcast

June 19: Embracing Change in Challenging Times

Side Hustle Pro – Episode 205: From Obama Secret Service to Her Own Firm: How Holli Draines Transitioned to Entrepreneurship. Holli Draines speaks with host Nicaila Matthews Okome about her unique career trajectory and pivoting through challenging circumstances. Great listen. Follow Nicaila on Twitter @sidehustlepro and on Instagram @SideHustlePro

June 12: It Starts with a Story

In Good Company – Brands and Storytelling. Billed as a “master class in brand storytelling” this episode doesn’t disappoint. Get your pen and notebook ready, this conversation will definitely spark ideas, whether you’re a business advisor or entrepreneur.

June 5: How They Did It – 5 Inspiring Stories of Women Founders

Past Recommendations: #fridaylisten #vendredijécoute

Meetings with colleagues, meetings with clients, meetings with family, meetings with friends. It’s been two months and we are exhausted! Suffering ZOOM Fatigue? How to Fix That – The Femails Podcast, presented by Career Contessa

This is stressful. There is a time for business pivoting, financial reviews, Zoom meetings and more. But sometimes you need a break and many people (judging by the shortage of flour) are turning to baking. We love the @nerdettepodcast and this nice short piece (12 minutes) is all kinds of goodness heading into the weekend.
How to make the perfect chocolate chip cookies – CBC Life

Champion: Pivoting: Natalie Eckdahl offers practical advice for entrepreneurs on the BizChix Podcast
Challenger: Authenticity: Psychologist Adam Grant takes a deeper look at authenticity and provides some key takeaways on his podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant.
Find the Pivoting and Resetting for the Future panel from our 2020 Ready, Set, Get Back to Business symposium

TED’s Community of Hope – TED Connects podcast series is offering various topics related to COVID-19, featuring fascinating conversations with informed, smart people. Well worth a listen. Today we spent an hour with Bill Gates. ⁠
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It’s a bananas time. How can we collectively look for the opportunities in the massive changes that are coming every day? Today we are taking a long walk while listening to 411 – How to Pivot Your Small Business on the Biz Chix Podcast. We appreciate Natalie Eckdahl’s positive tone and ideas for navigating, and thriving, during unexpected business changes.⁠
Revisit the expert advice shared during the Pivoting and Resetting for the Future panel during the Ready, Set, Get Back to Business Symposium

The Great Canadian Woman Podcast, Episode 124 Are your clients’ what and why aligned? Just over 16 minutes long, this interview with host Sarah Swain and Selene Vakharria get to the heart of why a brand story is important.

Behind the Brilliance by Lisa Nicole Bell — Episode 192: On Rest, Breaks, and Sabbaticals. Don’t wait to take a break! Behind the Brilliance host Lisa Nicole Bell talks through three questions to help you “design rest” to avoid burnout: Are you resting strategically? When are you going to take a break this year? When will you take a sabbatical?⁠
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The AI Effect, Episode 6 Customer Service – Is a hybrid of AI and human help the best of both worlds?

Cheryl Baldwin covers so much ground as the guest on The Successful Bookkeeper podcast, from hiring great staff to business continuity.
Cheryl took part in WEOC’s Ready, Set, Get Back to Business symposium in 2020.

The Brand is Female “Be sure of yourself and never give up.” Michèle & Véronik Bastien, Co-Founders, PEPPERMINT Cycling Co.

Amy Porterfield Podcast Are your work habits making time your ally or your enemy? How to create Atomic Habits with guest James Clear.

Strategy Hour Podcast, Boss Project This post is all about love…of meetings, or as this podcast re-frames it: “I don’t love meetings, I love traction”

The Brand is Female Host Eva Hartling discusses banking, financing and women entrepreneurs with Chantal Pitre, National Manager Women Entrepreneurs, TD and Camille Beaudoin, Program Assistant, UN Women

Great Women of Business Podcast, Coco Chanel and the Art of Branding, Fascinating, inspiring, educational, and infuriating. Vanessa Richardson and Molly Brandenburg look at brand in a completely absorbing way, through the story of Coco Chanel, who committed to brand so wholly that her clothes, look and scent remain iconic.