Canada Now

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Canada Now

Ashley Smith

12 episodes

4 days ago

Send a text to Canada Now! 💬 AI is everywhere — but leadership hasn’t always caught up. In this episode of Canada Now, host Ashley Smith is joined by Karen Olsson, tech entrepreneur, fractional CEO, and principal at Atomic47, for a grounded conversation about what the AI moment actually demands of leaders — beyond hype, tools, and experimentation. Karen brings a rare, on-the-ground perspective from working with organizations across highly regulated and operationally complex sectors, including...

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Episodes (12/12)

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AI Is Not a Bubble — It’s a Leadership Test | Karen Olsson

4 days ago

48 minutes

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Why Trust — Not Perfection — Is the Future of Brand Building | Brady Dahmer

Send a text to Canada Now! 💬 In a world flooded with AI-generated content, endless platforms, and “perfect” branding, what actually builds trust? In this episode of Canada Now, Ashley is joined by Brady Dahmer — brand strategist, author of Blind Spots, and founder of Tropoly — for a wide-ranging conversation about brand, trust, community, and why human connection matters more than ever. Brady has spent over 25 years working at the intersection of design, storytelling, and strategy, supporting...

2 weeks ago

49 minutes

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How Tom Rossiter Took a Canadian Tech Company Public Pre-Product — and Scaled RESAAS to 160 Countries

Send a text to Canada Now! 💬 How does a Canadian tech company go public before it has a finished product — and then scale to more than 160 countries? In this episode, Tom Rossiter, Co-Founder and CEO of RESAAS, shares the remarkable story behind building a global technology platform from Vancouver and navigating the uniquely Canadian path to going public pre-product. Ashley and Tom dive into: - The unconventional route RESAAS took to become a public company before revenue - Why this was pos...

1 month ago

1 hour 5 minutes

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Canada’s Cyber Wake-Up Call: What Every Leader Needs to Know in 2026 — with Dominic Vogel

Send a text to Canada Now! 💬 Cyber attacks aren’t just rising — they’re transforming. And most Canadian companies aren’t even close to ready. In this eye-opening conversation, cybersecurity expert Dominic Vogel breaks down the new reality facing Canadian organizations as we head into 2026. From AI-powered attacks to skyrocketing ransomware incidents to the shocking fragility of our digital systems, Dominic explains why cyber risk is no longer a technical issue — it’s a leadership issue. We co...

1 month ago

52 minutes

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The Future of Work, Leadership & Humanity: A Conversation with Jay Rosenzweig

Send a text to Canada Now! 💬 The future of work is changing fast — and few people have a better vantage point on global leadership, talent, and purpose than Jay Rosenzweig. Jay Rosenzweig is a successful investor and internationally renowned social impact entrepreneur, humanitarian, and CEO of Rosenzweig & Company. Across North America and beyond, he advises global corporations, high-growth founders, and purpose-driven organizations on building world-class leadership teams. He also chairs...

1 month ago

45 minutes

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Factory-Built Homes vs. the Cost of Chaos: Can Modular Be More Affordable, Convenient — and Beautiful? | Rohe Homes

Send a text to Canada Now! 💬 Factory-built homes are back in the spotlight in Canada — but are today’s modular homes actually good enough to help fix the housing crisis and be places people truly want to live? In this episode of Canada Now, Ashley sits down with Rohan Kulkarni (Co-Founder & CEO, Rohe Homes) and Salik Z. Khan (Co-Founder & Chief Experience Officer) to unpack how factory-built, modular homes can speed up construction, cut costs, and still deliver beautiful, high-quality...

1 month ago

56 minutes

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Unlocking Underused Land: A Tech Founder’s Dynamic Journey to Democratize Real Estate — w/ Laura Fortey

Send a text to Canada Now! 💬 What if a major housing unlock is hiding in plain sight? This week, Ashley sits down with Laura Fortey — co-founder & COO of Reitium — to unpack how churches, hospitals, and other nonprofits can raise capital (donations, debt, or equity) to build affordable housing while keeping ownership of their land. No bulldozers-for-condos script. Instead: preserve the community anchor, add the homes, and make the math work with modern crowdfunding infrastructure. They al...

2 months ago

48 minutes

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Disrupt Yourself: How Canadians Win the Next Wave of Change — with Jeff King

When disruption hits your industry, will you adapt — or get left behind? Jeff King, CEO of Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and former COO of SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada), joins Canada Now to unpack how disruption unfolds — and what every Canadian leader can learn from the industries facing it head-on. From the collapse of CD retailers to the digital transformation of real estate, Jeff shares how embracing change, recognizing that the consumer always win...

2 months ago

51 minutes

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Social Media Reimagined — The Canadian Way, Eh!? | Ft. Jess Glowacki

Can social media feel human again? 🇨🇦 After two decades of algorithms, outrage, and endless scroll, Jess Glowacki is rebuilding social — the Canadian way. As the founder of EH!, a proudly Canadian social network that puts community, privacy, and connection first, Jess is flipping the script on how we connect online. No algorithms. No bots. Just real people, local discovery, and a mission-driven model built around respect and belonging. In this conversation, we unpack: How social media lost i...

2 months ago

40 minutes

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From Deals to Stewardship: Reinventing Real Estate in Canada — with Ross McCredie

Real estate is having its travel-agent moment — but the higher calling is stewardship. Serial Entrepreneur, investor, and Sutton Group CEO, Ross McCredie explains how verified identity and accurate data can protect families from financial abuse and turn brokerages into true homeowner wealth platforms. In this episode: The “travel agent → advisor” shift and what it means for REALTORS®From one-off deals to long-term asset/portfolio managementVerified IDs, digitized property portfolios, and clea...

2 months ago

49 minutes

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Beyond Listings: Data, Digitization & Canada’s Housing Future — with Trevor Koot

What does a smarter, more resilient housing system look like in Canada? BCREA CEO Trevor Koot joins Ashley to zoom out: climate shocks, immigration, Indigenous title and UNDRIP, red tape vs. development, and why data — not vibes — should steer policy. We dig into the evolving role of REALTORS as small-business owners in an AI era, how 30 years of MLS history could inform better decisions, and why the (still) paper-heavy real estate transaction stack is overdue for digitization. Also: the case...

2 months ago

51 minutes

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Canada Now - Trailer

Welcome to Canada Now where we highlight the voices, ideas, and bold moves shaping Canada's next chapter through an unapologetically Canadian lens. 🇨🇦 Canada’s story is still being written — and it’s not happening in boardrooms or press releases. It’s unfolding in conversations between builders, thinkers, and change makers across the country. This is a series of sharp, honest, future-facing conversations with the people driving progress across business, innovation, housing, leadership, ...

3 months ago