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Episodes

Miovision Innovation makes Cities more Efficient | Kurtis McBride

2/3/2020
Changing the world through traffic innovations. Kurtis McBride sits down with Alan and discusses how the innovation of Miovision in traffic stops, can globally impact fuel emissions and climate change as a whole. From a university engineering degree to a well respected and internationally respected entrepreneur, McBride is changing the landscape for startup companies in Waterloo Region.

Duration:00:24:24

Obviously Awesome | April Dunford

1/27/2020
Positioning. And cake pops! 😉 What is positioning? Is it actually still important in this day and age? The simple answer - Absolutely. But why? Find out as April Dunford highlights many of the key points found in her new book #ObviouslyAwesome and imparts her many years of positioning wisdom on to us in this episode. Be sure to check April out at https://aprildunford.com/

Duration:00:19:15

Mean People Suck | Michael Brenner

1/20/2020
Listen in as Michael Brenner and Alan Quarry chat about everything from Champion Leadership to the LEGO brand, the kindness rule to the Pelaton scandal before the holidays. And the underlying theme that ties all of these things together - empathy. If you can think and feel like the customer, you win.

Duration:00:21:37

Creating Disruptive Leaders | Charlene Li

1/13/2020
Charlene will always tell you to “begin with the end in mind” but what does that mean? In her new book, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail, explains just that. In this week's episode, Charlene and Alan discuss company culture and the movement of creating DISRUPTIVE LEADERS within organizations, so they will go out and create exponential change.

Duration:00:20:06

Influence Marketing in the B2B Sector | Lee Odden

1/6/2020
In today’s episode, Alan chat’s with Lee Odden on the emerging concept of Influence Marketing in the B2B sector. Lee is a B2B marketing strategist, author, internationally known keynote speaker, and CEO of a digital marketing organization called TopRank Marketing.

Duration:00:19:11

X: The Experience when Business meets Design | Brian Solis

12/30/2019
Experience Architecture. And how to become an experience architect!? You won’t want to miss this throwback episode with top digital analyst, futurist and award-winning author, @BrianSolis as he discusses his book ‘X: The Experience When Business Meets Design” Brian discusses the importance of ensuring that data is HUMANIZED. The data tells a story. It’s not just numbers and graphs and charts. Brand experience for the customer is number one! Tune in to find out so much more. So juicy!

Duration:00:13:45

Creating a Legacy of Serial Entrepreneurship & Startup Mentoring | Axonify’s Carol Leaman

12/23/2019
CEO of Axonify and Alan’s entrepreneurial heroine, Carol Leaman, stops by to discuss her growing business and her path of serial entrepreneurship. What began as an eLearning platform has transformed into a fully equipped knowledge platform, using gamification and brain science to deliver, share, measure and apply knowledge. The company has picked up almost 100 global brand-name clients including Walmart, Johnson & Johnson, Bloomingdales and GE. "What is at the centre of both company...

Duration:00:25:06

Everybody Writes | Ann Handley

12/16/2019
Ann Handley is a veteran of creating and managing digital content to build relationships for organizations and individuals. Ann is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller ‘Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content. She is the chief content officer of MarketingProfs; a columnist for Entrepreneur magazine; a LinkedIn Influencer; a keynote speaker, a mom, and a writer. In this AQ’s Blog & Grill Q&A, Ann talks with Alan about how we are all writers, and...

Duration:00:11:10

Beyond Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Empathy | Glen Drummond

12/9/2019
In this episode of AQ’s Blog & Grill, Alan chats with long-time colleague and friend Glen Drummond about a potential, slippery slope of AI and other emerging, predictive technology. “Empathy is an essential and defining human quality,” says Glen. And, more than that, we’re hard-wired to respond to empathy. So, what happens when there’s a disconnect between what we expect to see happen, and what we experience? Lean in as Glen shares his insights into how to avoid AI and predictive...

Duration:00:19:11

Marketing Advice for Start-ups to Become Stay-ups | April Dunford

12/5/2019
She’s the CEO of Sprint.ly, a marketing mentor and angel investor who started her hurricane of entrepreneurial activities by studying engineering. In this episode of AQ’s Blog & Grill, April Dunford shares her experiences going from an engineer to a marketing genius. Alan and April discuss marketing strategy vs. tactics, creating the right metrics and shifting your mindset from selling to helping your customer buy. Becoming a “stay-up” isn’t an easy road, so April provides her top three...

Duration:00:19:29

Reinventing the Marketing Consulting Model | Scott Gillum

12/2/2019
A nimble marketing services consultancy? You betcha. Scott Gillum, the founder of Carbon Design, has built consulting success around working differently. Carbon Design delivers value-based services thanks to its team of carbonistas. Lean. Efficient. Non-dependent. These are, says Scott, the keys to successfully navigating the future of work. In this episode, Scott shares key insights into working smarter - not harder - as he changes the consulting landscape. All Carbon Design projects...

Duration:00:14:35

Content Marketing Isn't Enough | Gary Vaynerchuk aka Gary Vee

11/28/2019
Gary Vaynerchuk, the hardest working man in social media, talks about how he takes time to engage with his audience on social media and how content marketing is overflowing on the internet. He touches on his worries that young entrepreneurs think business is easy, the fairness of capitalism, how he built his brand, and how he is creating a scalable business out of the unscalable. Finally Gary describes his new book, Jab Jab Jab Right Hook and how boxing and social media are linked. About...

Duration:00:10:21

Life Lessons from a Wise Guy | Guy Kawasaki

11/25/2019
A big AQ’s Blog & Grill “Welcome Back” to Guy Kawasaki. While he may have hung up his hockey skates and taken up surfing, he’s still giving it his A-game in his new book Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life. In this episode, Guy shares how he’s in the “sweet spot.” That time when he’s acquired knowledge - and not yet lost it. Alan and Guy have a chat about this highly personal book, letting all of us in on Guy’s life lessons learned. The episode is full of laughter, banter and above all else -...

Duration:00:21:45

How Technology is Enabling Customized Work Experiences | Kiite's Joseph Fung

11/17/2019
Joseph Fung understands that hard work, sweat and tears plays a role in startups, but putting yourself out there is a huge factor in success. After consulting with an advisor at Waterloo’s Communitech, Joseph found success with his first startup, TribeHR. He went on to sell TribeHR to Netsuite, the first major chapter in his road to serial entrepreneurship. Joseph joins Alan today to share the lessons he's learned along the way and the new business venture he has taken on, Kiite. Joseph and...

Duration:00:20:22

Maurice Allin | Debunking the Myth of The Customer to Drive Successful Branding

4/12/2017
VP of Quarry Integrated Communications, Maurice Allin, joins Alan in this extremely insightful interview of AQ’s Blog & Grill. Alan and Maurice debunk the myth of the customer and share ideas of how to create powerful experiences in branding. Maurice unpacks the thinking of some of his favourite brand thinkers and anthropologists such as Joseph Campbell, Jonathan Haidt and Dr. Robert Deutsch. He discusses how the brands that we interact with help us as consumers to become more of...

Duration:00:17:44

Building a Successful Social Media Centred Business | Jane Barkley of IM@Events

4/6/2017
From personal brand to event media, Jane Barkley – founder and CEO of IM@Events – ­is a powerhouse of marketing talents. Jane joins Alan in this episode of AQ’s Blog & Grill to share her path to success and how others can do the same. Jane founded IM@Events after uncovering a need in the event industry to produce and execute event coverage from front to back. IM@Events provides full digital media coverage of events and conferences across southern Ontario, building buzz and creating a path...

Duration:00:20:03

Jeff Aramini | Saving the World One User Experience at a Time | AQ's Blog & Grill

3/27/2017
Jeff Aramini is the President of Focus21, a firm that is focused around creating online experiences with purpose. In this episode of AQ’s Blog & Grill, Jeff joins Alan to share what he means by that ‘purpose’ and how the growing start-up is working to make a difference in the world. An immense passion for learning helped Jeff gain a PhD in epidemiology, a doctorate of veterinary medicine and an incoming EMBA from Laurier University. Jeff was introduced to informatics while working with the...

Duration:00:17:42

Steve McCartney | Mentoring Start-ups: The Mistakes and Successes Of Emerging Tech Companies

2/24/2017
One of the greatest start-up accelerators in Canada lies in the Waterloo Region. Communitech is nestled in a reclaimed factory building and is home to over 350 emerging companies. Our guest, Steve McCartney is the VP of Start-up Services at this powerful hub. Steve came to the AQ studio to tell us a bit about the business side of running an incubator. Steve walks us through the process of joining Communitech as a start-up, whether coming with an idea, a work in process, or a fully...

Duration:00:18:02

Norm Clare | How Technology is Transforming The Brand Experience

2/17/2017
Norm Clare of Quarry Integrated Communications joins Alan to share his insight into key technologies that are shaking up brands in this era of digital transformation. Norm is the VP of Marketing Technology Strategy and as Alan puts it, is a great synthesizer of what technology could do and what it actually does. Norm speaks to the buyer’s journey and how technology is changing how brands connect with customers, gather data and create meaningful experiences. He explains the power of branded...

Duration:00:20:11

Amber Mac | Outsmarting Your Kids Online

2/15/2017
Speaker, author and social media thought-leader Amber Mac joins us in studio to discuss her book ‘Outsmarting Your Kids Online’. She shares a bit about the process of self-publishing the work with co-author Michael Bazzell after being inspired by Guy Kawasaki. A book, a business, TV and radio shows and a busy social life is a lot to balance. Amber credits her multi-level success to working with great partners and loving what she does. It may surprise some to learn that Amber grew up in PEI,...

Duration:00:14:04