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Disruptors

Disruptors, an RBC podcast, is an ongoing series hosted by SVP John Stackhouse about reimagining Canada’s economy in a time of unprecedented change. It features thought-provoking conversations with Ca... Read more

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From Burberry to Apple: A Shift in Retail (July 8, 2019)

From Burberry to Apple: A Shift in Retail (July 8, 2019)

There is a shift happening in retail. Angela Ahrendts, former SVP of Retail at Apple and CEO at Burberry joined us on RB... Read more

8 Jul 2019

42mins

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Cryptocurrency: Future or Folly? Event Highlights (Apr. 26, 2018)

Cryptocurrency: Future or Folly? Event Highlights (Apr. 26, 2018)

Some say cryptocurrency is the future of money. Others think it’s a house of cards that’s going to come crashing down an... Read more

27 Apr 2018

53mins

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Scott Galloway on Breaking Up Tech's Big Four

Scott Galloway on Breaking Up Tech's Big Four

Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon control huge swathes of our online lives. That's why we need to seriously consider br... Read more

16 Mar 2018

33mins

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RBC CEO Dave McKay in conversation with PayPal CEO Dan Schulman

RBC CEO Dave McKay in conversation with PayPal CEO Dan Schulman

Dan Schulman is President & CEO of Paypal, a worldwide online payments system that supports online money transfers a... Read more

28 Nov 2018

26mins

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The Audience Strikes Back

The Audience Strikes Back

Peoples’ viewing habits are shifting dramatically, with the rise of streaming services and mobile viewing – yet, digital... Read more

9 Oct 2019

26mins

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Canada’s Skills Revolution: Building the Winery of the Future

Canada’s Skills Revolution: Building the Winery of the Future

As part of our look at the skills revolution in Canada, we headed down to the Niagara Peninsula to see how one of Canada... Read more

28 Mar 2018

23mins

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The Skills Shift

The Skills Shift

In the age of automation, we are undergoing a skills shift. By 2022, 54% of frontline workers will need significant resk... Read more

6 Nov 2019

34mins

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Disrupting the daily RITUAL Event Highlights (April 24, 2019)

Disrupting the daily RITUAL Event Highlights (April 24, 2019)

When Ritual CEO Ray Reddy was a product manager at Google, he learned a trick from Larry Page: the toothbrush test. If y... Read more

26 Apr 2019

39mins

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Shopify's Harley Finkelstein on the Future of Tech Talent

Shopify's Harley Finkelstein on the Future of Tech Talent

Canada’s tech sector needs more swagger. That’s according to Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein, who says part of his compan... Read more

29 Jun 2018

24mins

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Rewiring the Brain (June 24, 2019)

Rewiring the Brain (June 24, 2019)

Technology is disrupting the brain. Dr. Murali Doraiswamy, a physician and brain scientist at Duke University highlighte... Read more

24 Jun 2019

36mins

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Next Gen Entrepreneurs Event Highlights (Aug. 21, 2018)

Next Gen Entrepreneurs Event Highlights (Aug. 21, 2018)

With traditional career paths in flux, some millennials are choosing entrepreneurship and staking their future on themse... Read more

2 Sep 2018

27mins

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BlackBerry's Big Pivot Event Highlights (Jan. 16, 2019)

BlackBerry's Big Pivot Event Highlights (Jan. 16, 2019)

John Chen didn't set out to be The Turnaround Guy. He just played to his strengths. He’s had plenty to fix at BlackBerry... Read more

21 Jan 2019

31mins

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Estonia: The World's First Digital Democracy

Estonia: The World's First Digital Democracy

If you’re looking for the future of digital government, you’ll find it in the unlikeliest place: the tiny European natio... Read more

1 Jun 2018

43mins

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Netflix's Jessica Neal on Building a Culture of Innovation

Netflix's Jessica Neal on Building a Culture of Innovation

Netflix is maybe the biggest disruptor of them all. Ten years ago, the company made most of its money sending DVDs by ma... Read more

11 Aug 2018

26mins

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Willing To Fail: The Disruptive Force of an Entrepreneurial Mindset Event Highlights (Feb. 27, 2019)

Willing To Fail: The Disruptive Force of an Entrepreneurial Mindset Event Highlights (Feb. 27, 2019)

Hauling away other people's junk, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? founder Brian Scudamore has seen it all: a mountain of escargot shells... Read more

1 Mar 2019

34mins

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How a Canadian Company Used AI to Detect the Coronavirus

How a Canadian Company Used AI to Detect the Coronavirus

On New Year’s Eve, BlueDot—a Toronto technology company aiming to fight epidemics using AI—saw something concerning. By ... Read more

13 Feb 2020

39mins

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How to Think Like a Startup 2.0 Event Highlights (July 18, 2018)

How to Think Like a Startup 2.0 Event Highlights (July 18, 2018)

It's the secret that drives Silicon Valley’s best: the growth mindset. It’s about failing fast, learning fast, and growi... Read more

23 Jul 2018

22mins

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Mental Health In The Digital Age Event Highlights (Sept. 26, 2018)

Mental Health In The Digital Age Event Highlights (Sept. 26, 2018)

Millions of people have turned to wearables to track their steps, monitor their heart rate and sleeping patterns, and mo... Read more

2 Oct 2018

26mins

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In Conversation with Two Next Gen Entrepreneurs

In Conversation with Two Next Gen Entrepreneurs

The changing nature of work is keeping millennials and gen Z up at night. In a tech-driven economy, the path to success ... Read more

3 Sep 2019

41mins

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Fireside Chat with iNovia’s Patrick Pichette

Fireside Chat with iNovia’s Patrick Pichette

When it comes to business transformation, Patrick Pichette has seen it all. The former chief financial officer at both G... Read more

13 Nov 2018

28mins

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