Mission Critical with Lance Chung
Behind every great company, every groundbreaking idea, and every game-changing innovation, there’s a leader on a mission. Welcome to Mission Critical with Lance Chung—the show where we break down the blueprints, the bold moves, and the battle-tested playbooks of today’s most impactful leaders. From CEOs and founders to artists, designers, and athletes, we’re talking to the visionaries who build, innovate, and lead.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Ryan Serhant (Founder, SERHANT.): What Will the Real Estate Brokerage of the Future Look Like?
Like any other industry that has remained largely unchanged in the way it operates and functions, it’s an exciting time to talk about real estate right now. Not just because of how hot this or that m…
Jonathan Van Ness (Founder, JVN Hair): How Can We Be Better Allies for the Queer Community?
There are few people in media who radiate the kind of glowing, positive, and unabashedly joyful energy quite like Jonathan Van Ness.Known primarily for their co-hosting duties as the resident beauty …
Marcus Samuelsson (Marcus Samuelsson Group): A Chef's Recipe for Success
There are many parallels that can be drawn between running a kitchen and leading a business. Both require leadership, focus, tenacity, and, above all, passion to get you through the inevitable hills …
Bruce Mau (Founder, Bruce Mau Design): How to Design Your Best Life
“If you want specific outcomes in your life, then you are a designer.”These are the immortal words of Canadian multi-hyphenate visionary, Bruce Mau. From architecture to advertising to product design…
Jeanne Beker (Journalist): How to Fight For Your Own Opportunities
For 27 years, Jeanne Beker was the voice in fashion media—a trailblazer that earned her stripes by reporting on the industry’s most spectacular events and personalities. The host of Fashion Televisio…
David Gilboa (Co-founder, Warby Parker): How to Visualize Industry Transformation
If the eyes are the windows to your soul, then what does a pair of eyeglasses say about you? For many, eyewear is an extension of one’s self. Quite literally, when you consider the fact that approxim…
Martin Basiri (CEO, ApplyBoard): Why International Students Will Be Key to Our Pandemic Recovery
When it comes to international studies, Canada is a top pick for students thanks to the quality of our education system and multicultural reputation. According to the Canadian Bureau for Internationa…
Erin Elofson (Head, Pinterest Canada): How to Engineer Positive Change Into Your Business
It’s a big responsibility when you’re given the keys to an international community platform with an audience in the millions. So, what do you do with that kind of power? That ability to influence bot…
Shiza Shahid (Founder, Our Place): How Can We Create More Seats at the Table for Others?
Food has always been a powerful way of exploring themes beyond its function as a means of sustenance. Think about the best meal you’ve ever had or your fondest food memory. Chances are they involved …
Matt McGowan (General Manager, Snap Inc. Canada): Was Pokémon Go Onto Something or What?
The year is 2016 and a new phenomenon has thrown the world into an absolute tizzy. People are out in the streets, running into traffic, and flocking to seemingly random destinations. They are zombies…
ENCORE Justin McLeod (CEO, Hinge): How Can We Use Data to Crack the Code on Dating?
Dating at the best of times can be an awkward experience. So how does one find romance during a pandemic? In this encore episode, Justin McLeod, founder and CEO of online dating platform Hinge, joins…
Wes Hall (Founder, The BlackNorth Initiative): How Long Does It Take to Create Meaningful Change?
Take a look inside the boardrooms of corporate Canada and you’ll find that over the years, they’ve largely stayed (and looked) the same. While it has been proven again, and again, and again that a di…
ENCORE Aurora James (Founder, Fifteen Percent Pledge): How Can We Create More Shelf Space for BIPOC Brands?
Aurora James is a force to be reckoned with. Those of you who are tuned in to the world of fashion will likely recognize her name as the designer behind sustainable accessories brand Brother Vellies,…
Tata Harper (CEO, Tata Harper Skincare): How to Build a Beautiful Brand from the Inside-Out
When Tata Harper pivoted her career from industrial engineer to beauty entrepreneur, no one could have predicted that she would soon go on to be known as the Queen of Green Skincare. Yet today, Tata’…
Paul Davison & Rohan Seth (Co-founders, Clubhouse): What To Do After Capturing Lightning in a Bottle
At the start of the pandemic, Paul Davison and Rohan Seth launched Clubhouse, a new type of social network that underscored the power and influence of the audio format. As the world collectively shel…
Tan France (Queer Eye): How to Walk Into a Room With More Confidence
On this episode of Mission Critical, we’re joined by one of the most influential and universally-beloved figures in the fashion world, Tan France. Tan’s journey to becoming a television sensation may…
Johanna Rief (Head of Sexual Empowerment, WOW Tech Group): What Can the Business of Sex Toys Teach Us About Empowerment?
This episode contains content that is of a sexual nature. If that’s a thing that might bother you or you’re not quite in the right setting for it, then maybe skip this one for now.
Sex sells. That’s n…
Noura Sakkijha (CEO, Mejuri): How to Build a Buzzy D2C Brand
“Buy yourself the damn diamond.” Such is the gospel of Noura Sakkijha, CEO and co-founder of fine jewelry company Mejuri. In 2015, she started her Toronto-based brand to reframe the conversation arou…
Penny Oleksiak (Olympian): How to be Unapologetic About Your Success and Ambition
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Jen Rubio (CEO, Away): How Can We Better Support Parents at Work?
If you’ve walked through an airport or hotel lobby in the last few years, you may have noticed people using a specific luggage brand, distinguished by its horizontal lines and array of different colo…