The Spin

Season 3 - Episode 3: Do you have a best friend at work?

Yes it’s been a while but we’re back. For how long? Who knows!

We provide a bit of an explanation of our podcast recording tardiness before jump…

Season 3

Episode 2: What is Web 3.0?

In the latest episode of The Spin, Mark and Kristen (well mainly Kristen) put their spin on Web 3.0. For the avoidance of doubt, it’s correctly referred to as “web …

Season 3

Episode 1: The Future of Career Progression

Welcome to a new year and a new season of The Spin. In this episode, Mark and Kristen explore career progression and specifically Squiggly Careers.

A…

Season 2

Episode 8: Generation Nation – What do millennials know anyway?

Another opportunity to be face to face with Kristen proudly wearing a half grown moustache – more on that below – for an episode…

Season 2

Episode 7: The Great Resignation

It was fantastic to be face to face for this episode of The Spin where Kristen and Mark chat about “The Great Resignation”. 

On the back of the pandemic, there …

Season 2

Episode 6: We all want to go hybrid

In this edition of The Spin we explore hybrid work – the popular choice as people start to plan a return to the office.

Hybrid work is one of those new terms…

It’s Episode 5 of The Spin and Kristen and Mark are exploring how we ensure our careers stay relevant in a world of disruption.

Inspired by the writing of Kevin Roose including the NYT article (subscr…

Season 2

Episode 4: All About Culture

In this episode we were excited to be joined by Hilton Barbour to chat about all things culture.

Hilton is a marketer by training who explores the intersection of …

Season 2 - Episode 3: End of year reflections 

Introduction

2020 – the year none of us will ever forget no matter how hard we try! Spend some time with Kristen and Mark as they look for the silver lini…

Season 2 Episode 2: Embracing Accountability 

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 2 of The Spin – it’s been a while, but life’s busy so we give ourselves a pass!

What does the word discipline mean for you? Joi…

Introduction

Welcome to Season 2 of The Spin. We learnt a lot in Season 1 and had a lot of fun along the way, so we’re excited to get to Season 2 where we’ll introduce some new features alongside the …

Episode 10: Season one recap

We started The Spin in January 2020 and here we are in July at the end of our first season. How time flies when you’re having fun!

Take a listen of this short episode wher…

Episode 9: The New Normal 

Introduction

As we start to open back up in Ontario and across the globe, in Episode 9 of The Spin we talk about the considerations for individuals and organizations. Many ha…

It was Mark’s turn to do some research around how to build relationships. We decided to focus our time on John Maxwell’s four levels of relationship. 

We started with a definition that we liked.
Interp…

Episode 7?! Wow that came around quickly. In our latest episode we took the opportunity to revisit the original purpose of The Spin and pivoted slightly the format very slightly. See if you notice!

Fr…

Episode 6: COVID-19 – COVID19 and What we are noticing (personally and professionally)

Introduction

The COVID-19 crisis is a health crisis that our generation has never experienced. For this episode, K…

The Spin - Episode 5: Wellbeing

Introduction

When we initially recorded this episode, COVID-19 was in the news more than it was in our lives. A lot changed in a week and the topic of wellbeing feels ev…

Episode 4: Career Longevity

Introduction

In this episode of The Spin, Kristen and Mark explore the topic of career longevity. They talk about why it is important, what the implications are for people a…

In this episode Mark and Kristen discuss the idea of finding your purpose while referencing Dan Pontefract's book the Purpose effect and explore how personal, organizational and role purpose can alig…