Val McCarty Hosts Shannon Phillips and Tristan Ham (Unbounded Thinking) on the LIBI Podcast

Published: March 15, 2022, 2 p.m.

b'Most traditional businesses don\'t know how to innovate - they approach it with little to no structure or the right skill, preventing them from leveraging their greatest asset: staff.\\nFor the transcription of this episode please visit: https://www.rainforestab.ca/yyc-blog/podcast-episode-161-transcription\\nThank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by\\xa0Rainforest Alberta. The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta.Host: Val McCarty is in the business of helping organizations visualize, communicate, and execute strategy in real time. Her studies were acquired at both University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan University, and encompassed Management, Education, and Human Services, with an aim to continue learning. Her previous experience includes the Financial Sector, Fitness Sector, and Early Childhood Education. \\xa0When Val is not at work you can find her outside with her grandkids, or looking forward to the next live jam.\\nGuest: With a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Shannon Phillips thinks like a scientist to better understand human behaviour and decision making. He\\u2019s your go-to for innovation management, organizational change management and organizational behaviour strategic planning, and innovation. He\\u2019s also trained in different psychology concepts, such as behavioural psychology, emotional intelligence, and personality psychology. Shannon loves thinking outside the box and challenging others to do so. He\\u2019s people-focused and is always trying to understand why people do what they do.\\nGuest: Tristan Ham has a background in human services, mainly in child protection. He did this both in Australia and in Canada. Throughout this work, Tristan worked with adult learners with frameworks from Crisis intervention to Change management. He later worked in the tech industry with recruitment and for the last few years has been working in program delivery with Startup Edmonton. His main roles with Unbounded Thinking are Business development and program delivery. You can always find this Sci-Fi nerd arguing what is and isn\\u2019t canon in the Star Wars universe!\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nPlease be sure to share this episode with everyone you know. If you are interested in being either a host, a guest, or a sponsor of the show, please reach out. We are published in Google Podcasts\\xa0and the\\xa0iTunes store for Apple Podcasts We would be grateful if you could give us a rating as it helps spread the word about the show.\\nShow Quotes:\\n"Unbounded Thinking shifts the discussion to HOW businesses are innovating, by providing that structure and the skills needed to innovate effectively. We do this through a human-centered approach to Innovation Management."\\nLinks:\\nUnbounded Thinking\\nCredits...This Episode Sponsored By: Assembly Coworking SpaceEpisode Music:\\xa0Tony Del DeganCreator & Producer:\\xa0Al Del Degan'