Ho ho ho! We're feeling festive before the holiday break, but this conversation is serious. HR leader Kin Choi shares hard-earned lessons on leading through constant change, adaptability, mental health, and systems-level thinking in today's workplace.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why resisting change creates more risk than stability
• How leaders can build a healthier mindset around uncertainty
• What decades in HR reveal about employee assistance programs
• Why most workplace mental health models stay reactive
• How large institutions can move the “middle” through change
• What post-secondary disruption reveals about Canada’s workforce future

This conversation challenges conventional thinking on change management and workplace mental health, offering practical insights for leaders navigating complexity, disruption, and long-term organizational health.

Guest

Kin Choi is the Vice President of Human Resources at Algonquin College, with more than 30 years of senior leadership experience across Canada’s public and private sectors. He has held executive roles at TELUS Health and National Defence, leading complex organizations through large-scale change. Kin’s work focuses on workforce transformation, mental health, and building resilient systems that perform under pressure.

Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training solution. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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Practical strategies for employee engagement across a distributed workforce in decentralized teams.

Host Dr. Ryan Todd sits down with Stephen Fletcher, CHRO of Canada Cartage, to explore what it really takes to keep people engaged, supported, and psychologically safe in one of the most decentralized and traditional industries: transportation.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why meaningful work and shared purpose still drive engagement across every sector.
• How economic pressures and workforce turnover are reshaping the transportation industry.
• The role frontline supervisors play in employee engagement—and why they make or break culture.
• How origin stories and organizational history build pride and discretionary effort.
• What psychological safety looks like in a male-dominated, “toughness-first” environment.
• Why isolation, access barriers, and time pressures keep employees from seeking mental health support.
• How HR leaders can “meet people where they are” with practical, realistic strategies.

Stephen offers a grounded look at the realities of engaging a highly distributed workforce while navigating industry change. This conversation equips leaders with a clearer view of psychological safety, modern engagement practices, and what it means to support people through unprecedented pressures.

Guest Speaker

Stephen Fletcher, M.B.A., CHRL, is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Canada Cartage and an award-winning HR executive known for guiding complex, decentralized organizations through growth and transformation. With deep expertise across private equity, public companies, and regulated sectors, he specializes in strategic planning, change leadership, and building scalable people systems. Stephen is also a former Board Director and Chair of the Human Resources Compensation Committee for the Human Resources Professionals Association, where he advanced governance, succession planning, and professional standards.

Podcast Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training solution. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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Healthcare HR meets workplace mental health: Tammy Sergie shares prevention, engagement, and cross-generation tactics leaders can use now.

Host Dr. Ryan Todd sits down with Tammy Sergie (Chief Human Resources Officer at EHN Canada) to unpack workplace mental health in a complex healthcare landscape—burnout, engagement, and leading four generations at once.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why “do more with less” is burning out HR—and what to do instead.
• How to read engagement signals in clinical teams and stem early nurse attrition.
• Where EAP and therapy fit—and why a preventative strategy must go further.
• How cost of living, benefits mix, and pensions shape retention beyond pay.
• Practical ways to get Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z speaking the same language (hint: more in-person, project-based collaboration).
• How to measure what matters: surveys, town halls, and tying results to ROI.
• When AI can relieve admin load so people leaders can focus on humans. A clear playbook for HR leaders to build preventative workplace mental health, improve engagement, and prove impact—especially in healthcare.

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This episode explores practical ways HR leaders—especially in healthcare—can prevent burnout and improve engagement across a multigenerational workforce.

Guest Speaker

Tammy Sergie, CHRP, CHRL, SHRM-CP, is VP, People & Culture, EHN Canada. She brings 20+ years in HR leadership across healthcare and retail, with an Hon BA in Business Administration & International Studies (University of Toronto) and HR management studies from Seneca Polytechnic. Tammy’s focus is building preventative workplace mental health systems, engagement, and multigenerational people strategies.

Podcast Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training solution. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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Unpacking psychological safety standards, leadership accountability, and building resilient, inclusive workplaces.

Megan Hunter, Senior Advisor for Psychological Health and Safety at ATCO, sits down with Dr. Ryan Todd to explore how organizations can bring complex safety standards to life. With two decades of leadership in workplace wellness and as a certified national trainer, Megan shares how compliance, DEI, and leadership converge to shape healthier workplaces.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why psychological safety standards matter for every workplace
• How ATCO connects DEI and safety to strengthen belonging
• The difference between psychological safety and psychological health & safety
• Why leaders carry more responsibility for employee well-being
• How to balance vulnerability, boundaries, and authentic leadership
• What “weaponizing” safety standards looks like and how to prevent it
• Where compliance is heading and why organizations should prepare now

Megan brings both expertise and practicality, offering organizational leaders clear steps to build psychologically safe workplaces that meet standards, foster belonging, and strengthen culture.

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Guest Speaker

Megan Hunter is a Senior Advisor for Psychological Health and Safety at ATCO, where she leads efforts to create resilient, inclusive workplaces. She brings more than 20 years of experience in employee well-being and holds a Master of Science from the University of Alberta, along with certification as a Psychological Health and Safety Advisor from the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Her career includes leadership roles at Alberta Blue Cross, the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan, and the Canadian Mental Health Association, where she advanced wellness strategies and psychological safety programs. With a foundation in kinesiology and education, Megan is recognized for bridging policy, culture, and training to empower healthier organizations.

Podcast Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training platform. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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Thriving workplaces aren’t built by accident. They’re designed—with empathy, strategy, and a little help from AI.

Alysha M. Campbell breaks down what HR leaders must do now to create culture that actually works.

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What does it take to create a workplace where people actually want to show up?

Guest host Jason Gotwalt sits down with culture strategist and founder of Culture Shift HR, Alysha M. Campbell, to unpack the evolving dynamics of work—from AI integration to the mental health must-haves shaping tomorrow’s teams.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why gratitude is fuel
• How AI is changing HR
• What psychological safety really looks like in action
• The link between retention and real leadership
• How to spot a thriving culture before it burns out

Alysha brings fresh perspective on what’s driving the future of work, how to lead with intention, and what it means to build a business that puts people first while fostering performance.

Guest Speaker

Alysha M. Campbell is an award-winning HR strategist and Founder & CEO of CultureShift HR, where she champions inclusive, AI-informed people strategies that drive lasting culture change. Named IAOTP’s HR Compliance Leader of the Year and inducted into The BOW Collective, Alysha has led workforce transformations across industries. She also hosts Confessions of a Founder, a podcast sharing the stories behind entrepreneurship, and a contributing author in the best-selling Building Beyond the 9–5. With a decade of impact, she’s redefining compliance as a tool for trust, equity, and growth.

Podcast Host

With a decade working at the forefront of the health tech space, Jason Gotwalt is currently the SVP, Growth and Partnerships, at Headversity. He is also a MacKay CEO Forum speaker, sales trainer, private investor, and, in a past life, a professional Baseball player. Self-described as a creative connector, health-tech fanatic, servant leader, rad dad (of three daughters) and curious George, he’s built a career off failing forward and learning how to collaborate well.

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Award-winning exec coach, Melody Wilding, shares how to manage your boss, plus how high performers can improve communication to better navigate work dynamics.

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What does it really take to communicate with confidence when you're not the one in charge?

In this episode, guest host Jason Gotwalt sits down with Melody Wilding, executive coach and author, to unpack the underestimated skill of managing up. Drawing from her background in human behavior, Melody explains why assertive communication, psychological safety, and leadership communication skills are more essential than ever.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why managing up is the most important skill nobody teaches
• Melody’s framework of 10 critical conversations from her latest book
• How to speak truth to people in power without damaging relationships
• What the “question behavior effect” can do for difficult conversations
• How leaders can create psychological safety and reduce ambiguity
• Why feedback, boundaries, and alignment are foundational to workplace wellbeing

Packed with insights and real-world examples, this episode helps reframe leadership communication skills as everyone’s responsibility—not just those at the top.

Guest Speaker

Melody Wilding is the author of two books, including Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge. For over a decade, she’s helped thoughtful top performers at the world’s most successful companies get the recognition, respect, and pay they deserve. She's a licensed social worker with a master’s degree from Columbia University, professor of human behavior at Hunter College in New York City, and former emotions researcher at Rutgers University.

Podcast Guest Host

With a decade working at the forefront of the health tech space, Jason Gotwalt is currently the SVP, Growth and Partnerships, at Headversity. He is also a MacKay CEO Forum speaker, sales trainer, private investor, and, in a past life, a professional Baseball player. Self-described as a creative connector, health-tech fanatic, servant leader, rad dad (of three daughters) and curious George, he’s built a career off failing forward and learning how to collaborate well.

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A raw, funny take on illness, identity, and death. Jeremie Saunders shares how humor reshapes the patient experience and breaks stigma in healthcare.

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What does it mean to really see the person behind the diagnosis?

Host Dr. Ryan Todd sits down with Sickboy podcast producer Jeremie Saunders for a raw and deeply human conversation about illness, identity, and the power of humor.

Watch this episode to find out:

• Why Jeremie created a comedy podcast about illness
• How the Sickboy podcast is helping reshape the patient experience
• How humor can ease tough conversations about death and disability
• What living with cystic fibrosis taught him about healthcare communication and legacy
• How comedy and mental health are more connected than you think
• What happens when your life expectancy changes overnight

This episode explores illness narratives with honesty and wit. It helps break down stigma while spotlighting the catharsis of talking—and laughing—about the hard stuff.

Guest Speaker

Jeremie Saunders is a keynote speaker and resilience advocate using the power of storytelling to shift conversations around health and human connection. He is the COO at Snack Labs, an award-winning audio production company. Jeremie is also the creator and co-host of the acclaimed podcast Sickboy, which brings humor and humanity to the experience of living with illness.

Podcast Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of Headversity, a workplace mental health training platform. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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Explore how mental health AI supports personalized therapy, eases clinician burnout, and enhances care through human-centered, ethical technology.

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Can artificial intelligence (AI) make therapy more human?

This episode with Tanuj Sharma, CEO of Kana Health, explores how mental health AI is reshaping care. Far from replacing therapists, this new generation of human-centered AI tools is helping clinicians personalize treatment, improve outcomes, and stay focused on the human connection.

Watch this episode to find out:

• How mental health AI supports therapists without replacing them
• Why clinical decision support can ease therapist burnout and improve care
• How AI helps tailor therapy through personalized treatment insights
• The complexity of therapy and how AI can help manage it
• How humans stay in the loop to keep mental health AI ethical and effective

This episode breaks down what mental health technology can and can’t do, and why the future of personalized therapy is more collaborative than you might think.

Guest Speaker

Tanuj Sharma is the co-founder and CEO of a mental health AI startup revolutionizing access to care by combining technology with therapeutic frameworks. With 23 years of global experience building and scaling businesses, he now leads Kana, an AI-powered therapy sidekick delivering rapid triage, clinical insights, and automated care. Tanuj is on a mission to make mental health care affordable, accessible, and effective for all.

Podcast Host

Dr. Ryan Todd is a psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and co-founder of headversity, a workplace mental health training platform. Dr. Todd combines his clinical expertise with innovative approaches to empower individuals and organizations to thrive.

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