What do Julius Caesar, Walt Disney, and Nikola Tesla have in common?

They each represent a timeless role in making complex systems actually work — especially when you're leading large-scale transformation or trying to unite tech and strategy.

In this episode of the Digital Transformation Dream Team series, we explore three essential archetypes:

• 🏛 The Systems Orchestrator – Julius Caesar: Designed governance models that scaled across a massive empire

• 🎢 The Experience Designer – Walt Disney: Transformed both customer and employee experience through intentional service design

• ⚡ The Tech Trailblazer – Nikola Tesla: Constantly pushed the edge of what’s possible and made it real

These roles ensure your strategy doesn’t get lost in translation, and your systems don’t collapse under complexity.

Listen in to learn:

• How to recognize and support each of these roles on your team

• Why transformation efforts fail without this balance

• What lessons history’s most visionary builders can teach us today

Explore the full mini-series videos at: https://youtube.com/@wired-for-change

Bonus content at: https://amyeyee.substack.com/
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As AI and cybersecurity threats grow more complex, the talent pool in governance, risk, and compliance is shrinking. GRC expert Shruti Mukherjee joins host Amy Yee to explore why professionals are leaving, what’s at stake, and how we can build a risk-savvy culture before it’s too late.

What if innovation started not with faster technology, but with deeper values?

In this special episode of Wired for Change, host Amy Yee takes you inside Carleton University’s Abilities Living Lab—a space where accessibility, community, and cutting-edge research converge to reimagine what innovation can be. Joined by lab director and biomedical engineering professor Dr. Adrian Chan (who also happened to be Amy’s professor during her undergrad in engineering!), we explore how this unique lab is pushing the boundaries of inclusive, multidisciplinary design.

Together, we tour a vibrant and flexible research environment where:
🔹 AI-powered motion capture helps refine powered prosthetics
🔹 Infection prevention environments are co-designed with front-line users
🔹 Musical instruments are built for people of all abilities—no training required
🔹 Early-stage work is exploring 3D-printed food for people with swallowing disorders
🔹 Rehab robotics are making stroke recovery safer and more effective
🔹 And researchers, designers, healthcare professionals, and community members collaborate as equals

But this lab is about more than emerging technology. As Dr. Chan explains, accessibility isn’t just about functional independence—it’s about living fully. Music. Food. Sports. Culture. Joy. These aren’t extras—they’re essential parts of life. And this lab was built to reflect that philosophy at every level, from layout to lighting to the kinds of research questions being asked.

Whether you're in healthcare, design, engineering, public innovation, or policy—this episode offers a living example of how inclusive, values-driven transformation can take shape when community is at the center.

📍 Wired for Change | Episode 14
🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube & more
📺 Watch the full lab tour on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iA7y2XbBYCs

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