This episode of features Mark Edgar interviewing Greg Stewart, a counselor, executive coach, and consultant at Becoming More. Greg is the author of books on harnessing negative emotions.

Greg shares his path from ministry to counseling to organizational development, personal experience with emotional challenges that inspired the work and how he uses his combination of counseling, coaching, and consulting to support clients.

He shares insights on the current challenges at work and introduces his I³ (IQ) Model:

• Information: Gather complete information before forming opinions
• Interpretation: Consider multiple perspectives and challenge assumptions
• Intensity: Manage emotional energy appropriately

You can learn more about Greg’s work here:

https://www.becomingmore.com/resources-and-forms

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This week podcast co-host Mark Edgar connects with the co-founders of Maturn, Jen Murtagh and Sonja Baikogli Foley to talk about the incredible work they do to support women through life-stage transitions at work including fertility, maternity leave, motherhood, and perimenopause/menopause.

They share their inspiration behind Maturn and talk about the common barriers to supporting women at work and how HR leaders can support better conversations at work.

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https://maturn.com

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In this week’s episode, Mark Edgar connects with author and business consultant Alan Gregerman who shares insights from his latest book “The Wisdom of Ignorance”. Alan provides his perspective on the dynamic world of work and what organizations should be doing to prepare their people to identify new and innovative approaches.

He shares the six skills tied to “not knowing” that can be used to help navigate uncertainty and create breakthroughs. They include being purposeful, curiosity, humility, respect, being future focused and being paranoid!

You can learn more about Alan’s work here:

https://alangregerman.com/about-alan/

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Mark and Naomi celebrate their 150th episode milestone by hosting two special guests: Anna Petosa from Rock Paper People and Greg Smith the author of Safe Brave Places. The conversation covers their HR career journeys, current challenges in the profession, and the importance of community support.

Greg and Anna recently relaunched their podcast, Safe Brave Stories focusing on creating environments that are both psychologically safe and challenging, encouraging growth through shared stories and practical insights.

You can learn more about their work on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-petosa/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-smith-he-him-a8774410/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/safe-brave-spaces/

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In this week’s episode Naomi connects with Andrea Guertin who is the Founder & President of Wemaygo.

Andrea was educated in interior architecture but has spent her career in strategy. She taught management consultants how to think like designers to reinvent how they delivered their projects to clients and inspired them on how to introduce emerging technologies into their work. She has also run a design firm where she taught designers to think like consultants to grow the impact of service design work.

Now she helps leaders bring creativity to their complex problems.

You can learn more about Andrea’s work here:

https://www.wemaygo.com/

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaguertin/

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This week co-host Naomi Titleman connects with Alex Suchman who is CEO & Co-founder of Barometer XP – a culture measurement and adjustment company.

In this episode they talk about how companies can leverage play to build cultures that can adapt to the new world of work.

You can learn more about Alex’s work here:

https://www.barometerxp.com

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrasuchman/

You can sign up for Barometer XP’s next open games session here:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/rALBZsVPQkm8EwwFedktHA#/registration

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This week co-host Mark Edgar has connects ith Aamna Coskun to learn more about her HR journey. Aamna is Founder of PocketHR with extensive experiences across a broad range of sectors and HR disciplines.

Aamna describes herself as a "collector of workspaces" rather than a job hopper and shares insights on her journey to entrepreneurship originally starting in recruitment, moving through various HR roles before specializing in people analytics and then becoming a fractional HR consultant.

She shares insights on the trends impacting HR and the challenges and opportunities presented by a career as a business owner.

You can learn more about Aamna’s work here:

https://www.pockethr.ca

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/aamnac/

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This week co-host Naomi Titleman has the opportunity to connect with future foHRward friend Jodi Baker Calamai. Jodie is the National Managing Partner for Deloitte’s Human Capital Practice in Canada.

They explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the world of work — not just through efficiency, but by augmenting human performance. The conversation bridges strategy, experimentation, and the human side of AI adoption within organizations.

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