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From Big Vision to Bold Results IRL with Nithya Ramachandran
Season 1 · Episode 20
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 • Duration 47:42
Most leaders know where they want to go. The real challenge is getting everyone else moving in the same direction.
We often think leadership is about setting a vision. But as Nithya Ramachandran argues, that's only the beginning. In this episode of Momentum, we explore the balancing act between vision and execution, ambition and adaptability, strategy and action. Drawing on her experience leading the next chapter of growth at T1, Nithya shares how bold goals become tangible progress through adaptive planning, clear communication, and disciplined execution. We also unpack why leadership doesn't have to be lonely at the top, the power of the visionary-integrator partnership, and why transparency is less about sharing everything and more about sharing what matters.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ Leadership Is a Balancing Act. Great leaders hold two seemingly opposing ideas at the same time: a bold vision for the future and a practical plan for today. Ambition creates direction, but momentum comes from breaking it down into tangible, manageable steps.
➡️ Leadership Doesn't Have to Be Lonely. The strongest leaders don't carry the vision alone. Whether it's a Visionary-Integrator partnership, a trusted leadership team, or even a fire fighter and Smoky the bear, momentum is built through complementary strengths, not heroic individual effort.
➡️ Transparency Is About Relevance, Not Volume. Not everyone needs to know everything. Effective leaders tailor communication to what people need to understand, decide, and act on. Clarity comes from providing the right information to the right people at the right time.
➡️ Adaptive Planning Beats Perfect Planning. Strategy is a hypothesis, not a prediction. The most effective leaders set a clear direction, test assumptions, evaluate progress regularly, and adjust based on what they learn. Quarterly reflection and iteration aren't signs of changing course—they're how organizations stay committed to the destination while evolving the route.
Listener Challenge:
This week, think about where you might be oversharing information in the name of transparency.
As leaders, we often assume that more information creates more alignment. But transparency isn't about telling everyone everything. It's about providing people with the information they need to make decisions, take action, and do their best work.
Take a look at your recent communications, meetings, or updates. Are you sharing information because it's helpful, or simply because it's available?
How could you tailor your message to better meet the needs of your audience?
Sometimes clarity comes not from saying more, but from saying less.
Nithya is a visionary leader at T1 and one of the co-founders of Sidekick. Nithya is known for her energetic, creative thinking, but also for helping organizations turn big ideas into concrete organizational movement.
Nithya lives this tension every day: balancing blue-sky ambition with the practical reality of leading people through change. Her work at T1 offers a tangible case study of what it actually takes to make vision stick.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Talent doesn’t grow on its own. It’s shaped by systems, sponsorship, stretch, and leadership behavior.
In this episode, Bonny sits down with Dani, a senior leader in planning and inventory management at major Canadian retailers, to explore what talent and leadership development really looks like inside high-performing companies. Building on the ideas from our Talent Trap conversation, we go deeper into what shapes leaders over time, how development happens in practice, and what it takes to build capability at scale. Through candid reflections and practical examples, Dani shares the moments, mentors, and mindset shifts that shaped her and how she now intentionally develops others.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ You Are the System. Leadership behavior shapes culture more than strategy. The habits you reinforce, especially under pressure, determine how talent grows.
➡️ Coaching Is a Leadership Discipline. Coaching builds judgment, ownership, and long-term leverage, especially in complex organizations.
➡️ Intentional Energy Builds Sustainable Performance. Protecting high performers, re-engaging plateaued talent, and creating stretch for emerging leaders requires deliberate attention.
Listener Challenge:
Dani left us with a powerful reminder:every day, the people on your team go home and someone they love may ask them, “How was your day”? As a leader, youhave more influence than you may realize in shaping how they answer that question. Even on the hard days, how are you creating an environment where people feel challenged, supported, and seen?
Now reflect on your own leadership journey: Who invested in you and how are you paying that forward? What habits or behaviors are shaping the experience your team has every day?
Because leadership isn’t just measured by results. It’s also reflected in how people carry the day home with them.
Tools & Resouces:
Strategy Is Not the Plan
Season 1 · Episode 18
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 • Duration 45:27
What if “strategic planning” is actually the reason your strategy isn’t working?
In this episode, Bonny and Nora unpack one of the most widely accepted, and rarely questioned, concepts in business: strategic planning. In this episode, they challenge the assumption that strategy and planning are one and the same and explore how confusing the two can lead to false progress, endless motion, and teams that are busy but not actually winning. Through a candid, real-time conversation, they explore the tension between strategy-first and emergent strategy, and land on a modern approach: treating strategy as a set of intentional, testable hypotheses that evolve through disciplined execution and reflection.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ Strategy is not the plan: Strategy defines how you believe you’ll win; it’s an intentional set of choices and trade-offs. Planning is a set of activities that gain momentum and test those choices.
➡️ False progress feels productive: Without clear strategic choices, even the best plans can create motion without direction and success becomes accidental.
➡️ Emergence requires intention: Strategy can be set upfront or emerge through action, but only becomes real when leaders stop, reflect and choose.
➡️ Agility is disciplined learning: Adapting isn’t about constant change; it’s about building a cadence to reflect and evolve with intention.
Strategy + Planning + Cadence = Momentum
Listener Challenge:
Before your next planning session, pause and ask:
1️⃣ How do we believe we win? If it sounds like a list of initiatives, you’re planning not strategizing
2️⃣ What needs to be true for this strategy to work? If you don’t know, you can’t learn
Ownership & Accountability IRL with Carlton Yearwood
Season 1 · Episode 17
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 • Duration 56:41
In this episode, Bonny and Nora are joined by Carlton Yearwood, whose experience spans Fortune 200 and the Big 4, the US Marines, government, coaching, and ministry contexts. Together, they challenge a common myth: ownership and accountability aren’t performance tools — they’re a cultural operating system.
Why do leaders say they want ownership but design against it? Why is it so seemingly hard to achieve? What does accountability look like in high-stakes, high-performing environments? And how do you balance psychological safety with high standards? Packed with real-world examples, this episode offers practical, field-tested ways to build cultures where accountability is modeled, ownership is chosen, and leaders stop carrying it all alone.
Key Takeaways:
➡️️ Stop demanding accountability. Start designing it into how your team works.
➡️️ Look in the mirror first. Accountability starts with you, not your team.
➡️️ If you don’t own the why, your team never will. Clarity drives commitment.
➡️️ Don’t just assign work, foster owners who drive outcomes.
Listener Challenge:
Pick one accountability ritual you want to practice over the next month. Don’t make it a memo or a big speech. Choose something small, consistent, and actionable that helps build a culture of accountability. Give it four weeks, trust the process and let it take hold. Practice it, model it, and see what happens.
Carlton brings a uniquely grounded perspective on leadership and culture, shaped by a career that spans the U.S. Marines, community service in New York, senior executive roles at Fortune 200 companies, and leadership at a Big Four firm. As a former Chief Ethics and Diversity Officer and now Senior Partner at True Blue Inclusion, he’s spent decades helping organizations translate values into real, lived culture — advising leaders across industries on what it truly takes to build accountability, ownership, and high-performing teams.
Fractional Leadership IRL with Dave Berney
Season 1 · Episode 16
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 • Duration 52:20
In a world of constant change, why are we still designing leadership teams for stability?
In this episode, Bonny and Nora explore why leadership roles can no longer be designed for stability in a world defined by uncertainty, volatility, complexity and constant change. Joined by Dave Berney, fractional CFO and CEO/founder of HAB Strategy, the conversation challenges the assumption that senior leadership must always be full-time and permanent.
Together, they unpack how fit-for-purpose, fractional leadership helps organizations navigate growth, complexity, and risk more effectively. And as a fractional leader, what motivates him and what he’s learned along sharing with those interested in pursuing the fractional life. Drawing on real-world examples from finance and operations, the episode explores how fractional roles create flexibility, accelerate learning, and enable smarter decisions without locking companies into outdated org designs.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ The old assumption that leadership must be full-time is breaking down: today’s uncertainty demands flexible leadership capacity, not fixed org charts.
➡️ Start with the business problem, not the title: ask what expertise your business needs right now before deciding who to hire.
➡️ Fractional leadership reduces hiring risk: companies can test leadership needs and learn before committing long term.
➡️ The future of leadership is blended: high-performing organizations combine full-time and fractional talent to match expertise to evolving business needs.
Listener Challenge:
Before you make your next leadership hire, pause and ask yourself: “What expertise does my business actually need right now, and for how long?” Then design the role around the problem you’re trying to solve, not the title you think you’re supposed to fill.
Our Guest:
Dave is the CEO and Founder of HAB Strategy. As a CPA and ACA he has worked with companies big and small, from giants like Grant Thornton, US Bank and Pfizer to smaller & fast growing North American startups like GANDER Social, InFlux Technologies, Unlimited Life and more. He’s married with two young kids but still finds time to play sports like ball hockey, hurling and snowboarding, and do business mentoring in the business networking group Sound of C.
The Talent Trap: Lead With Intention, Not Habit
Season 1 · Episode 15
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 • Duration 44:35
Your best person is exhausted. Your steady performer is coasting. Your eager learner isn’t growing. And … everything still comes back to you.
In this episode, Bonny and Nora challenge a hard truth: the Talent Trap isn’t about having the wrong people on your team. It’s about how leadership habits quietly shape the system your team operates in. When you default to speed, safety, and star players, you reinforce dependence, overload your best talent, and stall capability across the team. Through a relatable case study of Alex, Maya, Chris, and Sam, we unpack how misdirected leadership energy, not lack of talent, creates fragility.
This isn’t about working harder. It’s about leading differently.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ You are the system. Your leadership habits shape how your team behaves. What you step into, avoid, or default to reinforces patterns, even when your intentions are good.
➡️ Build capacity, not just results. Results today don’t guarantee capability tomorrow. High-performing teams aren’t built by leaning on your star players. They grow when you intentionally develop skills, judgment, and confidence across the team.
➡️ Coaching beats managing. Managing keeps work moving. Coaching builds judgment, ownership, and confidence and reduces long-term dependency.
➡️ Leadership energy is finite. Where you spend your energy determines who grows. If it all goes to urgency or your top performer, capability stalls elsewhere and you stay the bottleneck.
Listener Challenge:
This week, take a moment to map your team on the Skill/Effort Matrix. How would you assess each of your team members current skill level and how much effort are they putting in?
With that:
Protect your “Maya.”
Have the honest conversation with your “Chris.”
Facilitative Leadership IRL with Liz Rose
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 • Duration 42:21
In this episode, Bonny and Nora explore the power of integration and facilitative leadership through a real-world case study with Liz Rose, President & COO of T1. Liz shares how she brings this leadership style to life to create clarity, confidence and results—partnering with visionary leaders, aligning people and priorities, and enabling teams to do their best work. She opens up about what drives her, where this approach is challenging, and how these skills are learned and sustained over time. Gain concrete insight into how the powerful duo of facilitative leadership and integration can work for you, your teams and your clients.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ Results come from clarity, not having all the answers. Leaders align people to the right roles, tools, and systems to build capacity, profitability, and performance without needing to know (or do) everything themselves.
️️ ➡️ Clarity beats consensus. Great leaders know when to synthesize, assume risk, and make the call so teams can move forward (especially in the face of uncertainty or complexity).
️ ➡️ Leading behind the scenes is a strategic advantage. Integrative leaders turn diversity into advantage by connecting people and priorities.
➡️ Integration and facilitative leadership are learnable skills. With the right tools, real-world experience, and a genuine desire to grow, any leader can build the ability to connect people, guide decisions, and create clarity.
Listener Challenge:
If you feel more comfortable as the ‘doer’ with all the answers or the ‘visionary’ with all the ideas, what’s one small shift you can make to practice facilitative leadership and integration this week?
Our Guests
Liz Rose is the President & COO of T1. She has 20 years of experience helping brands engage and retain their audiences through partnerships, digital marketing, and events. Liz has led the building and ongoing management of the teams who create impact for T1’s clients over the past 7 years. T1 is a full-stack sponsorship and experiences agency that helps brands earn trust and belonging through equitable partnerships and community-driven experiences.
Why Trust, Not Control, Unlocks Ownership
Season 1 · Episode 13
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 • Duration 42:20
Everyone says they want more ownership on their team, but is your leadership enabling it, or actually killing it?
In this episode, Bonny and Nora unpack one of the most requested (and misunderstood) traits in modern leadership: ownership. Drawing on real client stories, organizational psychology, and practical tools, they break down the difference between ownership, responsibility, and accountability and explore what it takesto build high-performing teams. You’ll hear how trust, clarity, and meaningful delegation can unlock the very thing so many leaders crave: people who care deeply and take initiative, not because they have to, but because they want to.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ Ownership isn’t assigned, it’s chosen. True ownership shows up when people feel trusted, clear on the “why,” and empowered to act.️
➡️ Accountability is the structure that supports ownership. When roles and expectations are clear and mutually agreed, ownership has room to grow.
➡️ Trust is the unlock. People step up when they feel safe to do so and they’re trusted with real decisions, not just simple tasks.
➡️ Delegation is a leadership muscle. Match the task to the person’s skill and will, define the outcome, not the steps, and stay available without taking over.
Listener Challenge:
Think of one decision you normally make yourself. This week, run it through the urgency/importance matrix and the skill/will matrix, then delegate it. Give full context, trust, and ownership.
Afterwards, reflect: What did the person need from me to succeed? What surprised me? What will I delegate next?
Tools & Resources:
Circling Back: New insights on AI, Failure and Human-Centric Leadership
Season 1 · Episode 12
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 • Duration 44:43
Leaders often don’t need more ideas; they need clearer thinking on the ones they already have. In this episode we circle back on our most talked-about episodes in 2025 to unpack what’s new, what we missed, and what matters most as leaders head into 2026.
In this episode, Bonny and Nora circle back on the conversations from 2025 that didn’t stop when the mics turned off. As the pod enters its second year, they reflect on what they learned in year one and revisit three standout topics — AI adoption and value creation, recovering from failure, and human-centered leadership — to unpack what’s new, what they missed, and what matters most as leaders head into 2026. Grounded in fresh research, real-world examples, and thoughtful dialogue, this episode helps leaders pause, sharpen their thinking, and build momentum in an uncertain year.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ AI Adoption doesn’t equal Value Creation: Leaders must go beyond adopting AI to integrating it with clear strategy, measurable outcomes, and change readiness; without that, investment won’t translate to impact.
➡️ Leadership Bridges the Gap: The difference between experimenting with new tools or ideas and realizing real impact comes down to intentional leadership design and accountability, not just enthusiasm.
➡️ Bounce Forward, Don’t Bounce Back: Recovery from failure can be embedded in your organizations DNA. It requires self-regulation paired with systems that help teams reflect, learn, and adapt, turning setbacks into new capability rather than just returning to baseline.
➡️ Psychological Safety Powers Performance: Creating environments where people feel safe to speak up, ask for help, and experiment is foundational to collaboration, innovation, and execution excellence.
➡️ Slow Down Where It Counts: In uncertain times, the most effective leaders slow down intentionally to think, reflect, lead with empathy and create clarity leveraging human-centered leadership to enable teams to adapt, perform, and move faster together
Is Your Leadership Built for 2026?
Season 1 · Episode 11
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 • Duration 38:23
Most resolutions fail when they’re made alone. As we’re likely to head into a year of extremes, the real advantage won’t come from motivation, but from shared commitments, clear systems, and the confidence to navigate uncertainty together.
In this episode, Bonny is joined by co-host Mark Harrison, a serial entrepreneur, community builder, and purpose-driven leader. They unpack why resolutions and goals are far more successful when they’re set collectively, with a deep understanding of what your colleagues, clients, and teams are aiming for and are supported by structures that enable execution. With 2026 shaping up to be a volatile year, the conversation moves beyond fear to confidence, and how scenario thinking, resilience, and building trust help teams stay grounded. They also dig into the trends leaders need to prepare for: the growing impact of AI paired with the rising value of human judgment, the importance of building rhythms and routines to counter uncertainty, and why human-centric leadership is no longer optional, but a business imperative.
Key Takeaways:
➡️ Leadership that lasts is practiced, not promised: Instead of relying on resolutions, strong leadership is built through determination, adaptability, and consistent follow-through over time.
➡️ Balance vision with rhythm: Align on a clear long-term direction, then use short, repeatable cycles of reflection and learning to stay focused and adaptive as a team.
➡️ Build confidence before pressure hits: Scenario thinking and confidence-building help leaders respond with clarity rather than panic when conditions shift.
➡️ Human leadership is the real differentiator in an AI-driven world: As AI accelerates work, human judgment, empathy, and clarity matter more than ever. In a high-intensity year, culture, connection, and trust are essential leadership priorities.
Listener Challenge:
1️⃣ In complex, uncertain years like the one ahead, leadership isn’t about carrying everything yourself. Momentum is built through shared resolve, when goals are understood, supported, and carried together.
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Dani Rombough is a retail professional with over 15 years ofexperience in planning and inventory management at major Canadian retailers. With a strong track record of driving results through data-informed decisions and team development, Dani brings both analytical expertise and people-focused leadership. In addition to a successful corporate career, Dani co-founded a math tutoring business operating across multiple cities. Dani is known for an authentic leadership style and a passion for building high-performing teams and fostering growth.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, andco-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Nora is a purpose-driven leader, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes that bold and meaningful impact is accomplished when done together. With deep roots in business development and operations, she’s known for her people-first lens and her talent for uncovering insights and ideas that translate swiftly into action, driving both people and performance. Nora brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and clarity to build momentum that truly matters.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Nora is a purpose-driven leader, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes that bold and meaningful impact is accomplished when done together. With deep roots in business development and operations, she’s known for her people-first lens and her talent for uncovering insights and ideas that translate swiftly into action, driving both people and performance. Nora brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and clarity to build momentum that truly matters.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Nora is a purpose-driven leader, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes that bold and meaningful impact is accomplished when done together. With deep roots in business development and operations, she’s known for her people-first lens and her talent for uncovering insights and ideas that translate swiftly into action, driving both people and performance. Nora brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and clarity to build momentum that truly matters.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Nora is a purpose-driven leader, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes that bold and meaningful impact is accomplished when done together. With deep roots in business development and operations, she’s known for her people-first lens and her talent for uncovering insights and ideas that translate swiftly into action, driving both people and performance. Nora brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and clarity to build momentum that truly matters.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Nora is a purpose-driven leader, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes that bold and meaningful impact is accomplished when done together. With deep roots in business development and operations, she’s known for her people-first lens and her talent for uncovering insights and ideas that translate swiftly into action, driving both people and performance. Nora brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and clarity to build momentum that truly matters.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Nora is a purpose-driven leader, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes that bold and meaningful impact is accomplished when done together. With deep roots in business development and operations, she’s known for her people-first lens and her talent for uncovering insights and ideas that translate swiftly into action, driving both people and performance. Nora brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and clarity to build momentum that truly matters.
Knowing this year will test focus, resilience, and decision-making choose one place where uncertainty is already showing up (a struggling initiative, a stretched team, and external factor).
First, ask yourself the leadership questions shared in today’s episode:
1️⃣ Is AI actually improving how people work? Is it leading to better decisions, better experiences, more capacity, or is it just adding noise?
2️⃣ Have I created enough psychological safety for people to name failure openly, learn together, ask for help and maintain trust when things go wrong? What are you actively doing as a leader to create this environment?
3️⃣ How is my leadership style affecting the performance of my team? Why am intentionally I doing or not doing, and what’s the impact of my team’s performance?
Second, reflecting on your answers, commit to one intentional leadership move in the next 30 days.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
Nora is a purpose-driven leader, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes that bold and meaningful impact is accomplished when done together. With deep roots in business development and operations, she’s known for her people-first lens and her talent for uncovering insights and ideas that translate swiftly into action, driving both people and performance. Nora brings a rare blend of energy, empathy, and clarity to build momentum that truly matters.
Mark Harrison founded the MH3 Collective, a group of ventures grounded in passion, people, profit and purpose. The Collective includes Humanity, T1, Sidekick, and SponsorshipX. In addition, he co-founded the Black Talent Initiative to combat racism through economic resilience and Park Street Education, a charity to remove all barriers to children’s education.
His community involvement includes serving as the Board Chair of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Toronto and as a Board Member of the CAMH Foundation and the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences/The JUNO Awards.
Mark is a recipient of the Black Business and Professional Association's Harry Jerome Award, the Association of Canadian Advertisers’ 2022 Gold Medal Award winner, a 2025 Marketing Hall of Legends inductee, and the 2025 Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada Hall of Fame winner.
Mark is also CBC Toronto Metro Morning’s business columnist, regularly discussing marketing, workplace, and entrepreneurial matters.
Bonny is a strategist, facilitator, and co-founder of Sidekick Consulting who believes momentum is built in the middle of the mess. With a background as a CMO and over a decade of experience across startup and corporate environments, she’s known for her sharp thinking, no-nonsense mindset, and ability to turn big ideas into grounded action. Bonny brings a calm presence, clear direction, and just the right amount of edge to move things forward—with intention.
