Peggy Van de Plassche
Peggy Van de Plassche is a seasoned advisor with over 20 years of experience in financial services, healthcare, and technology. She specializes in guiding boards and C-suite executives through transformational change, leveraging technology and capital allocation to drive growth and innovation. A founding board member of Invest in Canada, Peggy also brings unique expertise in navigating complex issues and fostering public-private partnerships—key elements in shaping the Future of Business. Her skill set includes strategic leadership, capital allocation, transaction advisory, technology integration, and governance. Notable clients include BMO, CI Financial, HOOPP, OMERS, GreenShield Canada, Nicola Wealth, and Power Financial. For more information, visit peggyvandeplassche.com.
Episodes
182 episodes
🚜What Robb Nelson taught me about building businesses that actually last
I recently interviewed Robb Nelson, CEO and co-founder of Farm Lending Canada, and walked away thinking: why don’t we hear this version of entrepreneurship more often?Robb has built successful businesses for decade...
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Season 4
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Episode 25
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34:49
🌍The Fog of War—and Why It Matters More Than You Think
Most people are reacting to headlines. Very few are understanding the system. 🌍I recently joined a webinar hosted by FrenchFounders, brilliantly animated by Lucie Duvivier, with Olivier Bariety (Princeps Strategy)....
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Season 4
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Episode 26
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10:55
🎉 When did having fun at work disappear?
I was talking with a friend about her daughter’s first job and the toxic colleague she’s already dealing with.Which led us to a strange realization.Work used to be… fun.People went for drinks together. Bos...
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Season 4
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Episode 24
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8:41
🚨 The Emotional Wounds You’re Bringing to Work Are Hurting Your Career
Uncomfortable thought?Good.For years, I thought my biggest professional obstacle was incompetence around me.Slower thinkers. Insecure gatekeepers. Political operators.You know the type.What I...
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Season 4
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Episode 23
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7:24
👗🤖 How ChatGPT Improved My Fashion Style. Or Did It?
👗🤖 How ChatGPT Improved My Fashion Style. Or Did It?My sense of style took a very real downturn during the pandemic.Not because I suddenly stopped owning nice things (multiple closets, still standing). Not because ...
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Season 4
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Episode 22
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13:16
🔎 The 3 Biggest Challenges Faced by Organizations 🙅 (Hint: It’s Not AI.)
Everyone is debating AI fluency. Or DEI. Or generational friction.But the real productivity drains I see inside organizations are far less fashionable — and far more costly.1️⃣ Lack of empowerment Rooms ...
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Season 4
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Episode 21
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8:59
🚨 Dating or Hiring? Same Rule Applies. Test for Integrity First. 🧭
Integrity is not sexy. It doesn’t trend. It doesn’t sparkle on a résumé or a dating profile.And yet… it’s the one thing you really can’t afford to ignore.In my latest newsletter, I argue that integrity is the ...
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Season 4
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Episode 20
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13:38
What car would the people in your life be? 🚗
What car would the people in your life be? 🚗Over the past few years, friendship has quietly moved to the top of my personal agenda. Pandemic effect? Age? Life doing what life does? Probably all of the above.We all ...
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Season 4
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Episode 19
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25:48
🏝️Dubai Silicon Oasis: When Technology Starts With People
💡 What if innovation started with people — not technology?This week, Dubai quietly did something North America still struggles to do.A Dhs12.8bn expansion of Dubai Silicon Oasis isn’t just another tech park story. It...
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Season 4
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Episode 18
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9:39
⏱️ How I work out in 5-minute micro-sessions.
Yes. Five. Minutes.No leggings. No 45-minute commitments. No heavy weights. No “no pain, no gain” theatrics.Just short bursts scattered through the day that actually… happen.I don’t like working o...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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11:25
🌍Uncomfortable optimism may be the most honest macro call for 2026.
Last week I attended the 2026 Macroeconomic Outlook organized by 100 Women In Finance at Sco...
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Season 4
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Episode 16
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9:47
📵 Let’s Go Back to Analogue. At least partially.
We all know the data by now:Screens are rewiring our brains, shrinking attention spans, and quietly eroding social skills and relationships.Yet family dinners look like a row of people sitting next to each other…scrolling.
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Season 4
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Episode 15
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10:05
🍸 Why the Same Dinner Conversation Sounds Smarter When Men Have It
Dinner party. Assigned seating.Luxury objects being passed around.Inventories compared.Photos shown.Colleagues' behaviors discussed—at lengthIf this had been women with handbags, the verdict would have been immediate: va...
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Season 4
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Episode 14
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8:19
🎯 Your Number One Career Resolution for 2026
🎯 If you set only one career resolution for 2026, make it this.Stop treating LinkedIn like a photo albumAnd start treating it like your own HBR 📖Thought leadership isn’t about posting more.It’s about thinking better — an...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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8:07
🚧 Career Slump? How to Shake Yourself Out of It
🚧 Career stalled? Before you panic — listen to this.Career slumps don’t mean you made bad choices. More often, they mean the environment shifted, the market moved, expectations drifted, or somethin...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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19:06
💻 ChatGPT-5 Deep Research: Overpromise, Underdeliver
Ever feel like you’re managing an overconfident junior analyst — only this one costs $20/month and never sleeps?That’s been my relationship with ChatGPT-5 lately. Brilliant at first glance, charming in tone, but when de...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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8:36
💎 When a $135-million pearl challenges the art world
What makes something valuable? Its beauty, its rarity… or the story it tells?A few years ago, I met artist Abraham Reyes — heir to the world’s largest natural pearl, the Giga Pearl, appra...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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13:43
💭 What if the next step in your personal growth… was to stop growing?
For years, I was a model student of personal development — from the most structured to the most woo-woo.Therapy. Energy work. Coaching. Yoga. Breathwork. You name it — I did it. And it worked. I’m calmer, more ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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10:07
🔍Rethinking What Really Shapes a Career
💬 What’s the Best Career Advice You’ve Ever Given?Last week, I was speaking at the Club Canadien de Toronto during the Francophone Summit on Finance and Investment 2025. The panel was about Power, Leadership, and I...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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8:08
📖Forget Self-Help — Read a Biography Instead
The most underrated form of personal development? Reading someone else’s life.Not the polished business bios that read like PR exercises. But the real ones — messy, contradictory, deeply human stories of...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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10:30
💪 Expand Your Career Longevity — Invest in Yourself
When I say invest in yourself, I don’t mean another AI course, eMBA, or leadership retreat in the Rockies.I mean literally: invest in your appearance, fitness, and energy.Why? Because ageism is alive and well
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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7:33
🤖 Is Your Agentic AI a Solution Looking for a Problem? 💭
I’ve seen it too many times. New tech emerges — blockchain, crypto, digital transformation — and companies rush headfirst into POCs, MVPs, and pilots… …forgetting to ask the most important question: 👉 Why?
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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17:26
💰What I Learned About Economic Development in the Emirates
I spent a month in the UAE. And I came back thinking — they’re doing what we in the West keep talking about… but with coherence and conviction.In the Emirates, economic development isn’t an afterthought — it’s a ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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10:51
Finding a Job and Doing Business in the UAE: More Complex Than It Seems 😉
In North America, the first question is usually: “What can you do for me?” In the UAE, it’s more often: “Who are you? What are your values?”That simple difference reshapes everything—hiring, compensation, execution,...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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