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Summit on mental health in workplace hosts leaders in science, industry
Summit on mental health in workplace hosts leaders in science, industry
Summit on mental health in workplace hosts leaders in science, industry
Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares lessons on leading under pressure ahead of Calgary summit
Leaders from Calgary and across the country will gather for the Leadership at the Speed of Science Summit — a full-day exploration on how stress, performance and mental health intersect in the modern workplace.
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Organized by Cortical Consulting & Coaching in partnership with the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, the summit — being held at the BMO Centre on Oct. 1 — aims to help executives, entrepreneurs and decision-makers better understand how they think, decide and perform under pressure.
🔴 Read the story by Brett Nicholls, Calgary Herald Published September 19, 2025
Why leadership demands clarity under pressure
Summit on mental health in workplace hosts leaders in science, industry
Summit on mental health in workplace hosts leaders in science, industry
Astronaut Chris Hadfield shares lessons on leading under pressure ahead of Calgary summit
When you ask Chris Hadfield how he defines leadership, he goes back to his cadet days. The astronaut wasn’t old enough to join pilot school, so he enrolled in a junior leadership course instead. It was there that he first heard the line that has stayed with him ever since.
“Leadership is the art of influencing human behaviour to accomplish a mission in the manner desired by the leader,” he says.
Hadfield, the first Canadian to command the International Space Station, pauses to underscore the point, then says it again.
🔴 Read the story by Chris Hogg, Published September 19, 2025
Why leadership demands clarity under pressure
Summit on mental health in workplace hosts leaders in science, industry
Why leadership demands clarity under pressure
What leaders can expect from Calgary leadership summit
A neuroscientist, a CEO, and an astronaut walk into a bar.
That is how Tammy Arseneau, MBA, CPC describes the Leadership at the Speed of Science Summit, which she’s producing in Calgary on Oct. 1. She wanted the day to feel more like a live show than a conference, with candid conversations, live music, and ideas that stick.
Pressure is no longer the exception, it is the environment leadership happens in. The summit aims to explore what that means for decision-making, performance, and clarity inside organizations. It looks at how athletes, scientists, and astronauts train for strain, and what business leaders can learn from them.
🔴 Read the story by Jennifer Friesen published September 16, 2025
Why leadership demands clarity under pressure
From the rink to the boardroom, Crystal Phillips takes on resilience at Calgary summit
Why leadership demands clarity under pressure
What does clarity look like when the pressure is on?
Craig Latimer is a Calgary entrepreneur who has launched companies including Portage Energy Group, ZayZoon, and Aeon Future Health. He has made payroll on his line of credit and felt the strain of leading when the margin for error disappears.
Ahead of the Leadership at the Speed of Science Summit in Calgary, we sat down with Latimer to talk about how leaders behave under stress and what needs to change in how we think about boards, culture, and decision-making.
🔴 Read the full story on Digital Journal by Jennifer Friesen Published September 2, 2025
From the rink to the boardroom, Crystal Phillips takes on resilience at Calgary summit
From the rink to the boardroom, Crystal Phillips takes on resilience at Calgary summit
From the rink to the boardroom, Crystal Phillips takes on resilience at Calgary summit
Learning to use the pause button
When Crystal Phillips was 19, she went from Olympic hopeful to being told she might never skate again.
That experience didn’t end her story. It rewired how she thinks about resilience, leadership, and pressure. She went on to build a national neuroscience foundation, move into venture capital, and today is senior director of the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF), an initiative led by Calgary Economic Development.
🔴 Read the full story on Digital Journal by Jennifer Friesen Published August 22, 2025
Leadership at the Speed of Science Summit, October 1st 2025
From the rink to the boardroom, Crystal Phillips takes on resilience at Calgary summit
From the rink to the boardroom, Crystal Phillips takes on resilience at Calgary summit
Most leadership events start with frameworks and models. This one starts with a question.
What if the missing link in leadership is not a new model, but a better understanding of how we think, decide, and perform under pressure?
On October 1, leaders from business, science, and high-performance sport will meet in Calgary for a summit called Leadership at the Speed of Science.
They will explore what stress and complexity mean for leadership today.
🔴 Read the full story on Digital Journal by Chris Hogg Published August 8 2025