Episode Details

The Gravity Well Podcast, hosted by Alex and me, delves into complex ideas and their interconnections, aiming to foster conversations that contribute to a better world. The podcast acknowledges the traditional territories of various First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples, emphasizing respect and ethical relationship-building. In this episode, they introduce Angie Alexander, a professional engineer with extensive experience in the Western Canadian oil and gas industry, known for her skills in organizational effectiveness and strategic thinking. The discussion highlights the importance of collaboration, authenticity, and the willingness to face challenges. Alex and I reflect on their journey, emphasizing the value of curiosity, continuous learning, and the inner work required to foster genuine connections and community. Looking forward, they aim to build on their experiences, amplify the work of others, and create a supportive, educational platform that benefits all participants.

Welcome and Re-Introduction to Angie Alexander

Alex:

Welcome to The Gravity Well Podcast with Alex and Jenny here. You break down heavy ideas with us to understand their complexities and connections. Our mission is to work through your dilemmas with you in conversation and process making our world a better place for all.

Jenny:

We acknowledge that we live on the traditional territories of treaties, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10. The ancestral homelands of diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Metis. Peoples whose ancestors have walked this land since time immemorial and whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our vibrant communities. We pay respect to indigenous people through our ethical relationship building efforts. Our community agreement asks for genuine conversations, real hearts, open minds, and different perspectives in conflict. Let’s rely on our six W system and live participant feedback. What matters most is finding common ground.

Alex:

We dedicate this podcast to our children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and all future generations. The gravity well is on YouTube and streaming wherever you get your podcasts. Join us@thegravitywell.net.

Jenny:

Hello.

Alex:

Hello. Welcome to The Gravity Well Podcast. Our guest is Angie Alexander. She’s a professional engineer with over 20 years experience in the Western Canadian oil and gas industry from facility and reservoir engineering with organisation effectiveness skills, facilitation, process design improvement, change management, and project management. She possesses a passion for bringing teams together, working more effectively and making better decisions and being more innovative and thinking more strategically. One of her key skills actually happens to be that she has helped to facilitate simple tools to create more efficient work environments that were used and modified by others. She genuinely has an appreciation for strategizing, communicating, and modifying organisations in any field in order to make them more efficient, cost effective, and better for the environment. With that, I present to you our guest, Angie Alexander.

Angie:

Hi. I’m on my phone now, which isn’t as satisfying on this end. You’re so tiny, but I think you can hear me better, so that’s good.

Jenny:

It works out. Seems like it’s working. Thank you for being flexible, Angie. Angie and I have been collaborating this year as well, and in fact last year too. I’m really grateful for our collaboration, Angie. I feel like I’ve grown stronger as an individual and also as a friend and a parent and all the things in my life because of the work that I’ve been doing with you. Thank you first and foremost for starting off the soft with us. Alex had a chance to meet you in our very first episode that we did for the show, and in that you helped us get grounded in how we were going to build a community agreement essentially