Podcast Episodes

How 45 Plus Leaders Are Driving Growth in 2025

Episode 131

In Episode 131 of the Localization Fireside Chat, David Smith, founder of ElderBerry.work, joins Robin Ayoub to discuss one of the most overlooked opportunities in hiring today — the power of 45 plus…

Published on 3 weeks ago

AI Broke Hiring, Ex Army Captain On Talent Density And Bot Recruiting

Episode 130

In Episode 130 of the Localization Fireside Chat, Joshua (Josh) Hill of SuperHired breaks down why so many hiring processes feel broken, even with AI everywhere.

Josh shares lessons from the Army and …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Calm Your Nervous System, Fix Your Pitch Under Pressure with Sam Millunchick | Ep 129

Episode 129

In this episode of Localization Fireside Chat, Sam Millunchick, founder of Pathos Labs and former combat medic, explains why most leaders think they have a pitch problem when they really have a nervo…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Mississauga Property Taxes Are Surging, Councillor Dipika Damerla on Who Protects Taxpayers

Episode 128

What you will learn
• How Mississauga property tax increases are built and why affordability is under pressure
• The limits of municipal revenue and where provincial and federal governments shape local…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Conversations Create Sales Pipeline | Bernie Franzgrote on Story First Networking

Episode 127

What you will learn
• Why conversations create pipeline and shorten the sales cycle
• How to lead with story, mission, and fit rather than checkboxes
• Where AI belongs for notes and ops, not human judg…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Hire Believers, Not Resumes, EA Clarke on Story First Recruiting

Episode 126

Welcome to Episode 126. In this episode of the Localization Fireside Chat, EA Clarke, Founder of Pivot + Edge, shares a clear, story led approach to hiring. We dig into why great teams market the mis…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

How to Stop AI From Flattening Culture and Meaning

Episode 125

In this episode of the Localization Fireside Chat, I sit down with Pascale Tremblay to ask a hard question. How do we scale with AI without flattening culture or meaning We dig into language as ident…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Buy a Life, Not a Job | Franchise Playbook

Episode 124

Welcome to Episode 124: In this episode of the Localization Fireside Chat, we share a clear playbook for buying a franchise the right way. We dig into time freedom vs myth, how to filter brands, what…

Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Cognitive Work Matters, How to Buy Translation Right: Viveta Gene, PhD.

Episode 123

Welcome to Episode 123: In this episode of the Localization Fireside Chat, Viveta Gene, PhD shares a clear, human-first view of how to build quality in localization. We talk about why teams should pa…

Published on 2 months ago

Sales, Win More, Stress Less with Dr. Deepak Bhootra

Episode 122

When sales feel heavy, results stall and stress climbs.

In this practical episode, I sit down with Dr. Deepak Bhootra, Sandler trainer and sales strategist, to unpack a calm, repeatable approach to se…

Published on 2 months ago