Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front, hosted by Simon Kardynal, is a leadership-themed podcast for emerging leaders across all professions to help navigate those intricate moments while leading from the front. In this podcast, expert guests speak about their triumphs, their mistakes, and how they have learned and grown from their experiences.
Each episode offers advice, inspiration, and practical tools to help leaders as they lead 'from the trenches'.
Throughout the series, Simon uses personal and professional experiences and connections gained through 29 plus years in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Senior Non-Commissioned Member, a Master of Arts in Leadership, and his experience within a private sector company.
Trench Leadership offers frank and honest conversations with leaders from diverse backgrounds and professions to talk about the ever-present challenges in a dynamic and ever-evolving world.
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front
Bonus Episode: Home Ownership and ourboro Leading the Way featuring Alex Kjorven
I’d like to begin this episode by acknowledging the land that I am learning and living on is the traditional unceded, un-surrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People.
Is it possible to make money and make a change in society?
Today’s guest Alex Kjorven, Chief Product Officer at ourboro, has dedicated her career to working with businesses and organizations that are using business tools to solve social and environmental challenges. Alex is a social entrepreneur lecturer at the University of Toronto and a seasoned manager in the profit and non-profit spaces.
In this conversation we explore how we can make changes on both a personal and societal level to impact the narrative around housing and the environment.
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #7 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2023.
Alex’s Episode Links:
1. https://ourboro.com/
Alex’s Recommended Book/Movie List:
Books:
1. The Overstory by Richard Powers
2. The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
3. We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
Movies:
1. Avatar 1&2
2. 28 Days Later
3. The Next Karate Kid
Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front is humbled to have been named #5 in the Top 20 for Best Canadian Leadership-themed podcasts for 2025.
Connect to Trench Leadership:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnaqOp1UvqTJhATzcizowA
Trench Leadership Website: www.trenchleadership.ca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/trench-leadership-a-podcast-from-the-front/?viewAsMember=true
Are you looking for a podcast editor/producer? Do you enjoy the quality of the show? The editor of Trench Leadership, Jennifer Lee, is taking new clients. Reach out at https://www.itsalegitbusiness.com.
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If you have a topic that you're passionate to hear more about, feel free to reach out at simonk@trenchleadership.ca to connect and share your ideas.
