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The month of June saw me turn 47, while goats #1, #2 and #3 completed grades 9, 7 and 5 respectively. The new tracks from Paul McCartney and Dave Matthews Band were in heavy rotation this month. So nice to see them both back on their music game. The 2006 track from Johnny Cash (God's Gonna Cut You Down) had me thinking Johnny wrote it for 2018 and some of the nonsense going on in this world with certain leaders, be it public sector or corporate. Spoon the band and "Spoon" the song was a nice one-two punch. Avicii's "Wake Me Up" is just plain fun, and one of the goat's favourites. The Trews are a magical band from Nova Scotia, and "Downed" from their 2018 release does not disappoint. "Closer to Fine" is needed these days, "Nightingale" by Royal Wood, another Canadian, is wonderfully delightful, while I was reminded at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Russia how entertaining Robbie Williams can be.

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We are so proud to have had you at our event. Your talk was a big hit. It moved us. We can’t thank you enough.

Malin Björnell, Salesforce
Dan challenged us to have clarity of purpose, both as individuals and as an organization. He related inspiring stories drawing on his experience in business, technology and academia. As he said, ‘There is no ownership without belonging.’

Christian Pantel, D2L
Fantastic engaging talk for our global partner summit. Thank you so much, Dan!

Barb Kinnard, CEO Response Biomedical Corp
Dan not only brought his presentation to life with his charisma, but also content, style and presentation finesse. Our members were especially interested in his thought provoking and top of mind topic on the future of work and how we’re going to be leading the next generation of leaders.

Cheryl Goodwin, CPA
Dan is a conference organizer’s ideal speaker. Not only did he inspire and energize our group, but he also masterfully adapted his content so it resonated with the audience and our conference theme. As a bonus, Dan is able to nimbly navigate to adjust to a reduced time slot when other speakers went over time without sacrificing the impact of his session.

Director and General Counsel
Dan accomplished what we set out to do, which was not only to be inspirational, but also to leave everyone with tools and food for thought / self-reflection to improve their personal and professional lives.

Hermann Handa, FCT

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