Creative Industry: Software Development

Project: A Software Project with a Hard Deadline

It was very cool to speak with one of the co-authors of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, Jon Kern. As I argue in this episode, he is a true rock star of project management and he proves it as he explains how agile project management is a true art of balancing the constraints of scope, time and budget by understanding the client’s vision - sometimes better than them. He is based in the U.S. and we spoke through Google Meet, so the sound is not studio quality, but I hope that’s overshadowed by the content. Find out more about Jon, who is a consultant at the Adaptivist Group, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonkern/ and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonkernpa/

Creative Industry: Fashion

Project: Entrepreneurship

To kick off Toronto Fashion Week, we present Toronto fashion pioneers, Jennifer Halchuk and Richard Lyle. Constraints have constantly shifted over the more than three decades that these two have been partners, but they have successfully navigated the landscape of the Toronto fashion scene by keeping various pies in the air from starting their own label, to opening an iconic boutique shop, to working in the film & television sector. They carved their own unique path from their days at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, and they’re not done yet.

Gaspard Shop

Creative Industry: Charitable Organization - Film

Project: Implementing a Vision

At its November 13 to 15 meeting, Toronto City Council will vote on whether to adopt Culture Connects: An Action Plan for Culture in Toronto (2025-2035). This episode’s guest, Maxine Bailey, was on the city’s external advisory panel for the action plan’s development. She also co-founded the Black Artists Network in Dialogue (BAND), which showcases Black cultural contributions nationally and internationally, and is on the advisory board for the Luminato Festival Toronto. She shares with Louis her many insights on the challenges she faced establishing and realizing her vision as the executive director of the Canadian Film Centre, in the wake of the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd.