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Rob McMullan, Trevor McKee, and Patrick de Kruyff discussed the episode topic, "Your couch potato investment style has pre-diabetes." Patrick de Kruyff, an executive for Owens McFaden Group, critiqued the passive investing "couch potato" style, highlighting the concentration risk in ETFs and the need for personalized financial planning integrated with tax considerations, arguing that the gamification of investing preys on emotions. The participants also discussed the necessity of financial education in schools, institutional barriers leading to a Canadian tech brain drain, and the need for increased competition in Canadian finance to force innovation and improve services.

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Rob McMullan, Trevor McKee, and guest Sheliza Jamal discuss the state of DEI (perhaps regrettably now more aptly described as "reversity and exclusion"), focusing on the challenges of implementing DEI, the concept of "reversity," and the impact of AI on bias and education. Sheliza, a Harvard aluma and founder of Curated Leadership (https://www.curatedleadership.com/sjamal-bio), shared her firm's work on inclusive workplace cultures and highlighted concerns about AI's potential to perpetuate existing biases, and the crew also discussed the need for increased cooperation and ethical regulation to mitigate the existential risks posed by Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). It was a fun and insightful discussion about an important and dynamic issue.

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Hosts Rob McMullan & Trevor McKee spoke with guest Vivian Yan about the nature of personal magnetism. Vivian shared her transition from living in a small Chinese mining town to becoming a successful journalist and venture capital professional. They discussed several key factors contributing to personal and professional attractiveness, such as confidence, positive perspective, resourcefulness gained from diverse upbringings, effective listening, empathy, respect for others, extreme encouragement and the power of storytelling and genuine interest.

The High Octane Friends podcast is where Rob McMullan & Trevor McKee discuss a variety of subjects in an authentic and unvarnished way.

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