Drew and Ben caught up in May 2023 to pick up a conversation they started in London in 2022 at a conference where Drew, head of experience at Braindate, was leading the Braindate experience that Ben participated in at EdtechX..

Drew is based in Montreal and we caught him between travel to find out more about his role with Braindate alongside his freelance facilitation, community dance projects and his former roles as an entrepreneur in the Yoga and wellness space. 

Braindate

7:30 Being head of experience for Braindate, a mechanism for networking at conferences

10:00 Is travel something you look for in a job?

12:13 What were the aspirations when growing up?

Drew mentions his wellness studio, which we talk again about later: https://studiojuly.co/work/elmnt-studio/ 

15:40 Reflecting on education and skills where Drew discusses being a ‘university dropout’.

22:09 Your skills versus a job description and the value of ‘soft skills’ and things that are harder to teach

29:00 Building culture in new organisations

31:28 Advice from Drew about spotting an authentic company

35:10 Drew mentions B Corp organisations https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/

36:00 Migration dance film project https://migrationdance.com/ 

51:40 Drew’s Yoga/wellness studio business https://www.instagram.com/elmnt.studio/ 

1:00:45 “I don’t like the gym…”

1:07:47 The theme: Bringing people together

1:10:09 If you could do anything…?:

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