leadership
Learning from experienced business owners profoundly impacts leadership and business success. It builds authentic confidence through real failures, sharpens intuitive decision-making, teaches crisis navigation, fosters genuine networking, and instills resilience. Their lived wisdom accelerates growth, reduces expensive trial-and-error, and shapes principled, adaptive leaders far more effectively than theory alone
In this episode, I had a discussion with with David Granovsky — President, CEO, and owner of Atlantic Coated Papers Ltd., a market leader in high-performance protective packaging serving the food, pharmaceutical, construction, and industrial sectors. Before building ACP into an innovation-driven powerhouse, David led the Flexible Packaging division at Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. He’s also an active angel investor in the tech space, co-founder of the Grand Slam Pro Am tennis charity event, an avid hockey player, and a highly accomplished tennis competitor.
Here's some of the takeaways:
- Agility in business allows smaller companies to compete with larger ones.
- Risk-taking is essential for growth and success in business.
- Teaching children about business from a young age is crucial.
- Effective communication is key to building a successful team.
- Canada has a strong potential for growth with its resources and talent.
- The current education system needs to focus more on finance and technology.
- Opportunities in business often arise unexpectedly and should be seized. Canada has a wealth of talent but needs to focus on STEM education.
- Policy reform is needed in industries like dairy and telecom.
- Hiring the right people is essential for business success.
- The future of work will be shaped by technology and AI.
