Jared Smith

Thrilled to contribute to The Stollery Beach campaign to give @stollerykids a chance to play outside, in some cases for the 1st time in months 🥹 🏖️

Congratulations @tedkouri @darrentonn @DaniaSpillett & the team @incitestrat on celebrating 25 yrs. As co-founder it’s been amazing to see the company grow and change over time, and very rewarding to watch their evolution over the past 6yrs since my departure. #yegbiz #proud

HYROX is a gruelling test of strength, speed, dark humour and power and combines 8 stations (ie row, long jump burpees, sandbag lunges, sled etc) interspersed with 8x1k runs. It’s also an AMAZING event & if you’re craving some self-inflicted suffering you’re going to love it 😅

Apparently the term “bucket list” was originated by J. Zackham in ‘99, he thought it was more elegant than, “to do before I kick the bucket”… and Grose's 1785 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue defined “kick the bucket” as “die” - obviously. Regardless: @NimmoBayResort #bucketlist

Thrilled to be invited by CEO @shantisheetal to act as a volunteer advisor to the @UAlberta Innovation Fund, designed to offer entrepreneurs who are solving global challenges with critical access to capital, research, strategic networks, and technology. ualberta.ca/research/innovat…

Fascinating due diligence trip to London w/ the fine chaps from #yeg based growlending.ca @LloydsofLondon @Brandsmiths

Boxing Day (like you mean it 😤). #smithgym

“Pain is weakness leaving the body (or a pulled hamstring)” 😤 #smithgym

My son’s air hockey game @RogersPlace (Kai vs Drai) didn’t turn out as well as we hoped. Kai lost 4-1. Of course he’s grounded now as a result but we sure loved the event in support of @Oil_Foundation @EdmontonOilers #HeritageClassic – at Edmonton, Alberta

Team @lloydsadd @NavacordInc packed a room w/ 400+ #yegbiz execs for a deep-dive into topics surrounding corporate risk. I enjoyed the opportunity to share some laughs, tears, insights & stories & I recognize that inviting me on stage represented a risk in and of itself :) #risky

Smart capital unlocks growth and opportunity and it’s exciting to see @UAlberta stepping up with the launch of their innovation fund (planned to grow to $50M) | inspired by @BFlanaganUofA | Chair: Darin Rayburn | CEO: @shantisheetal #yegbiz

“Great leaders block time into 4 categories: reflecting (thinking about/processing the past), planning (preparing for the future), acting (in the moment, playing out the plan) and pausing (mind off - in nature, hiking, listening to music, yoga, meditation, etc.)” @ijchisholm – at Edmonton, Alberta

Post Covid-era downtown safety and revitalization in #yeg (and most major cities) is a complicated issue. Thankful that we have intelligent, capable people here working on it. (Mind you I’m sad to say my “YEG needs a vigilante” campaign seems to have fizzled). @JA_NorthAlberta – at Edmonton, Alberta

Dean @KyleBMurray w/ Dave Filipchuk, CEO of @PCLConstruction along w/ members of @UAlbertaBiz Advisory Council. PCL, founded in #yeg in 1906 (a few yrs before my Great-Grandfather’s horse tragically died). Now $8B/yr and ranked one of the top contractors in N.A. #yegbiz – at Edmonton, Alberta

Was thrilled to act as moderator for this unique, engaging and super-cool @YPO panel discussion re: building authentic brands in the pursuit of high performance w/ @cmcdavid97 @mr_ianrosen @harryroseninc James Elian @AirSprint and Lauren Kyle (Kyle & Co. Design).

“Mentor is a gift word.” - @ijchisholm … so cool to spend time w/ super-high-calibre @UAlbertaBiz MBA students, and extra amazing to use the @InfoMentorly platform - what an amazing Canadian company! congrats founder and CEO @awerhun – at Edmonton, Alberta

Honoured to keynote last wk’s @NavacordInc Annual Partner’s Summit in Cabo San Lucas w/ Executive Chairman and longtime friend @TMSadd … what an awesome story of growth and success boasting a network of 50+ insurance & risk management brokerages across Canada. @lloydsadd #yegbiz – at Edmonton, Alberta

Proud to play an advisory and “chief connector” role with @AmiiThinks … gearing up for next yr’s upperbound.ai (formerly AI Week). 🇨🇦’s largest AI event hosted in #yeg with an expected 5000 in attendance from 40+ countries May23-26 – at Toronto, Ontario