Wired for Change
Wired for Change
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In a world that's evolving faster than ever, the key to staying ahead lies in understanding the intricate dance between people, process and technology - and the impact they create for humans, organizations and society. This dance is critical for moving forward and yet, more than 70% of these initiatives fail. This show is meant to help leaders and teams with the many decisions and shifts that are required to drive successful innovation, transformation and change.
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The podcast explores a diverse range of topics focused on the impact of technology on society and organizations, offering episodes such as Healing the Health Data Divide which delves into digital health education and initiatives, The Trust Crisis addressing misinformation and its societal implications, and What's Changing in Cybersecurity that discusses the evolving landscape of cyber threats amid digital transformation.
In a world that’s evolving faster than ever, the key to staying ahead lies in understanding the intricate dance between people, process and technology – and the impact they create for humans, organizations and society. This dance is critical for moving forward and yet, more than 70% of these initiatives fail. This show is meant to help leaders and teams with the many decisions and shifts that are required to drive successful innovation, transformation and change.
Recorded on location in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, this episode of Wired for Change explores what resilience looks like when communities help build and own the infrastructure that shapes their future.
Amy Yee sits down with Indigenous entrepreneur Lyle Fabian, founder of KatloTech Communications, to discuss a vision for strengthening Canada's North through infrastructure ownership, digital sovereignty, fiber networks, and decentralized data centres.
Drawing on decades of experience across telecommunications, energy, and Indigenous economic development, Lyle argues that the next frontier for the North is not simply connectivity—but ownership. The conversation explores how Indigenous communities can move beyond being customers or beneficiaries of critical infrastructure projects to becoming builders, investors, and owners.
Together, Amy and Lyle discuss the realities of connectivity in the Northwest Territories, the importance of redundancy and resilience, the challenges of building infrastructure across vast northern distances, and a bold vision for a decentralized network of fiber and modular data centres designed specifically for northern conditions.
This is a conversation about more than technology. It is about sovereignty, long-term thinking, stewardship, economic participation, and the role infrastructure can play in shaping stronger and more resilient communities.
Whether you work in technology, public policy, economic development, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, cybersecurity, or Indigenous relations, this episode offers a unique perspective on what it means to build resilience from the ground up.
Recorded in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Chapters:
00:00 Trailer: A Northern Blueprint for Resilience
02:02 Recording in Yellowknife
03:05 From Customers to Owners
05:05 Learning the Value of Fiber
08:00 Building KatloTech
09:05 The Infrastructure Gap in Canada's North
11:00 Self-Determination and Economic Participation
14:45 A Different Model for Data Centres
16:00 Why Redundancy Matters
18:05 The Dream: A Connected North
19:50 Decentralized Infrastructure and Data Sovereignty
22:20 Making the Investment Case
24:05 What Comes Next
24:40 A Final Message
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