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D-BEnefits Podcast

A podcast about the inflection point bridging the Modern with the Gig Age. Emphasis on employee benefits. Amidst the noise there is surely a signal. We are a privileged generation - living in what is likely the most significant inflection point in the process of civilization. Amidst the rush and noise of hyper speed change can we hear the signals? What changes are happening? How does all this change impact each of us? How do we navigate our way to taking advantage of these changes? The Benefits industry delivers a product and service that impacts the lives of millions of people on a day-to-day basis. Artificial Intelligence, therapeutic innovation, communication technology, robotics and the power of interconnectivity are some of the exciting developments that are bringing fresh new opportunities for advisors to work with employers as they seek to maximise the well-being and employment experience of the people who drive their businesses.On this podcast we look to thought leaders, innovators and domain specialists to help filter the noise and hear the signals of our time.

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Common Wealth - Common Sense. Jonathan Weisstub, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Common Wealth Retirement

June 01, 2023 • David Emanuel • Season 3 • Episode 2

Common Wealth has built a single-stack cloud based Group Savings Platform. Jonathan Weisstub is a deep thinking business leader who is focussed on identifying complex problems and breaking them down into solvable chunks all in the pursuit of building solutions that deliver support and service to Canadians with an elegant and delightful User Experience that "meet them where they are at".

Speaking with Jonathan is always fun - he challenges conventional thinking and insists on approaching and framing "problems" through an essentially positive lens.

Jonathan Weisstub is Co-founder and co-CEO of Common Wealth Retirement -
he is a lawyer and former senior advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada with senior executive experience in government, professional services, and the corporate sector.

In 2015, he co-founded Common Wealth, a mission-driven financial technology company that provides straightforward, portable retirement plans. To advance our mission to make it possible for everyone to have a financially secure retirement, Common Wealth focuses on serving those not covered by workplace retirement plans, including SMBs, not-for-profits, self-employed professionals, and modest earners. Working together with our partners, Common Wealth’s innovations have included helping to create the first retirement plan in Canada for modest earners and the first group retirement plan in Canada for physicians. Common Wealth’s plans have received multiple awards for their innovative design, including a WorldPensionSummit innovation award in technology from Pensions & Investments.