Convergence - Leadership Spotlight Series Vol. 2 | Hosted by Brett Macfarlane
Join us the Vol.2 of our intimate, interactive roundtable for Vancouver’s innovation-driven professionals!
SPOTLIGHT LEADER
🎙 Ellisa Calder | Director of Digital Insights & Future Experiences, Lululemon
Ellisa Calder thrives where things are messy—where the path forward isn't obvious and problems don't come with clean edges.
As Director of Digital Insights & Future Experiences at Vancouver's hometown hero and global icon Lululemon, she's spent over eight years building and scaling innovation programs, digital products, and research functions, often from scratch. Her leadership philosophy is a window into modern high performance: providing clarity, resources and, most importantly, empowerment.
She brings insights into how to test ideas rather than debate endlessly, while developing relationships that align incentives. For scale-ups, she offers insights into staying agile while growing, and for startups, a view into how global operations like the ones that might want your services actually tick.
WHAT TO EXPECT
✅ Thriving in ambiguity
✅ How to build innovation programs and digital products from scratch by empowering teams rather than micromanaging them.
✅ Practical insights into testing over debating, aligning incentives to get innovation across the finish line, and staying agile while scaling.
🍴🥤 Some refreshments
HOW DO INNOVATIVE LEADERS EXECUTE?
What It Is:
The Convergence Leadership Spotlight Series unpacks the personal playbooks of Vancouver's innovative leaders. Each intimate session brings together professionals who are driving intangible innovation—strategy, product, digital transformation—to learn from each other's real experiences turning ideas into outcomes.
Why It Matters:
Theory doesn't move the needle. Execution does. This series gives you direct access to how leaders actually navigate resistance, manage uncertainty, communicate across silos, work within constraints, and yes—learn from what didn't work. It's honest, practical conversation designed for people actively driving change.
The Format:
Hosted by Brett Macfarlane, each session is structured around three parts:
1️⃣ Inspire – Brett interviews the spotlight leader to reveal their leadership principles and playbook
2️⃣ Reflect – Small group discussions with peers explore key concepts
3️⃣ Act – Micro-roundtable conversation on applying insights in your work
This isn't a keynote or panel. It's a high-trust, high-participation conversation. Plus refreshments.
🎟️ Tickets are limited to only 20 people per reception. Grab yours now!
🚨 FULL SERIES LIENUP 🚨
Wednesday, Mar 11th | Hesam Masoumi, VP of Product, Simuhealth, ex-Sun Life, ex-RBC Ventures (Register here)
Wednesday, Apr 22nd | Ellisa Calder, Director of Digital Insights & Future Experiences, Lululemon (Register here)
Wednesday, May 6th | Margarita Maylyan, Product Lead, Industrio, ex-Microsoft (Register here)
Wednesday, Jun 3rd | Stefan Hawes, VP, Global Marketing, Destination Vancouver (Register here)
✒️ CONSENT
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🏢 VENUE INTRO
Convergence is a hub for innovation, alongside its sister companies Pixel Ramen (UX Research & Design) and Giant Leap (AI R&D studio). Together, they craft award-winning digital solutions for businesses and public sector organizations.