Table Talk with ABFI

About Table Talk with ABFI

Table Talk with ABFI Host: Matt Knight, Executive Director of Alberta Business Family Institute Dive into the world of family businesses with "Table Talk with ABFI." Hosted by Matt Knight, this unscripted podcast spotlights Alberta's entrepreneurial families and we'll talk about many aspects including: -Origins & Evolution: Discover the foundation of family enterprises and their transformative journeys. -Personal Triumphs: Hear heartfelt stories of individual ambition and resilience. -Family Dynamics: Navigate the intricate interplay of relationships, transitions, and generational handovers. -Growth & Motivation: Uncover breakthrough moments and strategies propelling these businesses forward. Join the conversation and be inspired by tales of tenacity, innovation, and family legacy.

Publisher

ABFI

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Sept 2023

Latest episode

20 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Renaming What Dad Built: Where Legacy Really Lives with Liam Murphy (Innoflo Solutions) and Dania Spillett Baron (Incite)

   How do you navigate change and rebranding while honouring what your family built from the ground up? In January 2025, Fireball Equipment, an Edmonton fluid management company Joe Murphy founded in 1993, relaunched as Innoflo Solutions. What almost nobody knows is that the project didn't start as a rebrand at all. In Episode 26 of ABFI Table Talk, host Matt Knight sits down with two guests who lived the story from opposite sides of the table. The first is Liam Murphy, Innoflo's second-generation President and CEO. The second is Dania Spillett Baron, a Partner at Incite, the Edmonton strategy firm that walked alongside him through the multi-year process. Liam grew up in the business his dad built from a one-man oil-heating operation into a Western Canadian leader in fuel and lubrication systems. Today, over 100 employees serve Canada's largest oil sands and mining operations and help manage close to a billion litres of fuel a year. He took over leadership from Joe in 2019, in a year that brought record revenue, cultural strain, and a global pandemic. Dania entered when the question on the table wasn't "what should we name this?" but "we have two very different divisions – should we be one brand or two?" The conversation digs into what it takes to rename something your father named: how a founder still on the board was brought along, and why customer feedback surprised everyone. This episode explores what it means to make space for grief, even when change is for the better – like retiring a loved brand. It also challenges us to rethink legacy, revealing that it's not just a logo that lasts, but the values, relationships, and impact we leave behind. For next-generation leaders itching to put their own mark on the family business — and the advisors who guide them — this episode is a candid map of the years of work that build a new name. Learn more about ABFI at https://abfi.ca/ (https://abfi.ca/), connect with Matt Knight at matt.knight@ualberta.ca or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattknight/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattknight/). Learn more about Innoflo Solutions at https://innoflo.com/ (https://innoflo.com/) and Incite at https://incitestrategy.ca/ (https://incitestrategy.ca/). This video podcast series is proudly produced by the team at Road 55 - located in Edmonton, Alberta. For more information, please visit: www.road55.ca (http://www.road55.ca/)

2. 

   14 Jul 2026

   Two Family Businesses, One Marriage: Sean LeLacheur and Milica Mrdjenovich

   What happens when two next-generation family business leaders marry each other and try to lead both family businesses at the same time? In Episode 25 of ABFI Table Talk, host Matt Knight sits down with Sean LeLacheur and Milica Mrdjenovich, a husband-and-wife duo, each running a separate family enterprise. Sean is President and CEO of Western Moving Solutions and Matco Moving Solutions, the fourth generation of a moving and logistics business that traces back to 1906, which his father, Ted, restarted in 1995, and now spans six locations and more than 200 employees. He last appeared on Table Talk in EP22 alongside Ted. This time, he's sitting across from his wife. Milica "Millie" Mrdjenovich is VP Brand & Marketing at Nova Hotels, the Edmonton-based hotel group founded by her father Mike, who started Nova Construction in 1976 and pivoted to hospitality in 2000. Today, the group runs 14 hotels with nearly 2,000 rooms and over 750 employees, and Millie works alongside her sister, Alexa Mrdjenovich, Nova Hotels' CEO. The conversation digs into what married life actually looks like inside two separate family enterprises: how decisions get made when both partners are owners-operators, why "balance" is the wrong framing for the way they live, what they've learned from each other's family dynamics – Sean's smaller, quieter only-child upbringing versus Millie's large, loud, "Eastern European fiery" family of seven – and what they're modelling for their young kids, including their stance on no free passes into either business. For anyone in a family enterprise raising the next generation, marrying into a family business, or wondering how two careers in two enterprises can fit under one roof, this episode offers a rare, candid look at the marriage and partnership that makes it sustainable. Learn more about ABFI at https://abfi.ca/ (https://abfi.ca/), connect with Matt Knight at [matt.knight@ualberta.ca (mailto:matt.knight@ualberta.ca)](mailto:matt.knight@ualberta.ca (mailto:matt.knight@ualberta.ca)) or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattknight/. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattknight/) Learn more about Matco Moving Solutions at https://matco.ca/ (https://matco.ca/) and Nova Hotels at https://novahotels.ca/ (https://novahotels.ca/) This video podcast series is proudly produced by the team at Road 55 - located in Edmonton, Alberta. For more information, please visit: www.road55.ca (http://www.road55.ca/)

3. 

   26 May 2026

   Two Families, One Roof: Ken and Bianca Barry's RGO Edmonton

   What does a family business look like from the family that didn't start the company? In Episode 24 of ABFI Table Talk, host Matt Knight sits down with father-daughter duo Ken Barry and Bianca Barry of RGO Office Products Edmonton, a family business story that doesn't fit the usual mould. In 1996, Ken left a corporate role at Steelcase Canada in Toronto, moved his young family to Edmonton on a handshake deal with RGO founder Ross Glen (Calgary), and built the Edmonton branch from scratch. Nearly 30 years later, that operation has grown to 60 employees serving Northern Alberta across workplace, healthcare, education, and government. Bianca grew up running through RGO's hallways: playing receptionist, getting hired by her dad as a "sanitary engineer", but deliberately built her career outside the business first, spending four years at Steelcase and POI in Toronto before the pandemic brought her home in early 2021. What makes this conversation especially rich is that the Barry family's first-to-second generation transition is happening alongside a second-to-third generation transition in Calgary, where Cathy Orr now leads RGO and her daughter Sarah and niece Cassandra are stepping in. Two families, two different stages, one enterprise and a founder, Ross Glen, who passed away just a year ago. Ken and Bianca dig into the impact of that loss, what it took for Bianca to earn credibility coming back as the boss's daughter, the future of work and the WorkBetterLab they helped launch in the Pendennis Building, and the small acts of intentional welcome an envelope of childhood notes left on a desk, introductions to Edmonton's women business leaders, that show what next-gen onboarding can look like. For any family business leader considering partnerships, building credibility across generations, or navigating succession in real time, this episode offers a rare conversation between two generations early in their respective transitions. Learn more about ABFI at https://abfi.ca/ (https://abfi.ca/), connect with Matt Knight at matt.knight@ualberta.ca (mailto:matt.knight@ualberta.ca) or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattknight/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattknight/). Learn more about RGO Office Products at https://rgo.ca/ (https://rgo.ca/) This video podcast series is proudly produced by the team at Road 55 - located in Edmonton, Alberta. For more information, please visit: www.road55.ca (http://www.road55.ca/)

Who has been a guest on Table Talk with ABFI

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jason Collins
• Ryan Collins
• Dr Vikas Mehrotra
• Bill Knight
• Steven Knight

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 15 / 100

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Quality

6

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60