{"podcast":{"title":"Disruptors","slug":"disruptors-897695","podcast_index_feed_id":897695,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/aWlX_ddg","website_url":"https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/rbc-disruptors/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f17078a4-4277-4c0a-8a65-e1d7050657be/db9eec98-9a9c-4ed1-b314-0770531af60f/3000x3000/image002.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Royal Bank of Canada","episode_count":228,"summary":"Disruptors, now in its 10th season, has become your front-row seat to Canada’s innovation story—200+ episodes exploring the people, ideas, and technologies reshaping Canada’s future. Each episode, hosted by John Stackhouse, SVP, Office of the CEO at Royal Bank of Canada—and former Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail—cuts through the hype and focuses on what you need to know. This season, we’re leaning into urgency: the global economy is shifting, geopolitics are noisy, and Canada needs to respond. You’ll hear from founders, investors, scientists, operators, and policy leaders at the forefront. Listen for a clearer understanding of the tech and innovation shaping Canada and the world—and practical insights to help you make sense of what’s coming next.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695"},"episode":{"title":"Street Smarts: The Waterloo company tackling global gridlock","slug":"street-smarts-the-waterloo-company-tackling-global-gridlock","published_at":"2026-04-28T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695/street-smarts-the-waterloo-company-tackling-global-gridlock","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695","url":"https://thoughtleadership.rbc.com/rbc-disruptors/","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1313/p.podderapp.com/4376325916/pscrb.fm/rss/p/afp-933978-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/3de6e51a-73da-4b83-96b0-d93c1141855f/episodes/f47b37ef-85aa-471e-8a9b-3b3df9139b6b/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=3de6e51a-73da-4b83-96b0-d93c1141855f&awEpisodeId=f47b37ef-85aa-471e-8a9b-3b3df9139b6b&feed=aWlX_ddg","summary":"Congestion isn’t just annoying, it's an economic drag. In this episode of Disruptors, John Stackhouse speaks with Kurtis McBride, co-founder of Miovision, about how a Waterloo-built company turned intersection data into a real-time operating layer for cities and how that platform is scaling globally. McBride explains how Miovision began with a simple insight from manual traffic counts, then evolved into a digital twin approach that helps cities reduce congestion, improve safety, support transit performance, and shorten emergency response times. He also shares how Miovision is applying AI including a conversational interface that lets traffic teams ask plain-English questions about their network and get actionable recommendations. The conversation expands into a founder playbook for selling into cities, navigating cross-border requirements like Build America, Buy America, and building the connected intersection infrastructure that can make vehicle-to-everything (V2X) services and eventually autonomous mobility safer and more affordable.","meta_description":"Congestion isn’t just annoying, it's an economic drag. In this episode of Disruptors, John Stackhouse speaks with Kurtis McBride, co-founder of Miovision,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1547,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/disruptors-897695/episodes/street-smarts-the-waterloo-company-tackling-global-gridlock/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/disruptors-897695/street-smarts-the-waterloo-company-tackling-global-gridlock.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}