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 Margo Purcell | May 19, 2026

### Destroyers Aren't the Problem. They're the Signal.

Most organizations have someone they would call a Destroyer.

Not by that name, usually....

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 Margo Purcell | January 6, 2026

### Growing Canada’s economy requires investing in people, not just projects

Margo's thoughts here were originally published in [the Calgary Herald on December 31,...](https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-growing-canadas-economy-requires-investing-in-people-not-just-projects)

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###### Earlier in my career, long before I co-founded InceptionU, I was at an inflection point...

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