McLean & Company

McLean & Company partner with organizations to create a workplace that meets today’s needs and prepares organizations for the unknown future.​

Everything we do is backed by data and best practices, so you can make informed decisions and know exactly what to do next. Our memberships are designed to provide what you need to drive the organization forward – from full-service assessments to practical action plans, impactful training, and more. ​

Visit our website to learn how we can help you create a workplace where everyone thrives.

Executive Counselor

Lambton College

As Director People and Organizational Development I was responsible for the delivery of the following corporate services: Organizational Development, Employee Relations and Strategic Workforce Planning in support of the College’s strategic directions and operational priorities.

Director - People & Organization Development (CHRO)

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC)

As Transformation Lead for the Continuous Improvement Initiatives across LHSC – I was responsible for supporting the startup and long term success of the Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Centre of Excellence. In this role I led the Centre of Excellence Team responsible for the the following outcomes:

1. Culture Transformation Leadership: Overall CQI transformation program management,  culture change leadership strategy, monitoring progress and sustaining the corporate improvement initiatives and the CQI management system.
2.     Knowledge Development: Maintain and evolve CQI approach and infrastructure  ensuring consistency.
3.     Leading Corporate Improvements & Coaching Support: Lead corporate CQI initiatives and develop organizational improvement capability through training & coaching. In addition, manage and support projects and provide coaching for project events and the CQI Management System.
4.     Training and Development: Develop and deliver training to all staff and support train the trainer initiatives.

Transformational Change Strategy Executive Lead - Continuous Improvement of Care

Responsible for building and leading the team of HR professionals who provided solutions-based talent management consulting services including, leadership strategy development, change management, organizational design, leadership recruitment & compensation, succession management and performance management. 

-Guided the consulting team that redesigned and implemented a standardized set of staff competencies and a new performance development process for 12,000 employees in a workplace with multiple collective agreements 

-Executed an organization-wide talent management strategy – 350 leaders are systematically evaluated and development/succession plans were created for each individual on an annual basis

-Directed the process and systems redesign to generate “Talent Management Metrics” enabling senior management to have line of sight on the necessary analytics to support the continuous improve the talent management strategy  

-Coached a team of consultants, specialists and project leaders to successfully deliver performance development and talent management programs, recruitment and management compensation services for our 350 leadership clients. 

- Trusted Advisor to the CHRO &  members of the senior leadership team on matters related to talent strategy

Senior Manager -  Talent Strategy & Organization Development

I was responsible for orchestrating the execution of a comprehensive culture change strategy designed to significantly change the patient and family experience.

In 2014, I was honoured to receive the London Health Science Centre President’s Award for Leadership for successfully leading the change management strategy.

Change Strategy Executive Lead, Patient Experience London Regional Cancer Program

GetKeepGrow inc.

Chief Talent Officer

GoodLife Fitness

Provided strategic leadership to a team of HR/OD professionals to execute the re-alignment of HR and organizational effectiveness services and programs in support of the business strategy and emerging talent requirements. (6,000 employees across Canada) Developed and directed the execution of a comprehensive human resource strategy. Provided strategic HR council to the CEO/COO/CFO and senior leadership teams. Transformed the HR function into a consultative, results-driven, customer centric service delivery team.

Director - Human Resources & Organization Effectiveness (CHRO)

Fanshawe College

Adjunct Professor Human Resources

Ontario Government

Recognized with the Ontario Public Service Award for Human Resource Management Innovation.

Senior Consultant, Organization Development/HR Strategy, Attorney General of Ontario

Mayne Nickless North America

Regional Senior Manager

Mayne Nickless North America 

Major Account Manager

National Operations Manager

A strategic human resources leader & leadership coach with over 25 years of bringing people-focused solutions to the most niggly business challenges to achieve results. With experience across the spectrum of HR practices, David’s specialities include:  talent management, executive coaching, process improvement, organizational change and transformation and leadership development.

Dave cofounded “get keep grow inc” a  Canadian employee engagement and retention professional services corporation.




Please note views and opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the views of my employer

David McLean

Is your organization a “learning organization”?
“An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage”— Jack Welch

In 1997, Harvard Business Review named the “learning organization” as one of the seminal business ideas of the prior 75 years and to me it seems even more relevant as we face the next decade!

What organizations have been successful in transforming themselves into learning organization’s?

Microsoft is on a cultural journey right now from being a company of “know it all’s” to a company of “learn it all’s”

When I started out in organizational development (OD) Peter Senge’s work was instrumental in shaping my thinking and his book was one of the big OD book’s of the decade.

What disciplines of a learning organization are still as relevant today as they were 20 years ago?



***full article from MIT Sloan School of Management in comments below 



Acknowledgment: infographic by Tanmay Vora  & original work by Peter Senge



#learningorganization #organizationallearning #organisationaldevelopment #chro

Vinnie Fisher

Mentor Academy

At Mentor Academy, we lead initiatives to transform leaders into effective mentors, ensuring their influence extends beyond their tenure. By creating tailored training programs, we have successfully mentored over 100 individuals, achieving a 75% success rate in establishing their mentoring practices. Our focus on empowering second career professionals has cultivated a supportive community dedicated to impactful leadership.

We are on mission to not allow you wisdom, strengths and impact retire to with you. Come along for the journey and get the encouragement, validation, tools and resources needed to impact the next generation of leadership in your organization, many other organizations through your thriving Mentorprenuer pracutce and in your community.

Founder & CEO

Beyond Your Shadow

Beyond Your Shadow has multiple brands that it supports in its mission:  Mentor Academy focused on equipping second career professionals to become Mentorprenuers.  We also have the Foundry which is a private mastermind group operated by our Founder, Vinnie Fisher where he is mentoring the current generation of leaders in leadership growth, development and multiplication.

You can learn more about each brand at:

Mentor Academy: https://mentoracademy.co/

The Foundry:  https://vinniefisher.com/foundry/

We believe that multiplication is the key to legacy and your impact living beyond your shadow.  Our mission is to help leaders transform from hero to guide by embracing the journey of mentoring the next generation of leaders.  Our commitment is to help you excel at mentoring. We equip you with skills, inspire you with the opportunity and invite you into the mission of mentoring the next generation of leadership in your organization and community. 

Experience matters, and so does how you leverage it to influence and cultivate tomorrow’s leaders. 

Shoot for success, you might find significance.  Shoot for significance and you will find both.

Founder

Fully Accountable

Fully Accountable is a outsourced accounting and finance company offering fractional controller, CFO and data services.  As Chairman, I help to steer the ownership team and advise the CEO on growth strategies and expansion.

Chairman of the Board

Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Company. My primary role was the Chief Evangelist and Visionary of the company. As such, I developed the strategies for acquisition of customers, expanding business lines, hiring key employees, and the growth and scale of the company.

Fully Accountable is not your traditional accounting firm.  We specialize in using digital technology, cloud based services and real time reporting to offer Trusted Advisor Services to Companies that have a large digital footprint, utilizing eCommerce, digital advertising and agencies that specialize in service work to these businesses.

At Fully we offer a full range of services from fractional CFO all the way to master bookkeeping.  We offer a free no obligation strategy call here:  www.fullyaccountable.com/strategycall to help you identify the holes in the leaky bucket and finally achieve the profit margin your business deserves.

CEO and Co-Founder

Leading Health

Created an online health supplement company offering the most popular formulations for sale directly to consumers. My initial focus was developing the company and training our second-in-command to take over operation of the business. In June of 2014, after training our new quarterback, I stepped away from the company. Today, Leading Health is thriving and expanding its product lines and customer base.

Chairman

Brain Host

Created a shared website hosting and domain services company. We grossed over $100 million in revenue across five brands during the next five years. I stepped away from operating the company after we brought a new CEO into the business in 2012. I subsequently returned to oversee operations after that CEO did not work out in the company. I formally stepped away from all operations, except for the Board, in June of 2013.

Co-Founder and CEO

Founder and Chairman | Leadership Expert | Business Strategist | Investor | Best Selling Author

Entrepreneur, Author, and Mentor dedicated to leadership multiplication through intentional mentorship.

After building and exiting multiple successful companies, including Fully Accountable last year, I now dedicate myself to addressing what I see as a critical leadership crisis: five generations working side-by-side, unprecedented leadership transitions, and a growing deficit of prepared leaders in organizations, churches, and communities.

Through Mentor Academy, we equip experienced professionals to become "Mentorprenuers" - turning their hard-earned wisdom into impactful mentoring businesses that create both legacy and income. My Multiplication Method helps leaders identify, invite, equip, and deploy the next generation of talent.

My philosophy is simple: leadership isn't about personal achievement but about who you develop. True legacy extends far beyond your own shadow through the leaders you help create.

I've been blessed with 29+ years of marriage to my amazing wife Debbi, four incredible children, and a life guided by faith. I believe extraordinary achievement doesn't require sacrificing what matters most – that's why I advocate for a 360° Life approach across Faith, Family, Fitness, Finance, and Fun.

Bestselling author of "Beyond Your Shadow: Legacy Through Multiplication," "The CEO's Mindset," "False Profits," and "The Best Investment: A Better You."

"One of the greatest values of mentors is the ability to see ahead what others cannot see and to help them navigate a course to their destination." - John C. Maxwell

For more information, visit our website:

https://mentoracademy.co/

I am also an active mentor.  You can learn more about me and the Foundry at:

https://vinniefisher.com/foundry/

You can also grab a copy of my latest book Beyond Your Shadow: Legacy Through Multiplication:

https://beyondyourshadow.com/get-the-book/

Are we seeing this?

Google just launched Nano Banana Pro on Gemini. 
The most realistic AI image generator yet.

The reactions rolling in? Panic. Concern. Fear.
People can't tell what's real anymore. And they know it.

Look at the comments. 
Read the threads. 
The sentiment is clear: "How do we trust anything we see now?"

This is exactly what I've been warning about.
We just crossed a line. 

AI-generated content is now indistinguishable from reality. No watermarks. No disclosure requirements. No way to verify.

And consumers are terrified.

Not because the technology is bad. 
Because nobody's being transparent about when it's being used.

Here's what happens next:
Companies will use this to create marketing content, product images, testimonials, reviews. 
All synthetic. 
None disclosed.
Consumers will figure it out. 

Trust will collapse. 
Brands will scramble.

Or—and this is the pivot—companies get ahead of it now.

They disclose AI use. 
They verify their transparency. 
They prove they're trustworthy before consumers demand it.
This is why SiteTrust exists.

Not to stop AI. 
To make it trustworthy through transparency.

Because moments like this—when technology leaps ahead of trust—are when infrastructure gets built.

SSL certificates happened after security breaches became epidemic. 
Privacy regulations happened after data scandals exploded. 
Transparency certifications will happen now, as AI makes "real" impossible to define.
Nano Banana just proved it.

P.S. Look at the reactions to Nano Banana. That's not excitement. That's alarm.
If your customers feel that way about AI, you need to address it. 
Now.
#AITransparency #NanoBanana #GoogleGemini

We're live.

SiteTrust officially launched yesterday, and I wanted to personally walk you through what we've built.

Our first newsletter just dropped. 

It covers:
→ What SiteTrust is and how verification works 
→ The three certification tiers (Verified, Advanced, Exemplary) 
→ Why this matters now (spoiler: EU enforcement starts August 2026) 
→ Legal updates on AI regulation 
→ The technology infrastructure behind trust 
→ What's coming in 2026

This isn't marketing. It's education.

AI transparency is infrastructure, not a trend. 

And infrastructure only works when everyone understands how to use it.
If you're using AI in your business, this newsletter is for you.

If you're advising companies on AI strategy, this newsletter is for you.

If you're wondering how to prove trustworthiness before regulation hits, this newsletter is definitely for you.

👉🏼Read the full first edition here

We're Live. After months of development, SiteTrust is officially open. This newsletter is your inside look at AI transparency, regulatory updates, and

Open article: Welcome to the AI Transparency Era by Vinnie Fisher • 5 min read

Sometimes the right decision is the hardest one.

After an incredible year of building Mentor Academy, working with over 2,000+ mentors, coaches, and consultants, I'm announcing that we've closed operations.

We fulfilled our final commitments a few weeks ago, and now it's time to be honest about what I learned:

I was building the wrong business.

Not wrong because the work didn't matter. 

The people we served were extraordinary. 
The frameworks we created were solid. 

The Multiplication Method™ works, I still believe in it deeply.

But I was building a business that served mentors when the world needed something different. 

Something bigger. 
Something more urgent.

Over the past year, while working with thousands of professionals trying to build trust with their clients, I kept hearing the same crisis emerging:

"How do I prove I'm trustworthy when AI is destroying credibility?"
"How do I show transparency when regulations are coming and I don't know what to do?"
"How do I differentiate when everyone claims to be 'ethical' but nobody can prove it?"

That's when it hit me.

The opportunity wasn't helping people become better mentors. 

The opportunity was solving the trust crisis that every organization, not just mentors, is facing in the AI era.

So I made the call. We closed Mentor Academy to focus on something that matters more.

What I learned from MA:
✅ How to build frameworks that codify expertise
✅ How to create systems that scale trust
✅ How regulatory pressure drives adoption
✅ How to position something the market doesn't know it needs yet
✅ How to pivot when you realize you're solving the wrong problem

I'm incredibly grateful for everyone who believed in Mentor Academy. 

You taught me more than I taught you.

And what we learned there is going to change everything.

Happy Thanksgiving🦃

This week I've been sharing about closing Mentor Academy and launching SiteTrust.

Today, I just want to say thank you.

I'm grateful for:

• Faith. 
I've learned that the best decisions I make are the ones where I trust something bigger than my own understanding. Closing MA to build SiteTrust was one of those decisions. It didn't make logical sense at first. But it was right.

• Family. 
Debbi has been by my side for 30 years. Four kids who have watched me build, break, and rebuild businesses. They've seen the wins and the losses. And they've supported every pivot. I don't take that for granted.

• The Mentor Academy community. 
You taught me more than I taught you. Every conversation, every question, every success story shaped what became SiteTrust. You showed me the real problem that needed solving.

• The lessons from breaking businesses. 
I've built companies that succeeded. I've built one that broke. Both taught me what I needed to know. Failure isn't the opposite of success—it's part of the curriculum.

• The people who believed before it made sense. 
The team that's building SiteTrust with me. The advisors who saw the vision early. The partners who are already certified. You took a bet on something that doesn't exist yet. That matters.

• This moment. 
To be at the beginning of something that could become infrastructure. To see the window open. To have the experience, the team, and the timing align. That doesn't happen often. I don't take it lightly.

Entrepreneurship is hard. 
Pivoting is harder. 
Betting everything on something new is terrifying.

But it's also the most alive I've ever felt.

So today, I'm grateful. 
For the journey. 
For the people who've been part of it. For the opportunity to build something that matters.

And I'm excited about Monday. 😊

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving with the people you love.
—Vinnie

#happythanksgiving🍂

Yesterday I told you I closed Mentor Academy to build something bigger.
Today, I'm telling you what it is.

Introducing SiteTrust, the verification and certification platform for AI transparency.

Here's what I realized while working with 2,000+ professionals at Mentor Academy:

Every organization is facing the same crisis.
• Consumers can't tell what's real anymore
• AI regulations are coming (EU AI Act enforces August 2026, Colorado June 2026)
• Companies don't know how to prove they're trustworthy

There's no independent standard for AI transparency

That's what SiteTrust solves.
What SiteTrust Does:
✓ Provides independent AI transparency certification (3 tiers)
✓ Creates a public registry where consumers can verify companies
✓ Establishes the standard before regulations mandate it
✓ Gives organizations a way to prove transparency, not just claim it

Think of it like this:
What SSL certificates did for web security in the 2000s, SiteTrust will do for AI transparency in the 2020s.

It started as optional. Then it became expected. Then it became mandatory.

We're at the beginning of that curve right now.

Everything Mentor Academy taught me is built into SiteTrust:
→ How to create frameworks that simplify complex problems
→ How to build scalable trust systems
→ How to position something before the market realizes it needs it
→ How to move fast when the window is open

This isn't just a business. It's infrastructure.

We're building the trust layer for the AI era.

And we're launching on Cyber Monday (12/2) with something special. 
More on that soon.

Learn more:

Open article: SiteTrust | AI Transparency Certification by sitetrust.com

SiteTrust - AI Transparency Certification Logo

SiteTrust | AI Transparency Certification

The most dangerous phrase in business right now? "We'll worry about AI compliance next year."

By "next year," it will be too late.

Here is the regulatory countdown: 
→ Colorado AI Act goes into effect June 30, 2026.
 Businesses using high-risk AI will face new duties around documentation, impact assessments, and disclosures. This deadline was already delayed once, but it’s still the first comprehensive AI law in the U.S.

→ The EU AI Act is already in force. Its requirements roll out in phases between now and 2027

→ Enterprise procurement cycles are 6–12 months.
 Meaning: if your AI product or service isn’t compliant ahead of deadlines, you simply won’t get through procurement.

Do the math. 
The time to prepare is today.

This is why we are launching SiteTrust on December 2nd.

We are establishing the registry and certifying the founding partners before the inevitable panic in 2026.

I’ve seen this pattern with SSL and ISO certifications. 
The first movers establish the category.
 
Everyone else just follows.

The market is ready:
Legal is warning about disclosure. 
Marketing is fighting for authenticity. 
Consumers are demanding proof.

We are providing the answer. 
#AI #AITransparency

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