Speaker
Janice Liu
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Bio
Janice Liu – Founder & CEO, The Mantis Group Janice Liu has always had an eye for spotting opportunities others overlook. As one of the youngest senior leaders at Cossette Media, one of Canada’s largest media agencies, she helped brands like Toyota, TELUS, and Easy Financial use their own data to make smarter business decisions. But while AI and data were transforming industries like finance and tech, she saw that media agencies and marketing teams were barely scratching the surface — stuck in outdated ways of working and missing out on real growth opportunities. Realizing the industry wasn’t moving fast enough, Janice decided to bet on herself. She left behind the security of an executive role to build something new —The Mantis Group, a company focused on helping businesses turn their own data into competitive advantage. In just one year, she scaled Mantis into a 7-figure business, working with companies like Purolator, Bird, and Publicis Groupe to help them unlock the real value of their data. Janice’s story is about taking risks, trusting your instincts, and building something from the ground up. She’s proof that when you see a gap in the market and have the courage to go after it, the results can be bigger than you imagined.
Speaking Topics
Cracking the Code: Women in Leadership, Mental Models & the Systems We Navigate
In this powerful and reflective session, we’ll explore the often-unspoken rules of leadership and how they intersect with gender. By examining the mental models we inherit, the ones we build, and the systems we move through, this talk helps women leaders decode the invisible architecture of power and choice. We’ll answer critical questions: What frameworks are you using to make decisions? How does your environment shape your belief about what's possible? And how do you harness your power within a system that wasn’t built for you? It’s time to make the implicit, explicit—and own your path with precision.
Money is the Language: Why Financial Literacy is the Key to Systemic Navigation
Money isn’t just a tool—it’s a language. And if you don’t speak it, you’re missing half the conversation. In this session, we’ll explore how financial literacy is foundational to understanding and moving through systems of power, opportunity, and impact. Whether you're leading a team, growing a business, or managing your household, understanding how money works allows you to influence outcomes instead of reacting to them. This isn’t a budgeting talk—it’s a reframe on how money flows through every system you engage with.
Data as Currency: Building Revenue Streams Through the Ecosystem You Already Own
Your business is already sitting on a goldmine—you just haven’t been shown how to cash it in. This talk breaks down how data—when seen as an asset—can unlock new, untapped revenue streams. We’ll look at how your existing ecosystem of touchpoints, relationships, and operations can be mapped to data products, licensing opportunities, and AI-driven solutions. Learn how to treat your data like inventory, not exhaust.
Beyond Insights: Creating an Ecosystem for Data Monetization That Scales
Monetizing data is not just about insights—it’s about infrastructure. In this talk, we explore what it takes to build a data ecosystem that delivers consistent, scalable, and ethical revenue. We'll look at how to align teams, tech stacks, partnerships, and regulatory thinking to move beyond pilots and into production. If your organization is still "talking data," this session shows you how to start selling it instead.
Upgrade Your Operating System: Physical, Mental & Emotional Intelligence for Your Next Level
Most of us are running on outdated operating systems—and wondering why we’re stuck, exhausted, or misaligned. In this transformative talk, we’ll dive into the three OSs you didn’t know you needed to update:
- Physical OS: Are you optimizing your body as a vehicle for clarity, energy, and detoxification—or just managing breakdowns?
- Mental OS: Are you curating the information you consume and building clarity around what’s truly yours versus noise from the outside world?
- Emotional OS: Are you fluent in your emotional signals, or are they stored and silently shaping your behavior?
Attendees will walk away with a framework to self-assess, re-tune, and upgrade how they move through life—internally and externally.
Speaking Topics
- Cracking the Code: Women in Leadership, Mental Models & the System We Navigate
- Money is the Language: Why Financial Literacy is the Key to Systemic Navigation
- Data as Currency: Building Revenue Streams Through the Ecosystem You Already Own
- Beyond Insights: Creating an Ecosystem for Data Monetization That Scales
- Upgrade Your Operating System: Physical, Mental & Emotional Intelligence for Your Next Level
