Episodes
1. Food Banks Canada
September 19, 2013
45 min
Food Banks Canada is the national organization supporting food banks across the country. Executive Director Katharine Schmidt is going to change her identity and work in disguise to visit some food banks and food programs to understand the challenges they are facing and learn how she can better support their needs.
2. Northlands
September 26, 2013
45 min
Richard Andersen, the president and CEO of the sports-and-entertainment complex Northlands, gets the skinny on how his business operates when he puts on a fat suit and poses as an employee in various entry-level positions.
3. Liberty Entertainment Group
October 3, 2013
45 min
The creative director of Liberty Entertainment Group trades in her posh poolside office for the chance to work side by side with the people who operate her bars and banquet halls.
4. Sodexo
October 10, 2013
45 min
A meeting between the disguised president of Sodexo Canada and the "Queen of Clean" gets a little ugly when he accuses her of overdoing her job and risking company profits.
5. YMCA Canada
October 17, 2013
45 min
Scott Haldane, the National CEO of YMCA Canada gets a full head of hair for the first time in 30 years, when he works in disguise in his own organization. But, as he meets his workers and gets to understand the realities of their working lives, he realizes he's also on a very personal journey of discovery.
6. Mandarin Restaurants
October 24, 2013
45 min
Competition is cutthroat in Canada's $23 billion restaurant industry. Tina Chiu, the Chief Operating Office of Mandarin Restaurants, is worried that the expansion of her giant all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet chain is at risk, and is prepared to radically change her appearance, to check out what's really happening in her restaurants.
7. Calgary Transit
October 31, 2013
45 min
Calgary Transit boss Doug Morgan struggles to cope when he joins his staff to work in disguise, cleaning vomit off buses, work in fume-filled garages, and face dangerous public confrontations. At the end of it all, he makes a surprising gesture that has one worker in tears.
8. Mexx
November 7, 2013
45 min
The newly appointed CEO of retail giant of Mexx Canada is determined to shake-up the shop floor when he works undercover. But workers blame head office for blunders, forcing the boss to make changes from the top down.
9. Sunnybrook Hospital
November 14, 2013
45 min
Working in disguise forces the Executive VP of Sunnybrook, Malcolm Moffat, to look at hospital services with new eyes when he meets Danny the over-worked painter, who struggles to keep up with never-ending fixes…
10. Wok Box
November 21, 2013
45 min
After a four-year hiatus, Blair Stevens is back at the helm of fast-food favorite Wok Box. The company has gone through a turbulent time and they've had to close some locations. But can working in disguise under an assumed identity help the Co-Founder and Director get things back on track?
