Host: Carrie Tuttle

Guest: Luticia Miller

Do you wait for permission before taking on something big or do you go for it? Today’s guest really goes for it!

Luticia Miller is President and Managing Partner of DRIVE Workforce Lodging, an award-winning camp company serving major projects across Canada. She started as a welding apprentice in northern Alberta, became a project controls leader on a billion-dollar industrial build, and moved into executive strategy, capital, and governance after completing her Executive MBA at Queen's University.

Luticia is a multi-startup founder and co-founder, an advisor in clean energy and Indigenous industry participation, and sits on the board of Alliance Trust Company. For more than 20 years, her answer to almost every opportunity has been the same: say yes, then figure it out.

This episode digs into shifting from high-context communication to being more direct, the discipline of over-communicating so people can act with confidence, and her two non-negotiable team rules.

Luticia is candid about the moment she had to raise her hand and stop a founder she was advising, even when she was the only one in the room with doubts.

This conversation holds great advice, contextual stories, and a reminder that trust is built when a team takes accountability together.

QUOTE-WORTHY MOMENTS

• “Much of what I’ve accomplished in my career is by virtue of not knowing that it wasn’t possible. So I did it.”
• “’It’s not my job’ does not belong in our vocabulary. We don’t get to say that.”
• “When we can all together as a team take accountability, that’s where the gold is at. That’s where we build trust.”

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Being direct delivers more value than high-contextcommunication when the stakes are high.
• Assuming best intent lowers defences and lets feedback actually land.
• The best advice comes from lived experience, not theory.
• Initiative and autonomy drive the biggest gains, but onlywith clear communication behind them.
• Leaders have to over-communicate so their teams can act with confidence.
• “It’s not my job” and blame-shifting have no place on ahigh-trust team.
• For women in male-dominated industries, focus on the work, not the gap.
• Shared accountability is where trust gets built and where the real gold is.
• Reframing the story, from recycling to green manufacturing, is what makes people’s eyes light up in her world.
• Adapting your style for team members who need more guidance is a growth opportunity, not a compromise.

LINKS FROM EPISODE

Luticia Miller on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luticia-miller-emba-2a160a36/

Drive Workforce Lodging - finalist, Emerging Scale Up of theYear (Mount Royal University - Scale Up program): http://www.drive-mod.com/

Atmos Renewable Recycling: https://atmosgroup.ca/

Mentioned in episode:

Atlas Shrugged — Ayn Rand

Brené Brown — referenced on standing your ground

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