Exceptional Women of the World: Deborah Kilpatrick, SourceKnowledge

The Drum Arms Podcast

For Deborah Kilpatrick. vice president and co-founder of Source Knowledge, based in Montreal, making mistakes is par for the course — and not something to be feared. It’s not so much just the learning but rather the ability to recover and make faster and better decisions in the future. “I personally think that perfectionism is overrated,” she says. Enthusiasm is something that Kilpatrick places a great premium on and is inspired by as well — especially when it comes to taking a position and defending it with rigor. She also believes that we are in a time where she believes there is less enthusiasm, which can stanch strong opinions, especially publicly. But when she sees it — and hears it — it is fuel to make it more contagious.