Latest Triple bottom line Podcast Episodes
Radical Empowerment For "Astronomical" Growth with Rick Plympton of Optimax
For the EVOLution of Business - June 06, 2019 17:15 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:10] The early days of Optimax located in a barn but leveraging computer-controlled machining [2:45] Growth assisted by Kodak, now working with NASA Mars Rover [4:00] Focusing on "small volume, high quality, quick delivery" and through a combination of Technology, process and attitude, beco...
Sophie Wisbrun is Doing Business & Doing Good so that you can Live your Passion on Champions of Change with Lindsay Christianson
Champions of Change - June 03, 2019 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★ - 2 ratingsSophie Wisbrun is an award winning social intrapreneur, an international marketing and sustainable business executive, systems thinker and social entrepreneur. She is passionate to leave the world a better place through the power of purposeful business and brands. Sophie believes businesses can ...
Love Your Workforce And They'll Love Where They Work with Cody Hewitt of Hewitt Young
For the EVOLution of Business - May 30, 2019 07:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:10] Founding of Hewitt Young Electric by Cody's Father and his father's cousin [2:10] Cody's reluctance to join the family business [3:35] Starting at the bottom and building an interest in the business [6:00] Taking over as CEO in 2017 at age 27, building trust as a serving leader [8:15]...
Conscious Capitalism IS Economic Development with Ana Liss of Greater Rochester Enterprise
For the EVOLution of Business - May 23, 2019 20:20 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:20] Career path from journalism to economic development [5:00] Leaving for Albany for the "Empire State Fellows" program [7:30] Moving back toward Rochester by way of Cornell University and now GRE [9:20] What is Greater Rochester Enterprise? [11:30] Changing the reality and changing the ...
Rochester as a Beacon for Conscious Capitalism with Bob Duffy of the Rochester Chamber
For the EVOLution of Business - May 16, 2019 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:00] Reluctantly jumping into politics and running for Mayor of Rochester "I didn't like the politics, but I loved the public service." [6:45] Leaving Rochester for Albany as Lieutenant Governor [10:25] Proudest moment as Lieutenant Governor presiding over the marriage equality vote [12:15...
Elevating Consciousness In Leadership and Business with Cyndi Weis of Breathe
For the EVOLution of Business - May 09, 2019 07:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:00] The entrepreneurial drive that started with lemonade stands, selling pencils and eventually as an Avon salesperson at 15 years old, reaching #1 by 16! [2:30] How selling is "doing people a favor...saving people time because I've done the research for them" [3:15] Introduction to yoga at...
Adversity Is An Opportunity To Show Your Commitment To Culture with John Nichols of the Nichols Construction Team
For the EVOLution of Business - May 02, 2019 20:30 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:30] The founding of the Nichols Construction Team [3:20] "We wanted to build a culture and share that culture with the marketplace and have that be as strong of a basis of their selection as our experience and capabilities...we didn't see ourselves as a commodity, we saw ourselves as service...
Craftsmanship with Intent with Seth Eshelman of Staach
For the EVOLution of Business - April 25, 2019 15:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:00] Seth's path from Film major to Industrial Design [3:00] A study abroad program in Denmark and its influence on the Staach aesthetic "You can create, you can curate, you can build a space to really provide someone an opportunity to gain a new experience." [8:00] Why Seth decided to star...
40 Years of Social Innovation with Foodlink's Mitch Gruber
For the EVOLution of Business - April 17, 2019 18:30 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[2:00] The beginning of Foodlink [3:45] How organizations looking to become zero waste have led to additional partnerships [5:15] Creating an entrepreneurial culture [7:45] Mitch's path to Foodlink [9:30] Mitch's PhD dissertation on how a lack of Conscious Capitalism impacted the food system...
Aligning Your Investments with Your Values with Zach Armstrong on Socially Responsible Investing
For the EVOLution of Business - April 11, 2019 07:33 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:45] The culture at Sage Rutty: employee first and community focused [3:20] Accessibility of leaders, town hall meetings, ongoing communication [4:45] Zach's career path to financial planning [6:45] Defining "Socially Responsible Investing" - You shouldn't have to sacrifice your values [8:...
Make Your Mission Meaningful with The Seneca Park Zoo Society's Pamela Reed Sanchez
For the EVOLution of Business - April 04, 2019 21:08 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:00] The seeds of Pamela's interest in sustainability [2:30] Pamela's career path from teaching at Arizona State to non-profits with at-risk youth agencies to The George Eastman Museum and now to The Seneca Park Zoo Society [5:30] The evolving purpose of Zoos: from menagerie to education to ...
Unleashing Neighborhood Entrepreneurship with Denny DeLeo of the Venture Jobs Foundation
For the EVOLution of Business - March 28, 2019 07:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[2:30] An opportunity at Kodak that led to a Venture Capital career and then to the Venture Jobs Foundation [5:00] Partnering with the City of Rochester, JP Morgan Chase and Canandaigua National Bank to create a microlending fund [7:30] Launching the "Jobs Kitchen Accelerator" to help support ...
Social Entrepreneurs that "Franchise For Good" with Dani Polidor of Cowork Downtown
For the EVOLution of Business - March 25, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[2:30] What is environmental design and how Dani's path led her there [4:00] How Dani's parents were influenced by post-war Germany to "make the most out of limited resources," before immigrating to the US [5:00] Dani's purpose as an environmental designer: "Every design should be an awesome d...
Building (and Living!) a Purposeful Brand with Michelle Roberts of Novus
For the EVOLution of Business - March 22, 2019 00:19 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:30] How a lifelong fascination with "Why" led to an interest in branding [4:30] Creating and branding "Novus" "I rebranded myself as a person, and through my company I was able to live those values. It's an ongoing process. It's never that I'm always living my brand or always living my valu...
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Challenge For Business and Society with IBM's Stan Litow
For the EVOLution of Business - March 14, 2019 07:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[2:30] Changing the story of the role of business and society i.e. In 1870, Macy's started offering health care to employees BEFORE government regulation, Hundreds of companies voluntarily offered paid vacation [5:30] 1920 George Eastman gave 1/3 of personal stock holdings to employees (equiva...
Self-Managed Teams That Scale Culture and Maximize People with Bruce Peters of Beyond Teal
For the EVOLution of Business - March 07, 2019 08:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings[1:45] What is teal? [4:00] Frederic Laloux's Reinventing Organizations http://www.reinventingorganizations.com/ [6:45] Jerry Harvey's Abilene Paradox: "Organizations frequently take actions contrary to the desires of any of its members and defeat the purposes they’re designed to achieve." S...
Growing an Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystem at the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship with Ebony Miller-Wesley
For the EVOLution of Business - February 28, 2019 08:33 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBuilding an entrepreneurial ecosystem has traditionally meant focusing on what Ebony Miller-Wesley calls "opportunity entrepreneurs" looking to build high-tech, high-growth businesses. Yet for "necessity entrepreneurs," the needs are different as is their access to resources, capital and educati...
How a Reputation for Ethical, Conscious Business Could Give Rochester an Edge with RABEF's Alan Ziegler
For the EVOLution of Business - February 21, 2019 08:33 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe Rochester Area Business Ethics Foundation's vision is to make Rochester the "gold standard for ethical business cultures" through their annual ETHIE award that celebrates the all too often untold POSITIVE examples of ethical companies and stories of their ethical practices. In addition to a...
XLR8ing the EVOLution of Purpose-Driven Leaders at Wegmans and Beyond with Tom Brady
For the EVOLution of Business - February 19, 2019 08:03 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings"I just don’t want to work here anymore.” After a 25-year career in which he worked his way up from social worker to the Senior Vice President at Park Ridge Hospital, Tom Brady's impulsively blurted out the words that had been brewing inside him for months. Tom was in the middle of a performanc...
How Junior Achievement EVOLves Future Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs with Patty Leva
For the EVOLution of Business - February 14, 2019 08:33 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsJA helps students realize that the education they are getting today will help them to have a bright future tomorrow. To celebrate 100 years since their founding, they are recommitting to their mission to inspire and prepare young people to be "100% Ready" for the future. By bringing community vo...
"Reviving Genesee Brewery With The Triple Bottom Line" with Mary Beth Popp
For the EVOLution of Business - February 07, 2019 08:33 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsGenesee Brewery, one of America's oldest breweries and the oldest in New York State, was just weeks away from closing its doors in 2009 when it was acquired by KPS Capital. Then in 2013 it was purchased by FIFCO, a Costa-Rican company with a "Triple Bottom Line" strategy, which balances "People,...
Building Inclusive Prosperity One Neighborhood At A Time with Calvin Eaton of 540WMain
For the EVOLution of Business - January 31, 2019 08:33 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsCalvin Eaton aka "The Gluten-Free Chef" is a freelance educator, digital content creator, and social entrepreneur with over six years of experience as a professional freelancer, whole foods chef, food blogger, K-12 and adult educator and published author. He launched (www.theglutenfreechefblog.c...
Giving Employees What They "CRAVE" with Gregg Lederman
For the EVOLution of Business - January 24, 2019 08:33 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAccording to Gallup, less than a third of Americans are engaged at work. Yet Gregg Lederman's clients at Brand Integrity and now Reward Gateway boast 90% engagement. And 65% of them are recognized as Best Companies to Work For. What's his secret? When Gregg's father's lack of purpose and engage...
Four Years From New Owner to Business Person of the Year with Abby Reinhard of GP Flooring Solutions
For the EVOLution of Business - January 17, 2019 08:33 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAbby Reinhard is the owner and president of GP Flooring Solutions, a commercial flooring company headquartered in the Greater Rochester area. Since purchasing her company almost four years ago, Abby has enjoyed growing a team from 9 to 32 employees (and growing!). Her academic background is in l...
Incubating Conscious Culture in Tech with Justin Copie of Innovative Solutions
For the EVOLution of Business - January 10, 2019 08:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsAs CEO of Innovative Solutions, Justin Copie is leading the bold move forward: instilling growth in employees and inspiring change well beyond the four walls of Innovative. Yet the 65 people working at Innovative don’t work for him. He works for them. As CEO and leader, Justin provides safety a...
The Most Impactful Trust Building Behaviors with "The Trust Ambassador" Bob Whipple
For the EVOLution of Business - January 03, 2019 08:33 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBob Whipple is CEO of Leadergrow Incorporated, an organization dedicated to development of leaders. He speaks on internationally on leadership topics and the development of trust. He is author of four books and over 100 videos on trust and leadership. His work has earned him the popular title o...
How The Cooperative Economics of Ujamaa Can Create Inclusive Prosperity with Jessica Lewis of Ujamaa Rising
For the EVOLution of Business - December 27, 2018 08:33 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsKwanzaa is a week-long celebration honoring African identity, heritage and culture. Each of the seven days of Kwanzaa celebrates a different value of African culture that helps to build and reinforce community. During last year's Kwanzaa celebrations in Rochester, Jessica Lewis moderated a panel...
“Conscious Succession” through Employee Ownership at Butler/Till
For the EVOLution of Business - December 20, 2018 08:33 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsSue Butler serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and in a consultant role for Butler/Till, the company she founded in 1998 with partner Tracy Till. Butler/Till is a media + communications agency that delivers progressive approaches for reaching, engaging and influencing consumers across t...
Coffee that Changes Lives and Revitalizes a Neighborhood with John Lee of New City Cafe
For the EVOLution of Business - December 13, 2018 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings"Coffee is like life. There's a story from green bean to espresso shot and also a great story in all of us" says New City Cafe founder John Lee. "Like those beans, sometimes we need to go through a journey of incredible heat and pressure," but on the other side can be a beautiful (and delicious)...
Building for Sustainability by Learning from Mother Nature with Bill Browning
For the EVOLution of Business - December 06, 2018 12:27 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsBiomimicry is the design systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes. Bill Browning is one of the green building and real estate industry’s foremost thinkers and strategists. His expertise has been sought out by organizations as diverse as Fortune 500 companies, leading univers...
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