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Latest Episodes

EP 359: Operating An Ethical Business With the ethical move Founder Alice Karolina
October 19, 2021

When you orient your motive toward making room for difference, including people who's experiences aren't like yours, taking steps to not hurt people with your business, I think you can find both some

EP 358: Imagining New Ways To Work With Future Proof Skills Lab Founder Liz Wiltsie
October 12, 2021

My guest today is a perfect example of this. Liz Wiltsie is the founder of the Future Proof Skills Lab and the host of Sustainably Human At Work. She's a trauma-informed, abolitionist skill builder on

EP 357: Building A Business Based On What Matters With Coach Mara Glatzel
October 05, 2021

Lately, I've been thinking about how much we take existing systems and ways of working for granted—and then find ways to operate within those conventions that make us feel like we're honoring our valu

EP 356: Creating A System Of Care
September 28, 2021

Today, I have 3 more contributions to this month's discussion about systems. Each one tackles a different aspect of this idea that "systems just are." Writer Mary Beth Huwe shares a beautiful definit

EP 355: Cash Flow Is A Feminist Issue
September 21, 2021

It's easy to think 2-dimensionally about the money in your business: revenue and expenses. But 2-dimensional thinking makes it much harder to find the money to grow. If you can start to think 3-dimens

EP 354: Making Sales A System With Coach Pony Founder Christie Mims
September 14, 2021

Today, I’m talking with Coach Pony founder Christie Mims. Christie helps coaches build a real business with her program of the same name. Plus, Christie is host of the Coach Pony podcast, a show we lo

EP 353: Dancing With Systems In Clickup With Lou Blaser & Sean McMullin from YellowHouse.Media
September 07, 2021

When you bring a systems thinking approach to business strategy, management, sales, marketing, and even the creative process, how does that shift your decision-making and action? To kick off this mon

EP 352: Personal Strengths Make Strategy Stronger
August 24, 2021

I've got four more stories of business owners leveraging their strengths for you today. And the thread that runs through each of them is how using personal strengths as a filter allowed them to make c

EP 351: Thinking Differently With Writer Kris Windley
August 17, 2021

I've never thought of myself as very good at visual art or graphic design—even though I wished I was. Then, I had a conversation with writer, developmental editor, and communications consultant Kris

EP 350: Slowing Down For Success With Coach Reva Patwardhan
August 10, 2021

I still struggle with belonging. I struggle with the constant fear of unfamiliar situations and people—along with the fear of plenty of familiar situations and people—something Laura James describes i