CHECK OUT THE LATEST PODCAST EPISODE
CHECK OUT THE LATEST PODCAST EPISODE
Episodes
Explore the power of communications with eight seasons of content that support your work as a communicator for change.
Rebroadcast • Navigating the Way Forward: What We’ve Done and Where We Go From Here with Dr. John Izzo
In this rebroadcast from season 8, Carrie sits down with Dr. John Izzo, author and advisor who has dedicated his mission to helping companies and individuals find theirs.
Rebroadcast • Courageous Conversations with Ronnie Galvin
We're revisiting one of our favorites this week as Reverend Ronnie Galvin discusses the importance of community and how it is not a physical place but a set of practices. He shares his journey through social change and community building, and highlights the role of community in fostering justice, equity, and sustainability.
Rebroadcast • Why Curiosity Will Save Us All with Jennifer Brandel
Jennifer Brandel is a co-founder of Hearken, which she’ll talk about extensively today, but she’s also behind Zebra's Unite, Civic Exchange Chicago, Democracy SOS and WBEZ Chicago's Curious City. She joins Carrie Fox for a conversation on approaching the most challenging problems with an open and curious perspective in this rebroadcast from season 7.
Rebroadcast • George Jones on Building Antiracist Cities
In this rebroadcast from Season 7, Bread for the City CEO George Jones sits down with Carrie to talk about making a difference at the intersection of race, racism, and poverty in Washington, DC.
Rebroadcast • Communications to Power Mental Health
In this rebroadcast from season 6, Schroeder Stribling, President and CEO of Mental Health America, joins Carrie Fox to talk about mental health, the narrative we've written around it as a society, and why it's time to get serious and teach one another to approach trauma with compassion.
Lesson Learned • Finding the Words
We can’t turn back time, but we can progress forward. So, if there is a person you believe you’re done learning from, I invite you to reach out to them today. Tell them that you were thinking about them. And then listen closely to whatever they have to share. You may be surprised by how much there is left to learn.
The Business Case for Health Equity with Dr. Jean Accius
This week, Carrie Fox sits down with Dr. Jean Accius, President and CEO of Creating Healthier Communities (CHC), to discuss just what it means to build healthier and more equitable communities.
Succession Planning with Edgility Consulting's Christina Greenberg
How can leaders of social impact organizations build equitable pipelines of leadership to sustain their missions? That is our central question this week as Carrie Fox sits down with Christina Greenberg, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of diversity-focused talent management firm Edgility Consulting.
Equitable Hiring Practices with Edgility Consulting's Jonathan Howard
This week, Carrie Fox sits down with Jonathan Howard, Associate Partner at Edgility Consulting, about the importance of building equitable hiring practices to create a truly inclusive workplace.
Exploring Trends Versus Fads in Workplace Strategy with SHRM's George Rivera
Carrie Fox explores how we can build workplaces that work for all with her guest, George Rivera, Senior Vice President of SHRM Enterprise Solutions.
Human-Centered AI in the Workplace with SHRM’s George Rivera
How should your organization thoughtfully adopt artificial intelligence (AI) in ways that enhance instead of displace the human workforce? Carrie sits down with SHRM’s George Rivera, a person uniquely qualified to take on these questions as we look out on the horizon toward the future of work.
Finding, Keeping and Promoting Women in the Workplace with SHRM’s Jennifer McCollum
This week, Carrie Fox sits down with Jennifer McCollum to talk about, well, a lot. In addition to her work as CEO of leadership development firm Linkage, Jennifer has become an inspiring voice in the realm of women's leadership.
Can AI Make Us More Human? • Finding the Words
AI is an important tool and an indelible part of our future. But we don't need to lose our humanity in the process of using it.
Courageous Conversations with Ronnie Galvin
On this episode of Mission Forward, Reverend Ronnie Galvin discusses the importance of community and how it is not a physical place, but a set of practices. He shares his journey through social change and community building, and highlights the role of community in fostering justice, equity, and sustainability.
Mind Over Machine • Finding the Words
The memory we carry in our pockets directly affects the memory in our heads—and that impacts how we communicate. So, what are you doing to protect that precious time you have ... to think?
Say it Simply: The Power of Plain Language in Advancing Health with Dr. Katelyn Jetelina
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina has taken her modest public health email for friends and family and fashioned it into a public health powerhouse of a newsletter influencing hundreds of millions of readers. How did she do it? This week she reminds us all to keep it simple.
Can You Reframe That? • Finding the Words
The most compelling stories for social change break stereotypes and build new ways for us to understand issues and each other. Start by looking for stereotypes in your communications, and then practice some reframing. As we learn this week, the story will be even better as a result.
Navigating the Way Forward: What We’ve Done and Where We Go From Here with Dr. John Izzo
This week, kicking off the eighth season of the Mission Forward podcast, Carrie sits down with Dr. John Izzo, author and advisor who has dedicated his mission to helping companies and individuals find theirs.
Start Where You Are • Finding the Words
In the fast-paced nature of time, where it’s all too easy to get caught up in what’s coming next (vs. what’s happening now), where we want to be (vs. where we are), and how we get there (vs. what we’ve accomplished to date), it’s good to pause and remember that life is fast, and it’s short. Wherever you are, may you find something wonderful worth holding onto in this present moment.
Two extraordinary builders join us on Mission Forward: Eboo Patel, architecting bridges between faiths, and Iara Peng, revolutionizing how philanthropy reaches underserved communities. Tune in to hear their inspiring stories and discover how we can all contribute to building a more just and equitable world.