
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.
Regenerative Agriculture and the Future of Business as a Force for Good with Ryan Pintado-Vertner
Ryan Pintado-Vertner joins Carrie to illustrate the value of regenerative agriculture as the future of farming for health, habitat, and humanity—and maybe the next great metaphor for all our most important relationships, too.
Character Building • Finding The Words
Character may not help you in the moment of crisis. But, what could it could do for you if you started investing back into your own character-building today? Because character-building may be the very best way to maintain your reputation for the long term.
The Purpose Economy with Laurence Evans
Laurence Evans of Reputation Leaders joins Carrie to discuss how purpose-driven CEOs can navigate an increasingly polarized world by listening to their stakeholders, embracing diversity, and leading with integrity.
What If? • Finding The Words
Have you ever questioned the impact you can make as one person? What If you have a far greater influence and impact than you realize? And what if your micro-level decisions can result in powerful and positive macro-level changes?
Navigating the Issues with Carol Cone
The Purpose Collaborative's Carol Cone is back to help us kick off our ninth season and along the way, face challenges like climate and AI head-on in the coming year.
Where Will This Year Take You? Welcome to Season 9
Whether you’re working to address climate change or public health, DEI, or AI, communications matters. Courage, care, and civility matter, too. How you practice those three C’s will directly affect your future, too. That and more, this season on Mission Forward.
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.
You’re Saying it Wrong with NY Times Bestselling Authors Kathy and Ross Petras
We often talk about words on this show, but rarely do we talk about words in quite the way our guests this week have built their careers talking about words. Kathy and Ross Petras are the New York Times bestselling authors and hosts of the award-winning NPR.org podcast You’re Saying It Wrong. This week, we’re clearing the air on the words that trip us up the most!
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.
Fact Check • Finding the Words
This week, the story of a quote. This quote is among the most well-known and widely shared of the words of a legend of peace. It’s been used by well-established thought leaders, in scholarly publications, books, and presentations, with thousands of references to this quote across social media. The problem is, the person never said it.
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.
No matter the industry or the discipline, problem-solving is best done when it involves those closest to the problem. And yes, sometimes, the best action is to simply get out of the “dam” way.