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The Business of ImpactFinancial Security is a JourneyOn our final episode of season one, the founder of Georgetown’s Business for Impact, Bill Novelli, interviews Surya Kolluri, Managing Director of Retirement Research and Insights at Bank of America and Jeanne de Cervens, Director of The AgingWell Hub at Business for Impact.The three discuss the results of the Gen Z & Millennials: A Perfect Storm – One Year, a national survey on young adults from 18-39 years old. This is a follow up to the 2020 report, A Perfect Storm, focusing on the attitudes of Gen Z and Millennials towards the workplace and their pers...
2022-05-1732 minThe Business of ImpactThe Importance of Cross Generational Action for ChangeOn the latest episode of Business of Impact, Leslie Crutchfield, executive director of Business for Impact, interviews Dr. Dana Suskind, professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago; director of UChicago Medicine's Pediatric Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implant program; and founder and co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago.The two discuss some of the ways America can do better at growing and nurturing healthy children. They talk about elevating our expectation for what society can and should do to nurture the next generation...
2022-04-2731 minThe Business of ImpactYou Don’t Need Permission to Have ImpactOn the latest episode of Business of Impact, Sustainable Business Fellows Kathryn Fouss (MSB ‘23) and Sydney Yin (SFS ‘22) interview Patricia Grant, Senior Associate Dean of the McDonough School of Business Undergraduate Program, about current and future opportunities to engage in social impact in business.The three discussed the plethora of opportunities to engage in social impact and sustainability that Georgetown offers as well as the growth that is currently underway. They talked about the underlying curiosity of MSB students and how this desire to learn will carry students far after graduation. Dean Grant offers stud...
2022-04-1336 minThe Business of ImpactA Positive Impact and Making Money are Not Mutually ExclusiveOn the latest episode of Business of Impact, Christine Kidwell, associate director of Business for Impact, interviews Mackenzie Loy and Lauren Jordan, business owners and MBA candidates at Georgetown McDonough School of Business.The three discussed how our personal and educational experiences fit with your passion for entrepreneurship. They talk about what it’s like to start a business while in business school and how we can all foster connections as we’re trying to rise up with those in front of us and those behind us.A big take...
2022-03-1641 minThe Business of ImpactSustaining Economies by Embracing SustainabilityOn the latest episode of Business of Impact, David Lange, MBA student and program manager of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, interviews Dean Paul Almeida, dean of Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and chair of William R. Berkley.The two discussed trends in corporate social responsibility and environmental, social, and governance at large. They also dive deep into how Georgetown and its various programs like Business for Impact look at entrepreneurship and innovation through the lens of also embracing the common good and our common home.Dean Almeida di...
2022-02-2329 minThe Business of ImpactFiscal Justice with Abrea ArmstrongOn this episode, Business for Impact Director of New Strategies Tanya Smith Evans interviews Abrea Armstrong – the new editor and director of communications for Activestas well as the founder of 91-2-Infinity. The two discuss Activest’s efforts as a voice for fiscal justice – defined as the equity of municipal budgets – and Abrea’s role in telling the company’s brand story in a position that puts her directly adjacent to change. She also talks about her experiences with the National Urban League calling it one of the best ways to meet an exceptional cohort of your peers to go through a...
2022-02-0928 minThe Business of ImpactThe Super Age: Harnessing the Opportunities of Our Increasingly Older WorldThis inaugural episode of The Business of Impact focuses on aging. 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day. The cohort of Americans 65 and older is projected to double by 2060 to 95 million and the rest of the world is aging rapidly as well.Business for Impact Founder Bill Novelli interviews demographic futurist Bradley Schurman. Bradley is the author of the newly released book, The Super Age. The two discuss the book’s premise of decoding our demographic destiny.Learn more about the book at TheSuperAge.comConnect with Bradley on LinkedIn: /bschurman Twitter: @bradleyschurmanFacebook: @TheSuperAge
2022-01-1959 minThe Business of ImpactLaunching Soon: The Business of ImpactListen to the promo episode for the soon-to-launch podcast, The Business of Impact, brought to you by the Business For Impact center at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business.Our mission is to unleash the power of business to help people and the planet thrive. To solve the complex social and environmental challenges facing the world today, we need all sectors involved: business, government and civil society.It's all about people, planet, profit -- the triple bottom line. And we are committed to leading the way.This podcast will take you behind the s...
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