Business as UNusual

Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Kathryn Cronin Miller about her company, A Better Place to Work. 

Kathryn Cronin Miller, MSW, LCSW, is the Principal Coach/Consultant and Founder of A Better Place To Work. Kathryn joined the social sector in 2005. She has worked in non-profit, academic, and organizing settings, focusing on women's services, youth development, mental health, and trauma. She has a special focus on the nexus of legal and social work.

Kathryn is an expert in driving performance, boosting engagement, and supporting, motivating, and training people. She is an experienced social sector leader who has supervised dozens from both a clinical and task-based framework, and she regularly provides consultation to supervisors. In addition to her social work education, Kathryn has completed doctoral coursework and holds a certificate in Human Resources Management. She has taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Denver. 

A fierce advocate for social justice, Kathryn believes that relationship-based, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive approaches to management create the foundation for success. Kathryn founded A Better Place To Work because she cares deeply about the social sector and those working within it. Kathryn is on a mission to repair social sector workplaces, transform agency cultures, and give staff the tools that they need to stay engaged, motivated, and effective for years to come.

When she is not busy making change, Kathryn stays busy as a mom of two young children. She enjoys being outdoors and loving on her dog, Peanut. 

Website 

www.abetterplacetowork.org

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

[email protected]

Links

Kahn Employee Engagement

https://www.talkfreely.com/blog/dimensions-of-employee-engagement

Social Media Links/Handles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-cronin-miller-msw-lcsw-771079107/

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Ethan Decker, PhD about Applied Brand Science. 

Ethan, a marketing and advertising professional with over 20 years of experience, witnessed countless great ideas being discarded due to disagreements and misunderstandings about how advertising works. Frustrated by this recurring issue, he used into his scientific background as a PhD holder in ecology to uncover the universal truths about brand growth and advertising effectiveness. Recognizing the need to share this knowledge, Ethan now helps brands apply the science of growth to their businesses, building their confidence and making them more effective in their marketing strategies.

Website

AppliedBrandScience.com

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ehdecker

Notes

Flourish Theory

https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/newsletters/flourishnewsletters/newtheory

Haim

https://g.co/kgs/wvTpe5

Social Media Links/Handles

https://twitter.com/ehdecker

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ehdecker

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Crystal Storm about Tales of the Forgotten Fiction Network. 

Crystal Storm is a woman of many hats (pun intended. She has a wall full of fedoras). She’s 4’11, hates mornings, and is a night owl. Her aliases are WooWoo and C-Money. Her Fans find her dedicated to giving them stories that encourage them to find ways to make the mundane magical.

A busy creativeprenuer, in addition to being an author (writing is her first love) she is network creator, show runner, voice director and voice actress! Alongside her fiancée’ Crystal created the Tales of the Forgotten Fiction Network, turning her writing into Audio Dramas!

Crystal is currently writing and directing new shows for the Tales Network, including bringing her scifi Duology Synarchy to life with a team of talented Voice Actors!

Crystal also hates writing bios, so she asked her Twitter friends to do it for her. She thinks these are better, so she’s sharing their prose.

There once was a writer named Crystal

Whose prose did seem all righ

She may be smol but she’s sweet

But what’s really neat

SHE IS THE NIGHT. – Calvin

Website

talesoftheforgotten.com

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

On twitter @writerstreamer and @talesnetwork email us [email protected]

Notes

https://crystalsimagination.com/

Social Media Links/Handles

@writerstreamer twitter | instagram @crystalsimagination

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Colleen Kelley. PhD creator of Kids’ Chemical Solutions. 

Dr. Colleen Kelley is the Creator and Founder of Kids’ Chemical Solutions, which is a comic-book based chemistry curriculum intended for kids ages 8 – 108. Her journey as a chemist began at The University of Richmond where she received her B.S. in Chemistry. She fell in love with the world of discovery and research and wanted to continue to explore more chemistry. She headed to Penn State University and dashed through graduate school receiving her Ph.D. in chemistry at the age of 24. She was having so much fun doing chemistry research that she accepted a Chateaubriand Postdoctoral Fellowship in Strasbourg, France with Nobel Prize winner Jean-Marie Lehn.

Colleen joyfully spent the past 30 years teaching thousands of college students chemistry. She is on a quest to make sure chemistry is enjoyable, accessible, fun, and understood.

Website 

kidschemicalsolutions.com

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-kelley-ph-d-049aa91ab/

Notes

https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-kelley-ph-d-049aa91ab/

Social Media Links/Handles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-kelley-ph-d-049aa91ab/

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, Thought Leaders, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Delvin Cox of the Delvin Cox Experience. 

Delvin is on a one man mission to unite our culture though diversity. Delvin, shares their strong dislike for ads that focus on extreme views without addressing the core issue. Delvin advocates for finding better solutions without causing division or harm to people. Furthermore, they argue that both parties can be right about different issues, such as immigration, crime, and homelessness. Delvin believes that finding a middle ground and working together is crucial to solving these problems effectively, without resorting to extreme measures that don't work. Delvin emphasizes that as a powerful country, the United States should not overlook these issues or solve them in ways that do not effectively serve the entire community. Throughout the episode, Delvin reflects on their own podcasting journey, the challenges of finding guests, and their mission to promote diversity and discuss important issues. They highlight the neglected topics such as mental health in black men and serve as an eye-opener for listeners to understand the challenges faced by certain communities. Delvin concludes the episode by stressing the importance of unity and working together to keep communities thriving and supporting the American dream for people from all backgrounds. 

Join us on this episode of Business as UNusual for a thought-provoking discussion on finding common ground and fostering positive change in our society.

Notes

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-delvin-cox-experience/id1164874963

Social Media Links/Handles

Delvin_Cox Twitter

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

@delvin_cox Twitter

Website: thedelvincoxexperience.com

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Taylor Rosty about Lasso Digital.

Taylor is the CEO of Lasso Digital. Having previously been the communications director for a local nonprofit, Taylor is passionate about the social sector and believes nonprofits and government agencies hold the keys to meaningful, lasting change.

As a leader, Taylor believes that culture is key. She strives to hire the very best people and trust them to do quality work, no micromanagement required. When mistakes happen, she views them as a normal part of growth and encourages her staff to be open about what they’ve learned.

Prior to her work at Lasso, Taylor was the Communications Manager for The Blue Bench, a Denver-based nonprofit that seeks to eliminate sexual assault and support those who have been affected by it. She also worked for Black Fox Philanthropy, a fundraising consultancy focused on helping international NGOs optimize their fundraising.

Taylor graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a focus in Marketing and was recently nominated as one of ColoradoBiz's 2023 GenXYZ Most Influential Young Professionals. 

Her passion for the nonprofit sector has led her to join the boards of two Colorado nonprofits: Project Safeguard, which provides survivors of domestic abuse with legal support; and Mental Health Colorado, which works to end discrimination and ensure equitable access to mental health and substance use disorder care.

Outside of work, Taylor stays busy raising her two sons, Thor (a dog) and John (a human), traveling with her husband, and watching too much Dateline.

Website

 lassodigital.co

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[email protected]

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Sean Hale, Founder of Sean Hale Consulting.

Sean Hale has served nonprofits for more than twenty years.  

He loves getting the administrative side running smoothly so the organization can truly focus and shine.

Over his career, he has made improvements that reduced waste, generated new revenue, boosted staff productivity and morale, grew financial transparency, and shrank risk. He’s also helped boards and management to navigate complex situations and consistently left the organizations stronger and ready for their next stage of growth.  

Today he gets to lead a team of outstanding nonprofit accounting and finance professionals. Together, we provide temporary and ongoing services to small and mid-sized nonprofits so they can have the back office support they need for the whole organization to flourish.

Website www.seanhale.org

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

[email protected]

Social Media Links/Handles

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanphale

Show Links

Notes

https://www.seanhale.org/blog

https://www.seanhale.org/about

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Vanessa Blacknall-Jamison about the importance of mentoring and coaching future leaders. 

Vanessa is a highly regarded professional in her industry, with a rich history of helping people. She is known for her dedication to her work and for fostering possibility in others. Vanessa's expertise has been recognized by many, with an outpouring of accolades when her website requested testimonials. Her impact on those she has helped is evident, and her passion for her work is unwavering.

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

Email [email protected]

Notes

www.linkedin.com/in/vbj

Social Media Links/Handles

[email protected]

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Sierra Whitener a career entrepreneur. 

On this episode of Business as UNusual, we talk with a COO and entrepreneur who shares their experience with failure, family, and finding purpose. Sierra shares how being a role model for their children keeps them motivated, and discusses the importance of acknowledging and learning from failure. They also talk about their journey into entrepreneurship, their father's influence on their career path, and their passion for helping others find their purpose in business. Tune in to hear about the speaker's valuable lessons learned and their approach to navigating the unusual world of business.

Business Tagline/Personal Saying

Every moment. Every generation.

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Email [email protected]

Notes

Ryan Leak https://www.ryanleak.com/

Social Media Links/Handles

Instagram.com/Whitenersierra 

Facebook Sierra whitener

tik tok Sierra whitener

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Business As Unusual, is a series produced by BiCurean Consulting. We present Entrepreneurs, Innovators, CEOs, & Founders who are innovating the way we do business. This episode we are chatting with Natalie Rodgers of the Acacia Company.

The Acacia Co. was founded by TaRea, Natalie, and Thu-Hong in response to the ever-growing need for integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into the workplace - the right way. 

There's a saying that goes, "organizations are easy to run, it just becomes difficult when you add people to the mix." The striking reality that every organization is faced with - an organization does need people to function. People started the organization and people run the organization. 

People are the organization. The Acacia Co. takes a practical approach that focuses on both. We look at the art and the science of integrating diversity and inclusion into business operations, shining a light on all areas of the organization and supporting management teams with project implementation.

Website

https://www.theacaciacompany.com/

Best Contact for Listeners to find you or connect with you:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalielrodgers/

Through our website

DEI Strategy Assessment: https://www.theacaciacompany.com/dei-strategy-assessment

LinkedIn Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/sustainable-dei-strategies-6973403317875986432/

Links

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalielrodgers/

https://www.theacaciacompany.com/

Social Media Links/Handles

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalielrodgers/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theacaciacompany/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAcaciaCompany

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