Next Economy Now: For the Benefit of All Life

Real change is about more than just talk and requires a committed practice from organizations and individuals. Hella Social Impact is a consultancy that is dedicated to facilitating the process of helping brands and organizations to show up authentically and impactfully for racial justice. On the show today we are so lucky to be joined by Hella's CEO and Founder, Lynn Johnson, as we have an insightful and inspiring conversation about her path and experiences working towards a better future. 

For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/lynn-johnson

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

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Join us for the next installment of our Next Economy MBA Series, in which we share the first five principles of a framework for a better future. These principles are evolving guideposts and design considerations that can help business owners move towards an economy that works for the benefit of all life.

For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/mba3

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Today’s guest is Jeff Clements, who serves as President of American Promise, a fast-growing, cross-partisan network of Americans working to win the next amendment to the US Constitution so that people, not money, govern America. Jeff has practiced law for three decades in public service and private practice and is the author of Corporations Are Not People: Reclaiming Democracy From Big Money and Global Corporations, a must-read for anyone who is sick and tired of the reign of corporate super-citizens in American politics.

For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/jeff-clements

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

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We may not be to blame for climate change, systemic racism, and damaging levels of debt, but we are responsible for doing whatever we can to turn the tide on these issues that currently plague our world.

In this episode of the MBA series, we delve into the problem with interest-bearing debt, why access (not availability) is the reason that 800 million people are chronically hungry, and how historical systems perpetuate inequalities across the world today, as well as why the Genuine Progress Indicator is a better measure of progress than Gross Domestic Product.

For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/mba2

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

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Today on the Next Economy Now Podcast, we welcome esteemed public intellectual and author Professor Robin D.G. Kelley. Robin is the Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History at UCLA and has researched and published extensively on the history of social movements in the US, the African Diaspora, and Africa. He has also spent time focusing on Black intellectuals, music and visual culture, Surrealism, and Marxism.

For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/robin-dg-kelley

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

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To kick off our new MBA Series, LIFT Partners Erin Axelrod and Kevin Bayuk sit down to give a run down of what our listeners can expect in the following podcasts, how it relates to the Next Economy MBA program, and to introduce some important terms and concepts that will be explored in future episodes.

For our show notes, visit https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/mba1

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

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This is the final episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

• How Patagonia thinks about social, environmental, and financial goal setting and key performance indicators
• The thought process behind how Patagonia sets prices for its products
• Internal and external reporting practices, including the B Impact Assessment and the “Footprint Chronicles'“
• How Patagonia baked its values and benefit purposes into its company bylaws

For more, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/patagonia-4

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

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This is the third episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

• Patagonia’s approach to marketing and how it’s evolved over time
• Exploration of the thinking behind Patagonia’s feature-length films
• How Patagonia intentionally cultivates their brand community
• Standing up for what you stand for might mean standing against or alienating potential customers and strategic partners
• Doing what’s right and authentic is good business

For more, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/patagonia-3

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

Learn more ➡️ https://www.lifteconomy.com/nextsteps

This is the second episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

• Maintaining consistent culture across geographies through values alignment and shared purpose & sense of agency in serving customers
• Creating the conditions to allow people to show up as their full self and pursue the passions outside of work that enhance their value when present for Patagonia
• Enacting purposeful business activism to influence the market, supply web, and policy in ways that are core to the mission and operations
• Patagonia’s efforts and stance with regard to racial and gender equity, diversity, and inclusion

For more, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/patagonia-2

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

Learn more ➡️ https://www.lifteconomy.com/nextsteps

This is the first episode in a rebroadcast of our four part interview series with Vincent Stanley from Patagonia.

Vincent Stanley, co-author with Yvon Chouinard of "The Responsible Company", has been with Patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing. More informally, he is Patagonia’s long-time chief storyteller. Vincent helped develop the Footprint Chronicles, the company’s interactive website that outlines the social and environmental impact of its products; the Common Threads Partnership; and Patagonia Books. He currently serves as the company’s Director, Patagonia Philosophy, and is a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He is also a poet whose work has appeared in Best American Poetry. He and his wife, the writer Nora Gallagher, live in Santa Barbara.

Interview Highlights:

• Four critical moments in Patagonia’s history: rock climbing with petons, the Ventura River, organic cotton, and “Don’t Buy This Jacket.”
• How Patagonia developed its new mission statement
• The Stockholm Resilience framework and how Patagonia thinks about planetary boundaries 
• The company’s approach to growth and why they should (or should not) grow
• The eight business philosophies that guide the company’s decision-making and operations

For more, visit: https://www.lifteconomy.com/blog/patagonia-1

The LIFT Economy team is passionate about creating learning communities where we can put the skills and values we discuss on Next Economy Now  into practice. 

Learn more ➡️ https://www.lifteconomy.com/nextsteps