Why, in a podcast dedicated to organizational spirituality, are we discussing the plight of trailer park residents in the grips of predatory investors? I mean that issue seemingly has nothing to do with yoga, green smoothies, incense, or meditation exercises. It’s a good and reasonable question--addressed in this ten-minute episode.

How do we work out a spirituality of place-based development? Sarah Hope Marshall has some ideas--and they have to do with how we use live with each other and our digital tech.

Despite sleepless nights, hair pulled out, and unfinanceable mortgages, Mark Elsdon says, "We Aren't Broke." On what grounds? Actually, on the ground beneath his building. His attention to invisible resources in the American church is worth a listen.

How can your organization help reimagine America for racial equity? Anton Seals, Jr. suggests that, for individuals, churches, and businesses, rethinking these United States starts by rethinking neighborhoods.

Raymond Carver wrote a story once called "Where I'm Calling from" that invited reflection on place and character. This week's episode reflects on organizational leadership and neighborhoods. Scott Emery joins the pod from his work at M.S. Hall & Associates in Syracuse.

Why should you care about the place where you business or nonprofit does its work? I mean, you have plenty to do just get the paychecks out each week, right? Your geography, your post-office address, is more or less incidental, right? Derrick Braziel, an entrepreneur in Cincinnati, has something to say on this point.

How do you as an organizational leader involve your company in its neighborhood without taking over the character and displacing the resources of that community? Sundeep Vira joins the pod to discuss how the Academy Group negotiates these challenges.

This pod exchange introduces you to an emergent network called Neighborhood Economics, a collaborative group of entrepreneurs, community organizers, social scientists, programmers, and liberal arts educators who are together working on the question of “How can people in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago stay in their homes?”

Quick preface to the upcoming episodes across 2021, each of which will be focused on organizational leadership and place. Knowing your neighborhood and the latent resources you see there.

Wendell Berry once said we should "stop thinking about the economic functions of individuals for a while, and try to learn to think of the economic functions of communities and households.” Jon Berbaum joins the pod today to help do that, sharing from life in the household at Highland Solutions.