Jim McCann is the Founder of 1-800-Flowers, an e-commerce company that has long been on the cutting edge of business and technology. Jim was working as a social worker in New York City during the 1970’s when he took a chance and bought a struggling flower shop. His flower shop grew into a chain, and soon, grew into the largest floral operation in the world. Jim credits his success to his careful attention to creating relationships. He is a true believer in the power of community and connection to create meaningful change in the world starting at the individual level. In 1998, Jim published Stop and Sell the Roses, a memoir recounting lessons he’s learned in business and life. An ever-curious lifelong learner, Jim isn’t satisfied when he learns something new until he’s shared it forward. It was in that spirit that Jim recently launched a podcast, Celebrations Chatter, to navigate expression and relationships by sharing ideas, insights, and interesting points of view.

I really enjoyed my conversation with Matt, and really respect his intentionality. Here are the biggest takeaways from our conversation: - How healthy living and eating can help to delay the onset of Alzheimer's and other neurocognitive disorders. - Why it is important for caregivers to stay healthy through someone’s diagnosis. - Matt’s plan to spend retirement advocating to get MapHabit in the hands of more people who can benefit from it for free.

Matt Golden is the Co-Founder and CEO of MapHabit, an interactive care management platform that utilizes a patented visual mapping system with smart devices to improve cognition and reinforce routine habits. Designed for family members, professional support partners, and therapists, MapHabit™ improves the quality of care while reducing caregiver stress. Matt is a 7-time entrepreneur with 20 years of IT/Finance program management experience. Before MapHabit, Matt was the owner of Golden Motives, Inc, an IT/Finance consultancy, as well as the Managing Member of BetaLife Investements, LLC, an investment firm in the health and wellness field. Matt describes himself as an efficiency junkie who enables technology to enrich lives. His own personal experiences have ignited within him a passion for helping others, whether in personal health or business.

Alex Kantrowitz is a journalist and Founder of Big Technology, an independent newsletter and podcast that covers big tech stories. Big Technology reaches 40,000+ tech decision-makers with each send and focuses on how major tech corporations like Amazon and Google impact society. Before founding Big Technology, Alex wrote for Forbes, Ad Age, and Buzzfeed. He is also an on-air contributor for CNBC's slate of television programming in the San Francisco area, where he leverages his tech-giant expertise. Alex transitioned to journalism from a sales and marketing background. He started his career buying digital ads for New York City's Economic Development Corporation and selling ad-tech software. Since then, Alex has interviewed some of the world's top CEOs, including Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Branson, and Jack Dorsey.

Heather Greenwood Davis is a Contributing Writer and on-air storyteller for National Geographic, as well as a freelance Feature Writer with The Globe and Mail. Heather has been reporting and writing stories professionally for more than 20 years. A recognized expert in the industry, her work appears regularly in print and digital publications. Heather regularly appears as a trusted expert on television and radio, and has shared insights from the stages of conferences and trade gatherings hosted by TravMedia, US Travel Association, Destination Canada, SATW and others. Her travels and experiences have also been featured in O Magazine and on NPR. Heather was named a National Geographic Traveler of the Year in 2012 after her family of four spent a year traveling around the world, sharing their insights through articles and social media. Though her work encompasses far more than traditional family travel stories, she is also the voice behind GlobetrottingMama.com – an international, family travel blog that features the adventures she takes with (and without) her husband Ish and their two sons, Ethan and Cameron. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/

This week I sat down with Rishad Tobaccowalla and discussed everything from his own storied career to the development and future of Web3! As an advisor to many of the world’s top companies, Rishad gives us insight into how we can take our careers to the next level. He mentions that his career developed because he broke the mold of a traditional corporate ladder climb; he took on a new challenge, using skills he had learned from his prior experience to blaze a trail in direct online marketing. Now, with decades of knowledge under his belt, Rishad has a lot of advice for young workers, entrepreneurs, and business owners alike. The traditional corporate career is a thing of the past, and it’s more important now than ever to build a personal brand. Businesses need to cultivate a climate where it’s possible for workers to grow into themselves. Rishad explains how the New York Times attempted to dissuade its journalists from building those brands, and lost many talented writers because of this oversight. Enjoy as Rishad and I discuss this and so much more on this episode of One Away Show. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/

Rishad Tobaccowala is an author, speaker, teacher, and advisor with four decades of experience specializing in helping people, organizations, and teams re-invent themselves to remain relevant in changing times. He specializes in unleashing talent and turbo-charging productivity by delivering perspectives, points of view, provocations, and plans of action. Rishad’s best-selling book “Restoring the Soul of Business: Staying Human in the Age of Data” was published globally by HarperCollins and focuses on helping people think, feel, and see differently about how to grow their companies, their teams, and themselves during transformative times. Rishad is a prominent public speaker who presents on change, future trends, and transforming workforces to a range of industries including platforms, technology, media, blue-chip firms, Financial Firms, and Industry Associations. He teaches several highly popular workshops (virtual and in-person) on eight different subjects. His workshop titles include Change Management, Upgrading Your Mental Operating System, and Re-Thinking Organizations for the Future of Work. Rishad is a frequent guest lecturer at The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and NYU. Rishad is also the chairman of The Tobaccowala Foundation, which helps over 10,000 people gain better access to health and education in India. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/

Rahaf Harfoush is a Strategist, Digital Anthropologist, and New York Times Best-Selling Author who focuses on the intersections between emerging technology, leadership, and digital culture. She is the Executive Director of the Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture, a Visiting Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, and teaches at Sciences Politique’s School of Management and Innovation in Paris. Rahaf was named to France's National Digital Council in 2021 and was a member of President Macron's commission on the impact of technology on democracy. Formerly, Rahaf was the Associate Director of the Technology Pioneer Program at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. Rahaf’s accomplishments have been recognized by Thinkers50, the Canadian Arab Institute, the G20 Global Think Tank Summit, the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, and the Hay Literary Festival among others. Rahaf is an accomplished author. Her first book, Yes We Did: An Insider’s Look at How Social Media Built the Obama Brand, chronicled her experiences as a member of Barack Obama’s digital media team during the 2008 Presidential elections and explored how social networking revolutionized political campaign strategy. Rahaf co-authored The Decoded Company: Know Your Talent Better Than You Know your Customers alongside Leerom Segal, Aaron Goldstein, and Jay Goldman. Her most recent book is Hustle & Float: Reclaim Your Creativity and Thrive in a World Obsessed with Work. She is currently working on her next book, Humane Productivity, which is due out in 2023. In her spare time, Rahaf writes fiction under the alias Hanna Noble. Her second novel, entitled The Reckoning, will be released in August 2022. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/

Today I sit down with Pamela Slim and hear about a very important moment in her life, one that got her to a better place. She gets very personal about a bad situation she was in much earlier in life, and how she managed to escape it, and build the new life she leads today. She reminds us that in business and in life, power imbalances create toxic environments. These relationships founded by dominance prevent organizations from growing to meet their full potential. Pamela also talks about her work as an author and consultant. She provides tips and her thoughts on what makes a good work, and how best to approach topics one is interested in writing about. She goes into detail about her help supporting organizations and entrepreneurs that work to dismantle systems of power in business and the world at large. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/

Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, business coach and speaker. She spent the first 10 years of her business as a consultant to large companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab and Cisco Systems, where she worked with thousands of executives, managers and employees. In 2016, she co-founded The Main Street Learning Lab with her husband Darryl, where she works with business owners to remove obstacles to small business success and test and try new business ideas. In 2005, Pam started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which is now one of the top career and business blogs on the web. Through her blog, Pam has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses. Her first book Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur was released in the Spring of 2009 and won Best Small Business/Entrepreneur Book of 2009 by 800 CEO Read. Pam’s book Body of Work gives a fresh perspective on the skills required in the new world of work for people in all work modes, from corporate to non-profit to small business. Pam’s latest book, The Widest Net, delivers a method for building an engaged and mutually beneficial network. The Widest Net won Best Business Book of 2021 in the category of Sales & Marketing by Porchlight Books. Pam is frequently quoted as an expert in publications such as BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Money Magazine and Psychology Today. Read the show notes here: https://bwmissions.com/one-away-podcast/