Mission-driven leaders face a unique challenge: building a successful, sustainable organization while staying true to a deeper purpose.

This episode marks the launch of our new Mission-Driven series, created specifically to support the founders, executives, and leaders we serve through our work at Stillpoint Insight.

In this conversation, Ian and Justin break down one of the most essential—and misunderstood—leadership skills: prioritization.

They explore why prioritization is not just about productivity, but about aligning limited resources with your highest-impact mission. From strategy and leverage to focus, burnout, and the emotional complexity of leadership, they offer practical frameworks and hard-earned lessons from working directly with mission-driven founders across industries.

You’ll learn how to identify what truly moves the needle, how to say no without losing momentum, and how great leaders balance operational realities with long-term impact.

Whether you're scaling a company, navigating growth, or simply trying to create space to think clearly again, this episode will help you reconnect your daily actions with your deeper mission.

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00:00 Introduction to the Mission-Driven series

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In this episode of The Turning Point, we sit down with Dori Jones, founder and CEO of Acqumen Medical, to explore how a personal NICU experience sparked a breakthrough in pediatric critical care.

The U.S. has the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy nation—a reality most people never confront until they’re forced to. Dori explains why infants and children in critical care are so difficult to monitor, how doctors make life-or-death decisions with limited data, and how Acqumen Medical is changing that with non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring technology.

We unpack the science behind blood flow measurement, why cardiac output matters far earlier than traditional vital signs, and how Acqumen’s UltraTrack technology combines ultrasound and impedance in a completely new way. Dori also shares the realities of building a pediatric medical device company, navigating FDA pathways, fundraising, and why innovation in children’s healthcare is both overlooked—and essential.

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Carbon removal isn’t new—but most solutions are expensive, centralized, and difficult to scale. So what if the most effective answer is also the least flashy?

In this episode of The Turning Point, Justin Baker and Ian C. Williams sit down with Andrew Jones, founder and CEO of Carba, to explore a radically practical approach to carbon removal—one that leverages biology, waste streams, and existing infrastructure instead of giant vacuum machines.

Andrew breaks down why decarbonization alone won’t solve climate change, how biochar can permanently remove carbon from the atmosphere, and why decentralized, “unsexy” climate infrastructure may be our best path forward. Along the way, we unpack carbon markets, landfill co-benefits, regenerative agriculture, and the hard realities of financing climate hardware.

🔗 Learn more about Carba’s carbon removal technology: carba.com

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What if healthcare worked for people instead of insurance companies?

In this episode of The Turning Point, we sit down with Sarah Brown, founder of Gatherwell, to explore a radically different approach to healthcare—one that removes insurance from the equation entirely.

Sarah shares why she left traditional healthcare, how the insurance-driven system fails both patients and providers, and what direct access care looks like in practice. We unpack patient agency, preventative care, entrepreneurship inside a broken system, and why “care without insurance” may actually lead to better outcomes and lower costs.

If you’ve ever felt frustrated, powerless, or confused navigating healthcare, this conversation offers a hopeful—and practical—alternative.

Learn more about GatherWell at gatherwellmn.com

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Poor coordination in hospitals is more than an inconvenience—it leads to preventable errors, missed conversations, and unnecessary emotional stress for patients and families. In this episode, Dr. Mike Pitt joins Justin and Ian to reveal how Q-Rounds is solving one of healthcare’s most persistent problems: getting doctors, nurses, and families in the room at the right time.

Discover why time transparency matters, how better coordination can reduce medical errors by 40%, and what it looks like to build a mission-driven healthcare innovation from the inside out.

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00:00 — Introduction: Why Coordination Fails in Healthcare

How do we move beyond sustainability toward a truly regenerative food economy? In this episode, Robbie Vitrano, Board Chair of Mad Agriculture, joins us to explore what it really means to heal the relationship between people and the land. Robbie and the Mad Ag team are sparking a movement that blends finance, agronomy, and deep systems thinking — all grounded in a simple but critical question: “What does the land want to be?”

We discuss how regenerative agriculture can scale without losing its soul, why “local wins” is more than a slogan, and how patient capital, market infrastructure, and human connection are key to rebuilding the global food system. A must-listen for leaders rethinking the role of business in serving both people and planet.

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As AI and electrification surge, America’s power grid is under pressure. Energy ReLeaf founder Pete Reese joins Justin Baker and Ian C. Williams to explore how next-generation home solar could help stabilize the grid and accelerate the clean-energy transition.

Pete breaks down the challenges slowing solar adoption—cost, aesthetics, and interconnection—and shares how Energy ReLeaf’s solar shingle technology and cooperative model could unlock massive distributed generation potential.

👉 Learn more about Energy ReLeaf: https://energyreleaf.com

#CleanEnergy #SolarInnovation #ClimateTech #HomeSolar #EnergyTransition #ImpactBusiness

How do you scale climate solutions without losing sight of what really matters?

In this episode of The Turning Point, we sit down with Nick Reinke, CEO of HabiTerre, to explore what it means to lead in the "messy middle"—the space between innovation, complexity, and real-world systems change. Nick’s journey from crop insurance to startup leadership has equipped him with a rare ability to bridge the gap between academic research, agricultural realities, and corporate decision-making.

Through candid stories and practical insights, Nick shares how generalist thinking, emotional resilience, and systems-level translation are essential tools for any mission-driven leader looking to drive climate impact at scale. We discuss the hard truths about market dynamics, the importance of aligning stakeholder incentives, and how to bring deep technology to life in a world that runs on simplicity and speed.

Whether you're a founder, executive, or sustainability leader navigating complexity and uncertainty, this episode offers clarity, inspiration, and a strategic lens on how to lead meaningful change.

00:00 – Welcome to the Cabin: A Different Kind of Conversation

Learn more about HabiTerre's technology at HabiTerre.com

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David Leon—former co-founder of Farmer’s Footprint and Principal at Esso Partners—joins us to unpack a bold, systems-level approach to transforming our broken food system. Drawing on deep experience in regenerative agriculture and finance, David explains how ecological investing can unlock more than just profit—it can regenerate soil, ecosystems, and communities.

This episode explores why the food system isn’t failing—it’s simply doing what it was designed to do—and how we can redesign it by aligning capital with land stewardship, local resilience, and long-term impact. We discuss real barriers and solutions across the supply chain, from farm gate to investment fund. If you're working at the intersection of sustainability, agriculture, and finance, this conversation offers rich insights, fresh metaphors, and practical wisdom for driving meaningful change.

Perfect for climate-minded business leaders, investors, and founders navigating the future of food, finance, and planetary health.

To learn more from David Leon, contact him at [email protected]

If you’re a mission-driven org looking to optimize your internal function and grow your impact, learn more about Still Point Insight at StillPointInsight.com

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Scaling regenerative agriculture is harder than it looks. Nick Reinke, CEO of HabiTerre, joins us to unpack the real economic and logistical roadblocks—from transition risk on the farm to the limitations of carbon credit markets. He offers a systems-level perspective on how climate tech, data infrastructure, and aligned incentives can create change that sticks—for both farmers and food companies.

🔗 Learn more about HabiTerre's solutions: https://www.habiterre.com/

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