Impact Lab
Impact Lab
Sustainable Entrepreneurship for Thriving Communities
Small businesses can play a powerful role in building more sustainable and equitable local economies. This conversation explores how access to capital, community-rooted support, local purchasing, and sustainability-focused programs can help entrepreneurs grow with purpose while strengthening the neighborhoods and communities they serve.
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Making a Better World: Tom Hering and Benefit Corporations for Good
Tom Hering shares how benefit corporations help small businesses turn values into action. From people and planet to profit, this piece explores how accessible certification, accountability and purpose-driven leadership can empower companies to make a meaningful impact in their communities.
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Local Impact Through Global Food: A Conversation with Sabine Langer
Sabine Langer never set out to become a cook, but through Global Cafe, she has helped feed and empower thousands in Memphis. This story explores how one immigrant entrepreneur built a restaurant rooted in authentic international cuisine, meaningful employment for immigrants and refugees, cultural connection, and the belief that love can be a powerful first ingredient.
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Embracing AI with a People-First Approach: Insights from Dee C. Marshall
Dee C. Marshall shares her journey from leadership development to AI workforce transformation. The conversation explores human-first AI adoption, workplace impact, and how business leaders can navigate change with intention, empathy, and strategy while keeping people, performance, and long-term outcomes at the center.
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Sustainability Is Good for Business: A Conversation with Mary Fehlig
What if sustainability isn’t just the right thing to do, but also good for business? Mary Fehlig explores how values, strategy, and long-term thinking can help businesses create meaningful impact while staying strong and successful.
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Making the Impossible, Not Impossible: A Conversation with Mick Ebeling
What if the world’s biggest problems aren’t impossible—just unacceptable? In this conversation, we explore the power of identifying society’s “absurdities” and taking action, one person at a time. From food insecurity to human dignity, this story challenges us to move from commentary to action—and leave the world a little better than we found it.
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Leading with Responsibility: Chandra Chea on Decision-Making, Power, and People
Chandra Chea, co-founder of an LGBTQ+ and women-owned organizational development collective, shares powerful insights on what real impact looks like behind the scenes. You’ll hear how inclusive systems, equity-centered leadership, and healthy workplace culture can help your team thrive (instead of burn out). If you care about doing good and doing it well—this one’s for you!
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Beyond Profit: How Beth Bengtson is Redefining Business for Social Impact
What happens when business leaders decide impact isn’t optional? Beth Bengtson joins us to explore how Working for Women is creating economic pathways, building community, and helping women thrive. Her journey proves that when we invest in women, everyone rises.
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From Pugs to Policy: Nancy Levine Stearns on Purpose and Impact
When Nancy Levine Stearns reflects on her career, the thread that connects her many roles—human resources leader, executive recruiter, author, and journalist—is people. From her earliest days at American Express in the 1980s to her reporting today, she has remained ... Read more
