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Inspired and Intentional Business Podcast - Open Book Management, Business Vision, Employee Engagement, Balancing Profit and Social Impact

In the United States, according to Gallup, nearly 70% of employees are not engaged in their work. Disengagement negatively affects profitability and productivity. I believe there are 3 ways businesses can improve engagement. One, they inspire with a clear vision. Two, they practice open-book management. Three, they intentionally build collaborative, accountable, strength-focused teams. My intention is to inspire owners considering a new way to run their business and to encourage those currently fighting the good fight to balance profits and social impact. Let’s be inspired. The show will touch on business strategy, vision, internal communication, finance, accounting, organizational development, team-building, marketing, sales, and operations. Inspirations for the show include The Great Game of Business, by Jack Stack; Zingermans Community of Businesses, Ari Weinzweig, Paul Saginaw, Small Giants by Bo Burlingham, Open Book Managment by John Case, Zappos, and others.
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Jul 4, 2017

With July 4th coming up, I started thinking about this topic of Independence and as it usually goes, several items of interest came to my attention that made me think of this topic, declaring your independence from independence to interdependence.

See notes, links to stories and posts mentioned in the show. As well find links to join the new Facebook Group.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/independence

Jun 27, 2017

Importance of Changing How Your Think

Chris will show how Elation is working with companies that want to create sustainable improved performance.

Helping to create an organization where your team:
Has more purpose
Has an increased sense of self-accountability.
Actually enjoys coming into work.
Has clarity in what their goals are.
Communicates more with each other and there is clarity in what is being said.
Is more selective in what they chose to work on.
Are more consistent in what they achieve.

They also help leadership
Be more purposeful.
Know why the organization exists and where it needs to go.
Know what it needs to do to get there.
Have improved confidence that they know people are doing all they can to work toward that shared goal.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode77 to comment and join the community list.

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Jun 20, 2017

The summer chill continues with this replay of my interview with Kathryn Wagner. At the time of the interview, she was a new employee at Zingerman's Coffee Company.

Enjoy and I hope your summer is chill.

To join our community, to see show notes, and to see the archive of past shows, please go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode76

Jun 13, 2017

I'm taking a break for a couple weeks to enjoy the summer. Here are some podcasts, books, and some thoughts on meditation that can help you create the kind of organization that you want to see.

See links to the podcasts and book sites at
http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode75

Jun 7, 2017

Building a company that inspires and is engaging needs to start with intentional hiring. Listen to this webinar replay by the team at ZingTrain where they talk through their processes for hiring the right people.

Get more information, slides, etc at http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

May 31, 2017

"From being Open Book for over a decade, from teaching Open Book to hundreds of seminar attendees, from helping businesses and organizations all over the country to implement Open Book Management, we know this : Open book is all of those things but most of all Open Book is a way of BEING."

http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

Click here to go to the main Deep Dive page on this site to see a listing of all the shows and their respective links to ZingTrain.

May 24, 2017

The 3rd of 3 in the 4th series in our ZingTrain Webinar Replays. This 4th series is focused on growing opportunities for your employees.
This episode is about giving your employees that aren't part of your ownership group get the same level of input in your larger business decisions.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive to learn more, find links to slides and resources discussed in the webinar.

May 17, 2017

The 2nd of 3 in the 4th series in our ZingTrain Webinar Replays. This 4th series is focused on growing opportunities for your employees.
This episode is about giving your employees the opportunity to become a partner in your community of businesses.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive to learn more, find links to slides and resources discussed in the webinar.

May 10, 2017

The beginning of the 4th series in our ZingTrain Webinar Replays. This 4th series is focused on growing opportunities for your employees.
This episode is about giving your employees the opportunity to grow by allowing them to pursue their passion, while at the same time helping to improve the bigger mission of your company.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive to learn more, find links to slides and resources discussed in the webinar.

May 2, 2017

I had the opportunity to sit down with Steve O’Rourke VP Business Development, and Chad Schubert Director of Internal Operations, both of MicroGrid Energy. In the 3 episodes with them, we discuss Triple Bottom Line, B Corporations, and how both these affect the day-to-day at this solar and energy management company.

Please join the Inspired and Intentional community here.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode74

Apr 25, 2017

I had the opportunity to sit down with Steve O’Rourke VP Business Development, and Chad Schubert Director of Internal Operations, both of MicroGrid Energy. In the 3 episodes with them, we discuss Triple Bottom Line, B Corporations, and how both these affect the day-to-day at this solar and energy management company.

Please join the Inspired and Intentional community here.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode73

Apr 18, 2017

I had the opportunity to sit down with Steve O’Rourke VP Business Development, and Chad Schubert Director of Internal Operations, both of MicroGrid Energy. In the 3 episodes with them, we discuss Triple Bottom Line, B Corporations, and how both these affect the day-to-day at this solar and energy management company.

Notes, Links, and Bios
http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode72

Apr 12, 2017

We continue the replay series of the ZingTrain webinars with, "5 Fantastic Tips To Meet Your Annual Targets". This is information that can help for-profit, non

Listen to this webinar replay to get the ZingTrain and Zingerman's take on Open Book Management. Hopefully they'll answer most of your questions. If you have any other questions, go to the website and comment or to the ZingTrain page.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

Apr 5, 2017

We continue the replay series of the ZingTrain webinars with, Realizations, Recognitions and Re-Learnings on Open Book Management".

Listen to this webinar replay to get the ZingTrain and Zingerman's take on Open Book Management. Hopefully they'll answer most of your questions. If you have any other questions, go to the show page or ZingTrain.

Go to this page to find links to the ZingTrain page for resources discussed.
http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

Apr 5, 2017

The beginning of the 4th series in our ZingTrain Webinar Replays. This 4th series is focused on growing opportunities for your employees.
This episode is about giving your employees the opportunity to grow by allowing them to pursue their passion, while at the same time helping to improve the bigger mission of your company.

Go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive to learn more, find links to slides and resources discussed in the webinar.

Mar 29, 2017

Listen to this webinar replay to get the ZingTrain and Zingerman's take on Open Book Management. Hopefully they'll answer most of your questions. If you have any other questions, comment below.

http://inspiredandintentional.com/deepdive

Mar 22, 2017

Listen to this webinar replay to get the ZingTrain and Zingerman's take on Open Book Management. Hopefully they'll answer most of your questions. If you have any other questions, comment below.

Click here to go to the main Deep Dive page on this site to see a listing of all the shows and their respective links to ZingTrain.

Mar 14, 2017

70+ episodes in and it's about time I ask the listeners for some feedback. I'm not expecting answers to all of these from all of you, but I want this podcast and blog to be the best of what I can produce, so I could use some insight. If I were to ask you questions in an interview, here's what some would be.

I look forward to your answers in the comments below or at one of the many other places to reach me at:

inspiredandintentional.com/help
Inspired and Intentional Facebook page
LinkedIn at Todd A Reed
Twitter at @ToddAReed
Email todd at InspiredAndIntentional.com
Or call 636-887-5398

Mar 7, 2017

Part 4 with Eliott Frick, CEO Big Wide Sky and Jeremy Nulik, Evangelist Prime, Big Wide Sky

What is a business owner to do to make their business more human?

To see show notes, links to the sites mentioned, and to join our fine and lovely email community, go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode71

 

Feb 28, 2017

Employee engagement and the Be Human Project

Generally, more of us are feeling diminishing returns from what we’ve been doing as business people. How can we improve this situation?

To see show notes, join the community, and see the links to the websites mentioned, go to http://inspiredandintentional.com/episode70

Feb 21, 2017

Ep 069 Can the Machine Be More Human?

Part 2 with Eliott Frick, CEO Big Wide Sky and Jeremy Nulik, Evangelist Prime, Big Wide Sky and founders of The Be Human Project.

Find out why they started The Be Human Project.

To see the show notes, link to the websites, and join the community go to http://inspiredandintenional.com/episode69

Feb 14, 2017

The journey to get into business.  Unleashing the humanity that isn’t realized in the context of business. 

What is the Be Human Project?

Quote - Mission - Embolden leaders to experiment with making their businesses and organizations more human.

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Feb 7, 2017

In this part 4 of 4, Tom Root shares advice on adapting your culture…find a purpose. He shares how they orient and work with 500 part-timers over the holiday rush. And he discusses how open book management, the Zingerman processes/recipes all contribute to lean-like practices.
Tom is Managing Partner, Zingmerman’s Mail Order, continuous improvement leader and creator of a business maker space called Maker Works in Ann Arbor, MI.
Remember to go to
http://inspiredandintentional.com to join the community, see show notes, and to listen to past episodes.

Music is “LA All Night,” GG Riggs, Courtesy of Shutterstock

 

Jan 31, 2017

In this, part 3 of 4, with Tom Root, he shares the benefits of using Open Book Management (OBM) in your company.
Tom is Managing Partner, Zingmerman’s Mail Order, continuous improvement leader and creator of a business maker space called Maker Works in Ann Arbor, MI.
Remember to go to
http://inspiredandintentional.com to join the community, see show notes, and to listen to past episodes.

Music is “LA All Night,” GG Riggs, Courtesy of Shutterstock

Jan 24, 2017

Radical Democratization of Financial Intelligence.

Learn how to give your team the information they need to truly become engaged and empowered in this part 2 of 4 with Tom Root. He’s Managing Partner, Zingmerman’s Mail Order and continuous improvement leader and creator of a business maker space called Maker Works in Ann Arbor, MI. 

Remember to go to http://inspiredandintentional.com to join the community, see show notes, and to listen to past episodes.

 

Music is “LA All Night,” GG Riggs, Courtesy of Shutterstock

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