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Goodniks

Jeff Leitner

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Goodniks is an audio project exploring the journey and meaning of doing good in the world — for people who do good or are just thinking about it. As we follow along the journey of these Goodniks, we dig into who and what inspired them, what keeps them up at night, their sacrifices, their rewards, their failures, and what it means for their relationships. What does it really mean to do good over the course of a life, or a moment, or a season?
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At the Business Innovation Factory, we help leaders design and test transformational business models. We do this for businesses and in complex social systems such as healthcare, education, and government. Our approach is human-centered — we seek to understand the jobs customers need done, and use this insight to design new experiences that will better serve them. We experiment in the real world, and rely on storytelling to engage others in the process.
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In our finale episode we ask our Goodniks two questions that feel impossible to answer, yet they are uniquely qualified to speak to them. One, does the work you do make you a good person? Two…you’ll just have to listen to find out. Listen in podcast form wherever you listen to podcasts: https://pod.link/1615577319 For more information visit goodnik…
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Episode 2 focuses on what has inspired our Goodniks — the moments that have really stuck with them, propelled them into the work they do, or shifted their view of the world. Sometimes, those moments came in the form of bearing witness; sometimes, they came from an experience guided by a mentor. Either way, these experiences helped shape our Goodnik…
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Goodniks is an audio project exploring the journey and meaning of doing good in the world — for people who do good or are just thinking about it. As we follow along the journey of these Goodniks, we dig into who and what inspired them, what keeps them up at night, their sacrifices, their rewards, their failures, and what it means for their relation…
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Jeff Leitner believes that if we want to create a new future together we have to start by uncovering the unwritten rules. Unwritten rules are remarkably powerful, informal suggestions about how we’re expected to behave in social settings. They're the single biggest influence on our daily behaviors, setting the norms for how we interact with each ot…
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A leading transformational thinker, Matthew Milan has spent the last 20 years solving tough software innovation challenges for organizations ranging from small tech startups to large fortune 500 companies. Since 2008, Milan has served as the Chief Executive Officer at Normative, a software innovation firm helping organizations decide which projects…
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On this episode of the Business Model Sandbox, Saul Kaplan sits down with BIF's newest team member, Chief Impact Officer Ben Seigel to discuss the ins and outs of social impact investing, harnessing emerging technologies to unleash personal agency and new personalized business models. Ben joins BIF after serving as the Global Social Impact Project …
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A regular on the Food Network, Iron Chef, and Cutthroat Kitchen, Simon Majumdar has been traveling the globe with random collisions centered around a common great connector - food. Finding the space of combining and recombining great ingredients, Simon shares his worldviews with using a common, delicious language we can all sink our teeth into.…
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What does it mean to incorporate innovative strategy and design thinking into your corporate lexicon? Internationally recognized as an innovative leader in design thinking as well as a customer experience expert, Jeneanne Rae shares her insights on service innovation and the customer journey as an imperative for success in the 21st-century.…
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Referred to as the 'Jane Bond' of innovation, Nilofer has an innate ability to recognize untapped ideas and turn them into actionable realities. Her transformational thinking has launched over 100 products, netting $18B in sales and shares with us the power of positive thinking, finding your tribe, and ultimately how owning your purpose will lead t…
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Saul Kaplan and Michael Margolis discuss storytelling as it relates to our personal brand identity, how it can be implemented effectively at a business level, and in our communities. Margolis explains that "stories are the DNA source code to human relationships," and discusses the fine art of allowing for a vulnerability in our narratives, the impe…
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