Episodes
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Story 81: Super Geek, Rebecca Kidwell Stretching for Good
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Story 80: Jeremy Parsons on Crummy Religion, Shame, and Joy.
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Why Does Human-First Matter?
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
Kemet Coleman is an urbanist, artist, entrepreneur, and activist, to name a few.
Born and raised a KC native, Coleman grew up in a household motivated to seek justice for our city. After dabbling in music and theatre, he found his path through an urban studies class. This father of three thrives on helping KC see itself in a creative way and for who we really are.
"The cultural identity that is soaking into the soil of the city enhances the city's cultural identity."
Take a listen as Coleman describes:
-How to approach creating art and storytelling
-Using music, beer, and art to uplift and awaken our city
-Overcoming suburbanization and geographic racism on the East side of KC
-Making gentrification dollars work for everybody
-The vital role of mobility in a city and its tie to wealth and innovation
-Follow Kemet on Instagram at: @KemetColeman
-Find Kemet’s band on twitter at: @ThePhantastic
-Discover his work by checking out:
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
A discussion on swimming upstream to create work that matters with team members Devin Simmons, Director of Digital Marketing, Racheal Burnett, VP of Creative, and Colin Potter, VP of Business Operations.
In the past 5 years, our team has grown from one guy with a laptop to 12 kind, brilliant people. It’s a plane being built in flight, and the biggest thing we’ve learned: work with good humans that want to do good work.
Listen in as we discuss:
-Where story and strategy intersect
-The importance of listening in storytelling
-The discipline of taking time off
-Finding work-life harmony
-Addressing the scarcity mindset and the endless hustle
-The difference between real work and staying busy
-Letting go of your ego to provide your team opportunity to grow
-Swimming upstream to tell every brand’s story with integrity
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Story 76: The Orchard, Vol. 2
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Hear from Bronson, Cory, and Justin as they dive deep into mindset and what it takes to work through the fear that leads to scarcity thinking.
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Hear from Professor Dave Geenens, author and professor at Benedictine College, on his journey of building businesses on the pillars of virtue and challenging the status quo.
Geenes incorporates counter-cultural business practices to make money while making your business one that benefits everybody. In our discussion, he imparts his wisdom on:
-Expanding your comfort zone to create opportunities
-Re-defining leadership as “the art of maximizing cooperation”
-Challenging the old ideology that business is only about maximizing shareholder wealth
-Getting back to our moral foundation
-Combining virtues with virtues of faith to develop businesses that address social justice and responsibility
Check out one of his four books:
“Truth in the Transcendent Business”
“Nothing is Free”
“Leaders Slip”
“Arise, Life-Changing Truths for the Tormented Leader”
Contact Geenens through his blog or by sending him an e-mail.
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Hear from Bronson Ko and Cory Scheer, past guests of the Guild Stories podcast, in a new monthly format called The Orchard. This will be an evolving dialogue where Bronson, Cory, and Justin meander through a variety of topics including leadership, wellness, community, entrepreneurship, mindset, emotional health, marketing, technology, creativity, and whatever else may emerge.
This month’s conversation dives into:
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Disappointing others at a rate they can handle
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Competing frameworks within organizations
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Extending and receiving mercy
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Fixing yourself vs. focusing on yourself
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Leading with a deeply rooted, strongly fortified identify
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Being a Chief Reminding Officer
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Emitting fragrance, not toxicity
- How to not be an invasive species
And a lot more.
This month’s inspiration:
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Bronson – How to Run Your Business By THE BOOK by Dave Anderson
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Justin – CODA (Apple TV+), Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Story 73: Eric Bartlett, Partner at Northland Injury Law, On A Doozy of a Storied Career
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Hear from Eric Bartlett, co-founder and partner at Northland Injury Law, as he shares lessons in building an intentional brand, including:
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Standing out in a cluttered industry segment
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The importance of disarming and comforting clients through clear communication and education
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Using external feedback as a mirror for your business
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How COVID revealed an opportunity to shift and expand his firm’s marketing efforts, even as it took a toll on his personal health
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Building systems and processes to enable scale within a business
Check out Eric’s firm at www.northlandinjurylaw.com
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Story 72: Beth Anne + Russ Branden on Building a Business and a Life as Partners
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Hear from Beth Anne + Russ Branden, partners in life and part of the partnership group at Built Interior Construction.
They share their philosophy on:
- Client service
- Team development and empowerment
- Disrupting an entire industry
- Building a business and life with purpose
- The changing face of business environments
- How life and business partnerships thrive
And much more.