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B-Corp Series: Dan Heiges
Dan Heiges started Natural Development in 2007 to follow his passion for culinary arts and food science and fill a need for natural food product innovation.
B-Corp Series: Tristan Louis
Tristan Louis is not just a software executive with a history of thought leadership and success. He’s someone who thinks carefully about how things are structured, and views structure as a building block towards creating something great.
B-Corp Series: Jon MacDonald
Jon MacDonald is on a mission—to remove all bad online experiences. And his company, The Good, works to help organizations make their online experiences better--so that visitors can naturally transform into purchasers.
B-Corp Series: Mike Wehr
Raining Rose manufactures a variety of personal care products for custom development and private label brands. The company started simply in a kitchen in 1996, and now manufactures over 1,000 products in its 127,000 square foot state-of-the art manufacturing facility.
B-Corp Series: Scott Roseman
Scott Roseman was in the natural foods business back when “shopping organic” and “bringing your own bag” weren’t everyday habits of millions of people--and definitely not a part of any grocery chain.
B-Corp Series: Clay Adams
Mascoma Bank is thriving. It has 25 branches in New Hampshire and Vermont and is opening 3 more in the coming year in a new market. With 340 employees, it has a much lower turnover rate than its competitors.
B-Corp Series: Sam Mogannam
“Would you like lunch?” Sam said this immediately upon meeting me. He shook my hand and said, “we have lunch ready, are you sure you don’t want to eat?” Sam Mogannam is a man who cares that you to have something good to eat.
B-Corp Series: Jared Meyers
Jared Meyers’ career in real-estate changed dramatically when he discovered the B-Corp in 2017. “I had to completely reframe my life. It became clear to me that the primary directive of a business should be to inspire positive change.”
What People Really Think
Ray Dalio has a fascinating TED talk. Dalio is not sales guy. Dalio is a certified nerd and a very successful CEO of a well-established hedge fund business. Dalio’s burning question is, “Sure, I’m the CEO and I have an opinion. But how do I know my opinion is...
Who Pays for a Weak Bench?
I am baseball fanatic. I love baseball, and I love the Giants and I’ve always been attracted to the game’s calmness and strategy. It’s fascinating to watch the way that Bruce Bochy can take a group of players and mold them into champions. One of the things I think...
Failing at Diversity? Try This.
If you know diversity is important, you’re already in the process of trying to create a more diverse work environment. Chances are, you’re doing all the right things: tracking hiring data, measuring turnover, taking training courses. Still, this doesn’t guarantee that...
The CEO Paradox
Let’s get real. Organizations at the height of their success don’t switch-out their CEOs. This means that if you’re a new CEO coming into an existing organization, the pressure is on. You have a new role with major accomplishments you need to pull-off, and your...
The Power of the Decision-Making Organization
As an executive leader, you know the challenges of moving your organization forward. These struggles are especially real when you’re facing missing quarterly goals, slow growth, and the high cost of attracting and retaining good talent. Creating a decision-making...
