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I met Herbert Sapper last week in Dallas at the Gazelles International Core Values Dinner. Hope you enjoy our conversation!Oleh admin

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I kick off the show getting personal about getting stuck. Then we get to the good stuff! Alando Simpson, Vice President of City of Roses Disposal & Recycling Inc where they assist businesses with reducing their carbon footprint. He told me their purpose is to do our best to exemplify what it looks like to … Continue reading Alando Simpson – City Of…

After some discussion of what the future may bring, and why it’s both hard and vital to think about where humanity is going, I had a great conversation with Ivo Lukas, Founder/CEO of 24Notion, a global creative and lifestyle agency with a special emphasis on giving back to the community. Her purpose? To give back & to … Continue reading Ivo Lukas 2…

Ericka Dickey-Nelson is the Founder and Principal at Social Enterprises, Inc., a full-service event planning firm specializing in conferences and summits with a sustainability or social impact focus. In 2008 Ericka co-founded the GoGreen Conference series in Portland. The series has since expanded to Seattle, Phoenix and New York City. GoGreen Seat…

In today’s episode I get a bee in my bonnet about execution and then get to a great conversation with Jon Blumenauer, CEO at The Joinery where they design and build beautiful, high-quality hardwood furniture from sustainably harvested wood. Their purpose is to drive positive change by handcrafting furniture that people absolutely love. Go visit The…

Before I introduce my interview with Maria Rodriguez on this episode, I share my thoughts on the concept of Massive Transformative Purpose from the book Exponential Organizations. BYOEARTH is vermicomposting startup in Guatemala, founded by Maria Rodriguez. social venture empowering women to create income, increase crop yields and build quality of …

Two main ideas in this episode. First, do you care enough about the people you work with to say things that are difficult to say and/or hear but that are necessary for their success? Then, I share my interview with Tracy Puhl, owner of GladRags, which helps women achieve period positivity while reducing their environmental impact … Continue reading…

Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless! That’s how this episode of the Purpose Podcast begins. Then we have an interview with Justin Yuen, Preside of Portland, Oregon-based FMYI, which uses social collaboration to get work done. They Empower Teams To Make a Difference. We conclude the episode with a little baseball talk (My Detroit Tigers were …

In this episode of the Purpose Podcast I share a couple of stories about how my expectations influence my experience in hopes that you will see something for yourself and your entrepreneurial experience. I then interview Karen Wolfgang, Owner and Manager of Portland, Oregon’s Independence Gardens. A Portland native, Karen earned a BA in Anthropolog…

After episode 036’s interview with Kari Hughes from Buy the Change, she published a blog post aimed at her customers, thinking about Supply Push vs Market Pull. I referred her to episode 30 with Duncan Berry. Fun to make the connections! This episode’s interview is likely to be one that we look back on and see … Continue reading Ari Weinzweig – Zin…

Buy the Change uses Trade for Better Lives for Women in the Developing World. Co-founder Kari Hughes invited me into the world headquarters (her home) for this interview about why they are, how they got started and why they do what they do. Buy The Change is a Certified Benefit Company (B Corp) (as is TedSarvata.com) committed … Continue reading 03…

Metropolitan Group’s purpose is “to build a just and sustainable world”. Laura Dellinger, President and Principal tells us about this Portland-based Strategic Communications agency that recently celebrated its 25th anniversary as a social-change agency. Laura has deep expertise in the use of community engagement to mobilize stakeholders in communit…

My guest on this episode is Deena Pierott whose purpose is Diversity, Inclusion and Equity. She tells us about how she tapped into her purpose even as a little girl, and all the places it’s taken her since, and the impact it’s had on the world. You can find out more about Deena here: Urban … Continue reading Deena Pierott: Diversity, Inclusion and …

In this episode we continue where we left off during Episode 13. On that show, we explored the purpose of a one-page strategic plan, core values, quarterly rocks, weekly executive team meeting and a dashboard. This time we cover the purpose of Purpose 3-5 year key thrusts/capabilities (priorities) 1 year key initiatives (priorities) critical number…

I begin episode 032 talking about this HBR Ideacast episode: Are You the “Real You” in the Office? and this HBR article: Making Business Personal. This is some further research on the value of being yourself at work. I would encourage all business owners to do some exercise … [to identify your company’s top core value]. — Su Midghall … Continue rea…

In the HBR article by Clayton Christensen How will you measure your life? (paywall) he asks, “How can I ensure that my relationship with my family proves to be en enduring source of happiness?” I talk about this question and the article to kick off this episode of the podcast. Ryan Buchanan shared with me eROI’s purpose: Asking why … Continue readi…

Before today’s interview I talk about Blueprint of We, a collaborative framework and document that I’m looking forward to trying. The idea if agreeing together how we’ll handle conflict, before we’re in the middle of a conflict, is very compelling. Duncan Berry, CEO and Co-Founder of Fishpeople shared with us about his love for fish, … Continue rea…

Sharon Soliday’s purpose (her “Why”) as owner of The Hello Foundation is to build bridges. What does that mean? She and her team of speech language pathologists help people communicate, and “hello” is the foundation of communication. She serves a wide range of clients including kids with autism, law enforcement personnel seeking to minimize accents…

When you think of an urban core, what do you think of? Traffic? Congestion? Noise? With Franklin Jones’ vision for B-Line Sustainable Urban Delivery, it doesn’t have to be that way. (See also my earlier episode featuring Rob Sadowsky of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance.) B-Line uses these amazing human-powered (electric assist) tricycles to make…

I start this episode talking about how I hate the term work-life balance. Is your work not part of your life? Just because people think of work as being 40 hours per week (or 60, 70 or 80 for entrepreneurs), does not mean it has to be that way. You can create your life. I … Continue reading Purpose Podcast 027 — Sabrina Parsons (MommyCEO): To Be Th…

Dr. Mollie Marti told me “I’m here to help the children,” when I asked her about her purpose. She then elaborated by sharing a daily prayer from her mentor, Judge Rosen: “God help me make a contribution to a just and peaceful world.” Inspired by that prayer, Dr. Mollie crafted her own daily prayer: “God help … Continue reading Purpose Podcast 026 —…

This last week I read an amazing article that speaks directly to being who you are. My wife and I choose the name Sarvata when we married because it means wholeness or integrity. That’s what this podcast is all about. It’s about asking yourself who you are and then it’s organizing your life so you … Continue reading Purpose Podcast 025 — Rob Jordan…

Dot Com has been the top dog in the world of internet addresses for many years. That may be turned on it’s head in the next year or two as many, many new domain name extensions come into being. Ray King is one of the entrepreneurs helping to shape what this newly-named internet will look … Continue reading Purpose Podcast 024 — Ray King: A Domain N…

Wendy’s Maynard’s purpose at Kinesis is Transformation. Listen to the show to find out more about what that means for a marketing agency that helps business owners with much more than marketing. Kinesis has also defined its values as verbs, per Simon Sinek (I need to look into this further): Think Big Build to Last Share … Continue reading Purpose …

Jackie Peterson’s purpose is to have every small business be financially successful. Her specific passion is solo entrepreneurs, specifically creatives (artists of all stripes, visual, performance, etc) and encore (retirees who launch solo businesses in their later years). Links from our interview with Jackie Peterson: Jackie’s Better Smarter Riche…

Some insights from Brian Setzler of TriLibrium, the triple bottom line CPA and Accounting firm (paraphrased): Anything we try to maximize, we blow up. If we can create a system in balance, on the other hand, everyone wins. Ben and Jerry’s was started to help Vermont dairy farmers. Their success hasn’t been because they have … Continue reading Purpo…

Isaac Tolpin says Choose Growth amplifies magnitude of mission for thought leaders. “If you’re not really clear about your purpose, mission and culture, you’ll make decisions that appear be good for your business from a financial standpoint but long term are harmful for your business.” “We’re not just writing a blog post or finding an … Continue re…

Jenelle Isaacson’s Living Room Realty is Developing Vibrant Communities. This purpose (they call it their mission) came out of work they did internally to determine their core values. This are real estate agents as you’ve never imagined them! Living Room Realty is a Certified B Corp (of fewer than 1000 companies worldwide, including New Seasons and…

Diana Larsen’s purpose is to create healthy workplaces. She says FutureWorks Consulting works with organizational leaders so that everyone at every level can say, “I love my work…this is the best job ever!” FutureWorks also uses what they call Simple Rules (what I tend to think of as Core Values, but I’m considering changing my terminology). … Cont…

John Fish was instrumental in setting up the Princeton Project 55 (now Princeton Alumni Corps) Public Interest Project in 1989. Recent graduates were (and are) placed in one year fellowships in public interest organizations where they could not only do some good for people and communities that year, but where those experiences would have the … Cont…

Jeff Hall worked at a restaurant in college. Unbeknownst to him, he was mystery shopped. He was so impressed with the detail and quality of the report that after graduation he started a company dedicated to helping companies improve their customer experience. That company, Second to None, has a purpose of “Empowering Companies to Deliver … Continue…

Beyond scarcity, there is sufficiency. Beyond sufficiency there is sustainability. Beyond sustainability there is thrivability. In this episode of the Purpose Podcast I interview Jean Russell about her work promoting the idea of thrivability, as well as her deeper purpose of touching people’s lives, making people’s lives better. The big ah-ha for m…

Laura Mansfield’s PAGATIM is “Brave Authentic Stories Shifting the Consciousness of the World.” Brave Authentic Stories is written on the outside of their building, it appears in their presentations, shows up in every conversation about the work itself, and is core to why a lot of the people are working at PAGATIM. PAGATIM’s purpose is only … Conti…

This week we think about purpose differently. What is the purpose of a one page strategic plan? What is the purpose of core values? What is the purpose of quarterly rocks (priorities)? What is the purpose of your weekly executive team meeting? What is the purpose of a dashboard? For a full day with your executive team, come to a … Continue reading …

Savannah Mayfield’s purpose is “Being Savannah,” expressing the most true version of Savannah in the world. In her work as a life coach, she has a perspective that purpose is more about being than doing, and that each of us has an innate purpose, to be our most authentic, gifted, loving self. Our “right vocation” is … Continue reading Purpose Podca…

Kent Lewis’s core tenets are to Educate, Entertain and Connect. He’s started numerous organizations, all fitting in to at least one of these 3 core ideas. At Anvil Media, his social media marketing agency, this means he’s organized around moving his customers’ businesses forward. His goal is to delight and elevate (either without the other … Contin…

Doug Wick’s purpose is “to discover, inspire and ignite purpose and passion.” His company, Positioning Systems works with companies in a growth mode or wanting to move into a growth mode. His purpose used to be longer, but while facing a life-threatening health challenge, he used the the business principles he teaches to get over … Continue reading…

How do you hold an effective quarterly planning session? I give some detail on each of these 5 elements: Get Offsite Look back Strategic talk time Learn together New 90 day plan See also: 5 Essential Elements for an Effective Quarterly Planning OffsiteOleh admin

Eric Williams see entrepreneurs as heroes (in the Joseph Campbell sense) and the entrepreneurial community as making a real difference in humanity’s progress. Eric’s company Codilligent (Codilligent.com) represents entrepreneurs when they sell their small and lower mid-market businesses to realize the value they’ve created through their efforts. Er…

The purpose of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance in Portland, Oregon is to change the environment in a way that we can get more people biking. My conversation with executive director Rob Sadowsky covered how collaboration helps everyone and how safer, more inclusive streets are good for us all. For Oregon folks: BTAOregon.org @BTAOregon @RSadowsk…

“Exceptional People Delivering Exceptional Experiences” is Online Tech’s purpose. Mike Klein, Co-CEO tells Ted how it took about a year of calendar time to settle on their purpose, coming back to the discussion over and over, a little bit at a time, and how now their purpose serves as a “true north” for all kinds … Continue reading 006: Mike Klein …

Wayde Elliott’s StoreIt.com‘s purpose is: Making Room for More Living. Ted Sarvata interviews Wayde to explore this purpose. Wayde explains how StoreIt is making room in your attic, your garage, your basement, your backyard, plus making room in your schedule, since you never have to visit the storage facility. They also give you more mental … Conti…

Dr. Ken Thiessen (PowerOfOneConsulting.ca) is Transforming Communities by Transforming Organizations. Ted Sarvata (TedSarvata.com) interviews Ken to explore this purpose.Oleh admin

Episode 003 of the Purpose Podcast hosted by Ted Sarvata. Today I give examples of purpose which goes a bit deeper than we did in episode 002. Disney’s purpose is happiness. Nike’s purpose is competition. Starbucks’ purpose is escape. Gazelles’ purpose is freedom. My purpose is love (see episode 001 for more on this). What … Continue reading Purpos…

Episode 002 of the Purpose Podcast hosted by Ted Sarvata. Today I focus on what I mean by purpose. See HBR Sept 1996 for Building Your Company’s Vision by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Disney’s purpose is happiness. Nike’s purpose is competition. Starbucks’ purpose is escape. Gazelles’ purpose is freedom. My purpose is … Continue reading Pu…