Ascending Change

Creating an organizational culture that fosters meaningful relationships, creativity, and creates motivation in business can be difficult in the best of times. But as the coronavirus pandemic has made clear, it can be even harder to do during a crisis. If your people weren’t questioning the value of their involvement in your company before, they’re certainly doing it now. Jennifer is joined by Ste...

The popular mobile app Slice had already been helping small businesses survive by giving them access to digital tools that only larger chains had the money to develop for themselves. But when COVID-19 hit, Slice’s commitment to local restaurants helped them not only survive but actually thrive when everyone needed them most.  Jacqueline Meyer, the CPO at Slice, joins the Survive & Thrive podcast....

How can businesses create a better world? Anna-Maja Björkenvall, the CEO of LXMI, discusses how their business model and supply chain are helping end global poverty and save the environment at the same time.  Anna’s story is an empowering one, starting when she came to the United States with nothing but a suitcase to eventually becoming the CEO of LXMI after founder Leila Janah passed in 2020. She...

How is AI generating value for seniors, their care givers and families?  Dan Brown, the President and CEO of Algorithmic Intuition, discusses the intersection of ai, healthcare innovation and quality of life.  We explore how COVID has accelerated the need to invest in technologies and solutions to make remote patient monitoring more accessible to families and care providers in order to enhance not...

How has COVID-19 impacted how we connect?  Jenny Ro, the co-founder and CEO of Curios Reactor, discusses what the future of networking looks like.  Given the current environment and pandemic, we explore a new perspective on curating specific relationships in a networking application.   A Concinnity podcast: https://concinnityus.com/perspectives

Bridging a major crisis during the early stages of the pandemic,  Rick Salerno and Jamie Ahmed from AES Controls pivoted their business to address a shortage of respirators.  Looking for help with executing the plan, they combined with Concinnity to help orchestrate all of the moving parts in order to deliver respirators to those who needed it the most.    A Concinnity podcast: https://concinnityu...

The evolution of working from anywhere.  What's the future of work and how COVID-19 has made this imperative.  With companies stumbling into these changes during the pandemic, Alana Moran and Evolve IP were able to help connect workplaces virtually.   A Concinnity podcast: https://concinnityus.com/perspectives

Altering your life's plan to address a desperate problem in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic?  Solve scaling and financial issues. Connect doctors on the front lines with PPE from suppliers, and stop people from dying over payment terms.  This is what Kirsten Curtis did when she joined ProjectN95 - and found a mismatch in supply and demand. A Concinnity podcast: https://concinnityus.com/...

The Survive & Thrive podcast features Jennifer Ayres, host, and co-Founder of Concinnity. With over 20 years leading large-scale global transformation programs for Fortune 500 companies, her purpose is to help the conscious leader create meaningful and sustainable change by helping companies realize their most ambitious goals. The Survive & Thrive podcast will highlights ideas, learnings, and stor...