Envision RISE

This week Staci Hegarty talks about the importance of understanding personal values to cultivate a better culture with J. Dwayne Garnett, Love Advocate, Founder/CEO of Love Is A Parable, an education and training nonprofit providing value-based education, sales strategies and culture enhancement to organizations. J. Dwayne Garnett shares how his 19 years in higher education and curriculum developm...

This week Staci Hegarty talks with Jeff Andrews, President of Business of Child Care, an organization supporting and connecting child care business owners to resources to provide fundamental skills for creating safe and equitable spaces.   Listen as Staci and Jeff discuss:  How the pandemic caused many child care locations to close, disproportionately affecting women in the workforce and families...

This week Staci Hegarty catches up with Lushanda Byrd, longtime Higher Education professional and Founder of Leaving Members Joyful, a consulting firm supporting and educating youth on integrating themselves into the world and transforming their futures. Listen as Staci and Lushanda discuss: Growing a future through trades, community college programs, and entry level growth in a company How to hel...

This week Staci Hegarty speaks with University of Colorado Denver Professor Geeta Verma, founder of LivedX. Staci and Professor Verma discuss why she founded LivedX, an online portal that translates peoples’ everyday life experiences into credentials for greater success in educational and workplace opportunities. Listen as Staci and Professor Verma discuss: How recognizing the value of essential s...

Join the #EnvisionRISE podcast this week as we speak with Michael Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Michael shares the evolution of ASME, beginning in 1880, into a worldwide 100K+ membership of professionals and students who develop standards with rapidly changing markets and technology and how that rapid change must also be addressed from the...

In this week’s episode, Envision RISE’s Staci Hegarty and Michael Benning, IpX Vice President of Organizational Change Management (OCM) illustrate how Envision RISE was born from IpX’s 30+ years of experience as a leading enterprise transformation company whose passion for people of the people, processes, and tools framework grew into its own practice. Michael and Staci describe: How weak OCM crea...

This week we chat with 15-year educator, Jay Wamsted. Jay shares how his initiation into teaching within a predominantly Black school and community started his journey into developing self, facing his own biases, and becoming a more engaging teacher by being open to discussing race and culture in the classroom. Jay schools us to share:  How issues of race matter in all school subjects That math is...

In this episode, Envision RISE’s Staci Hegarty speaks with Allison Grealis, President, Women in Manufacturing Association (WiM) about WiM’s founding and its 10+ year mission of supporting, promoting, and inspiring women in manufacturing careers, as well as the companies that employ them. Staci and Allison discuss: The slow nature of culture change and the importance of having allies in your DE&amp...

In this episode, Envision RISE’s Global Director of Equity & Inclusion, Staci Hegarty speaks with Shirin Nikaein, Co-Founder and CEO of Upful.ai about how a negative experience with biased employer feedback led her to create a product that helps companies produce more meaningful and objective employee performance reviews. Staci and Shirin talk about how Upful uses behavioral science research t...

On this week's Envision RISE podcast, we hear from Katie O'Malley, M.Ed., BCC, who founded (en)Courage Coaching to make leadership coaching, executive coaching, and career coaching accessible to everyone - especially communities that are underrepresented in the C-suite. Katie inspires us to find the best career for ourselves by: Listening to your gut, knowing your personal values, and st...

On this week’s episode we get to know Linda Harvey, President, Global Core Strategies and Consulting. Linda speaks with Envision RISE’s Global Director of Equity & Inclusion, Staci Hegarty about her esteemed career in the military and how, after retirement, she stepped out on faith to become an entrepreneur. After college, Linda was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Military Intellige...

On this week’s episode, we meet William Huston and Ekenna Anya-Gafu of Bay Street Capital Holdings, a minority-owned, independent investment advisory, wealth management, and financial planning firm that is also dedicated to increasing financial literacy for marginalized groups. As William explained, the institution space has many diverse managers - people of color and women - who outperform their...

Envision RISE Podcast Release: Ron Harvey on Meeting People Where They Are Our latest episode features Ron Harvey, VP/COO, Global Core Strategies, and Lifecoach alongside Envision RISE’s Global Director of Equity & Inclusion, Staci Hegarty. Ron shares his experiences and rich history as a leader in coaching, a military career, and a business owner. As a coach, Ron strives to meet people where...

In the first episode of the Envision RISE Podcast (previously a part of the IpX TN Podcast series), host Chris Anderson talks with RISE Global Director, Equity & Inclusion, Staci Hegarty and IpX Executive Director, TN Enterprise Calibration, Michael Benning on why a third party should lead your organization's DEI program. Michael and Staci cover tackling objectives to creating cultural ch...

In this episode originally recorded on the IpX TN Podcast, Staci Hegarty, Envision RISE Global Director of Equity & Inclusion, takes on questions from listeners and our community on issues surrounding diversity, equity, racism, inclusion, biases, and invisible diversity. Staci addresses questions concerning: ·     The true meaning of privilege as an unearned advantage that removes obstacles ot...