The Work Ethic

Enjoy this conversation with Bryan Cardwell, owner & operator of 2 Paddy Wagon Irish Pub's here in Tampa. 

This is a talk I gave at Waters Avenue Church on August 7, 2022.   The passages for the day were: Isaiah 1:1,10-20  Psalm 33:12-22  Hebrews 11:1-3,8-16

Greg is the founder and CEO at OneWork, where they are working to connect talent with meaningful careers. Jon was really excited to sit down with Greg after reading the following on their website:  "We believe work is an unrivaled vehicle for opportunity and fulfillment. Work has the power to touch lives, drive innovation, enable change, and inspire others. But work without purpose, without a...

Jim Schaefer is the owner and operator of Quality Title in Indianapolis. In this  conversation we discuss the impending impact of blockchain, funning a family business, kindness and happiness as a measure of success, and action as an antidote to despair. Jim's energy is contagious and his outlook on life and work is inspiring. -enjoy https://www.tiktok.com/@jimschaefer5 https://qualitytitle.c...

This episode stands apart from the other but it is definitely a story of hustle. An old friend has been selling cannabis forever. His tenacity and commitment to build a business regardless of it's legal standing has recently led to he and his partner being highlighted by the New York Times! They have build up a substantial business that has done really well pushing the boundaries of what is possib...

Danielle is an Applied Behavioral Scientist. Her background is in human development - human growth and evolution over time, what humans need to thrive, social sciences, with a heavy focus on psychology and what drives behavior, including the often overlooked things like socioeconomic status, geography, and politics. She applied those principles to the workplace and built departments and teams, spe...

Adam Davidson is an adjunct faculty member in the Judy Genshaft Honors College at the University of South Florida (USF). He teaches courses on knowledge and ethics, popular music, and walking! His walking course is called Citizen Walkers and the course perfectly embodies the very heart of the Be Pedestrian column. Here is the course description that students sign up for: This course explores the p...

Liz Peralta is Co-founder + Vice President of Impact with Feed Forward. She is also a fellow Sorcerer Scholarship recipient with the VeeFriends community.  Liz has deep roots within the food and community development scene. She previously served as the Executive Director of the National Supermarket Association (NSA), where she served to protect the interest of over 500 supermarket owners in t...

Sakari is Chef & Founder of Noble Promise and Co-Founder of Noble Promise Studios! He is also a fellow Sorcerer Scholarship recipient with the VeeFriends community. Sakari has spent over a decade working in some of the world's best restaurants, he's a 2016 SUNY Delhi graduate that competed on The Food Network's “Chopped”, and was even awarded a Michelin star at 24, all from starting off as a g...

Lilly is the Founder of HYPHENOVA (HYP). She has two decades of experience across public, private, and startup ecosystems and is a committed leader in expanding opportunities for underestimated and underrepresented communities. She is an alum and prior lead of Startup Leadership Program as well as the Founder of Propel Program, an incubator for underestimated early stage founders. She serves on th...

William Cook is co-founder with lemonGRAFT a digital marketplace for buying local, homegrown food. They are empowering growers and shoppers to connect in their own neighborhood, making the most fresh, ethical, and nutritious foods on the market readily accessible. This conversation is a fascinating tale of how an architect turned to food systems to get at the deeper build he wanted to work on. Lea...

Adam Mangana is the Executive Director of Optima Classical Academy VR school and is also the cohost of Ready Teacher One, a podcast about the furute of technology and education. He is absolutely brilliant and a joy to go deep with. Please enjoy this conversation with my brother Adam.  Optima Classical Academy VR School is now accepting applications for the 2022-23 school year. https://www.opt...

This is such an engaging conversation with AJ Keller, Co-Founder and CEO at Neurosity. Neurosity is reimagining brain-computer interfaces and neuro-powered applications. I was so interested in the overlap of tech, entrepreneurship, and neuroscience in this conversation that I was tempted to just selfishly geek out with AJ the whole time. He did a really good job of speaking to the place of work in...

2021 was an incredible year and I had the privilege of sitting down for 12 interviews that captured so many amazing experiences and stories from the year. This episode has a brief clip from each and every interview from 2021. It is both a time capsule for future review as well as an introduction to each and every guest from the year. I hope it helps to know which episodes/guests you want to go bac...

Max the Miata is a comic character created by independent artist David Hu (@max.the.miata). Max is David’s first-ever self-created fictional character. David brings to the world of Max a decade of graphic design experience, a deep enthusiasm for car culture, and his lifelong love for American comics, Japanese anime and manga, toys, and cartoons. All these things gave David an emotional and mental...

I had the opportunity to join the crew at the Sustainable Living show on WMNF on 11/29. I wanted to share the episode with everybody tuned in here as well.  You can learn more about WMNF here: https://www.wmnf.org If you would like to listen to other episodes of the Sustainable Living show you can find them here: https://feeds.feedburner.com/sustainable_living

Praba is a neuroscientist that is working in IP with Moffitt Cancer Center after years of work as a researcher. This move was made out of his determination to see solutions actually hit the market and be made available to those who need them. He is also a Recommended Children's Book Author with the National Science Teaching Association. Praba has become a Social Entrepreneur that is the Founder &a...

This is an audio reading of the brilliant essay "Why Work?" by Dorothy Sayers. This has been such a meaningful essay to me and my own understanding of work and our relationship with it. The essay was written during the 2nd world war and offers such a powerful challenge to the concept of work in light of the changes made in our country during the war. While this episode is not like the others in th...

Jeeyoon was such a joy to sit down with. She is an award winning concert pianist and host of the Journey Through Classical Piano Podcast. She recently added 'author' to her list of titles as she just published "Whenever You're Ready" which is an incredible book about the many lessons learned from a lifetime of developing her craft as a pianist. It is not a book about being a piano player though as...

Jay Hein serves as President at Sagamore Institute and is also the Managing Director of Commonwealth Impact Investing where he is continuing the work of a life long vocation. From the grassroots initiatives to the White House where he worked as Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States, Jay has spent his life building bridges between worlds that are all too often alien to one another....

I'm so excited to share this conversation with Taylor Kendal, Chief Program Officer with the Learning Economy Foundation and Adjunct Professor at University of Colorado Denver. http://taykendesign.com/ https://www.learningeconomy.io/

I am so excited to share this episode of my conversation with Jaime! She is a new friend that I connected with while sharing groceries at a local community garden. She was there with a bunch of kids as part of their education with her Service Learning Micro-School. In this episode we dig into her relationship with work, her faith, the origins of the school, and some of our shared dreams for the fu...

This was such an enjoyable conversation with Walter. Walter Balser is the founder and the Open Partnership Education Network (OPEN) learnopen.org and the co-founder of RadSchools.org, both of which are platforms designed to help reimagine learning for the world ahead of us. He is also a college professor and an author who has been working to articulate new models of open governance in Education. W...

This is an episode of Jason Sowell's Boldly Going Podcast (Jason was the guest on Ep 34 here) that Jon was on about a year ago.  "An encouraging episode with Jon Dengler, Executive Director of The Well Incorporated and Host of The Work Ethic Podcast. Get some insight on his philosophy of shared work, how he defines freedom, and the wealth of the poor." If you enjoy this episode and want to he...

Finally found time to sit down with #Cycl🌀maniacs Disco Mike, the Bike Guru, the Man about Town. This brother does Uber eats on a fixed gear bike and is hustling to build Tampa's bike culture by basically becoming a bike evangelist to proclaim all of the good news about bikes. Good for the environment, your physical health, mental health, community building, and on and on. I hope you enjoy this c...