In Great Company Podcast

In Great Company

Helen Liu
In collaboration with social impact veterans and Duke’s Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative, hosted by Helen Liu Tune in to down-to-earth interviews with private sector's social innovators. Whether it’s executives on required skills and building confidence, or young professionals on self-care routines and grad school decisions, we'll tackle career and life advice for a variety of industries: • Impact investing • Social entrepreneurship • Social impact consulting • Cause marketing • CSR • … and more. Two 20-minute episodes/month.
Advice from the Exec Director of Duke Career Center - Bill Wright-Swadel
The scoop: handling career changes and uncertainty, self-reflection, general career advice The great company: Bill Wright-Swadel, from Duke Career Center (past work: directing Harvard University career services) https://studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/about-us/staff/william-wright-swadel The industry: Career services The cause: Education
Dec 9, 2019
23 min
Design, civic tech, and critical government services - Geronimo Ramos
The scoop: career path, required skills, defining "social impact design", starting in the field, morning routines/self-care The great company: Geronimo Ramos, from Nava PBC (past work: Ashoka, StartingBloc, Acumen) https://www.geronimocramos.com/ The industry: Design, civic tech The cause: Critical government services  
Nov 19, 2019
19 min
Digital/holistic health, entrepreneurship, and the environment - Kayla Falk
The scoop: career path, required skills, pivoting jobs, deciding on grad school, self-care The great company: Kayla Falk, from the Art of Human Being (other/past positions: grad student at Columbia, mindfulness coach, IBM Watson Health) http://www.kaylafalk.com/ The industry: Social entrepreneurship, product management The cause: Health, environment  
Nov 19, 2019
28 min
Social entrepreneurship and agriculture - Jamie Patrick
The scoop: getting onto social impact projects at a traditional consulting firm, career path, learning about entrepreneurship business/grad school, time management, keeping up with unused skills The great company: Jamie Patrick, from McKinsey (previous: Stanford Business School, Yara International) The industry: Social entrepreneurship, social impact consulting The cause: Agriculture, international development
Nov 8, 2019
24 min
Social impact consulting and health - Adaeze Enekwechi
The scoop: career path, required skills, building expertise, thoughts on poise The great company: Adaeze Enekwechi, from IMPAQ International (past work: McDermott&Consulting, health care executive at White House during Obama Administration) The industry: Social impact consulting The cause: Health
Nov 8, 2019
18 min