The Upward Podcast with John Geraci: Recent Episodes
John Geraci
Maxwell Zorick talks about his work as Director of Social Impact at MTV - how they created Power the Polls, how they measure impact, and how you can create a social impact team at your company if it doesn't yet have one.
Frank Fredericks and his organization World Faith had grown to a team of thousands of volunteers when they came to realize they were tracking the wrong metrics and couldn't be sure they were actually having any impact at all. That realization led Frank to eventually become an expert on impact assessment and impact metrics - which is what he talks with us about today.
Eric Socolofsky, Sustainability Engineering Lead at Uber on how he came to have such a cool job, what his work entails, and what is driving companies like Uber to change course on the issue of carbon emissions so (relatively) quickly.
Ashish Gadnis is founder and CEO of BanQu, a startup that uses blockchain to connect unbanked farmers with the brands that buy their goods, giving the brands traceability and allowing the farmers to become bankable. Ashish talks with us about his journey to starting BanQu and how to balance growing a for-profit business with impact goals.
In Episode 1 of the Upward Podcast James Rogers, Director of Sustainability at The RealReal, talks about why and how he went from being a strategy consultant for big business to Director of Sustainability at The North Face and then The RealReal, and how he helped create and bring to market clothes that do more good instead of just doing less bad.