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Speaking of Purpose

Benevity

Arts

Frequency: 1 episode/68d. Total Eps: 25

Speaking of Purpose is where big questions meet bold conversations. We sit with the tough questions, challenge assumptions, and uncover the deeper forces shaping business, leadership, and legacy. In each episode, we explore how purpose fuels resilience - within companies, individuals, and communities - through insightful interviews, candid conversations, and research-backed insights. Because in today’s world, impact isn’t a nice-to-have...it’s a business imperative. New episodes every other week.

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🇨🇦 Canada - arts
28/10/2025
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Cisco’s Bold Approach to Setting Impact Goals

Season 4 · Episode 8

mercredi 22 octobre 2025 • Duration 44:54

The way you think about goal-setting in business is about to change. In this episode of Speaking of Purpose by Benevity, we're joined by Charu Adesnik, Executive Director of Cisco Foundation and Director of Social Impact and Innovation for Cisco Systems. We deconstruct the company’s audacious goal to positively impact one billion lives within 10 years, which they exceeded ahead of schedule.Tune in to hear Charu and Sona talk about executive commitment, using business to drive impact, dealing with the unexpected, having the grace to test, and learn and what it means to authentically scale a vision to “power an inclusive future for all.”

Show Notes:

Cisco Networking Academy → https://www.netacad.com/

Cisco’s 40years of Impact → https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/purpose/index.html

Benevity’s State of Corporate Purpose Report → https://benevity.com/state-of-corporate-purpose-2025

Learn more about Cisco's 1 billion lives initiative → https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/purpose/social-impact/one-billion-lives.html

netacad.com

Cisco Networking Academy: Learn Cybersecurity, Python & More

Cisco Networking Academy is a skills-to-jobs program shaping the future workforce. Since 1997, we have impacted over 20 million learners in 190 countries.

https://www.netacad.com/

Cisco

Cisco Purpose - Power an Inclusive Future for All

Learn how Cisco's Purpose aims to combine our technology, our people, and our broader ecosystem to power an inclusive future for all.

https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/about/purpose/index.html

benevity.com

State of Corporate Purpose 2025

The corporate purpose landscape is in a state of significant flux, with nearly two-thirds of companies redefining their purpose strategy in the past year.

Cisco

Positively Impacting 1 Billion Lives

Cisco changed over one billion lives for the better through social impact investments with 100+ global non-profit partners, and Cisco Networking Academy programs.

Patagonia's Former CEO Gives a Leadership Masterclass

Season 4 · Episode 7

mercredi 8 octobre 2025 • Duration 29:41

In this episode of Speaking of Purpose by Benevity, Rose Marcario, former CEO of Patagonia, joined us on stage at Benevity Live! for a leadership masterclass. Rose shares how bold, values-driven decisions and business strategy can coexist—and succeed.

Hear how this iconic CEO made decisions under pressure, how courageous leadership starts with small steps, and how nature is a perfect metaphor for resiliency.

Learn more about the Enacting Purpose Initiative → enactingpurpose.org

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The Blind Spot In Philanthropy

Season 2 · Episode 3

vendredi 14 octobre 2022 • Duration 26:10

Guest: Lourdes Inga, Executive Director of International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) How deeply do you think about the way you give? How can we give in ways that are both impactful and respectful of Indigenous culture and experiences? Lourdes Inga, Executive Director of IFIP, helps us understand the complexities of Indigenous philanthropy. Indigenous Peoples constitute the largest minority in the world, but the rate of giving to their causes is comparatively low. In this episode, we’ll explore solutions to this challenge as well as discuss Indigenous People’s self-determination and how it’s integral to the positive shifts we’ve seen in Indigenous philanthropy. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts - https://link.chtbl.com/speakingofpurpose Learn more about Speaking of Purpose or Benevity on our website - https://benevity.com/speakingofpurpose Episode resources: International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) - https://internationalfunders.org/ United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html Canadian Charity Law Report 2019 - https://www.canadiancharitylaw.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Canadian-charities-giving-to-Indigenous-Charities-and-Qualified-Donees-2019-Final.pdf Indigenous Canada Course, University of Alberta Faculty of Native Studies - https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html Alliance Magazine article: “Indigenous Led Funds can be a solution to philanthropy’s inequity” - https://www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/indigenous-led-funds-can-be-a-solution-to-philanthropys-inequity/

Why Some Indigenous Leaders Don’t Trust Corporations

Season 2 · Episode 2

vendredi 7 octobre 2022 • Duration 39:56

Guest: Rukka Sombolinggi, Secretary General of AMAN (Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara/Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago). It’s no secret that relationships — both past and present — between Indigenous Peoples, governments and corporations all over the world are troubled. How did this happen? And what does this look like today? We asked Rukka Sombolinggi, the Secretary General of AMAN, to share perspectives from the communities she serves. In this episode, you’ll hear stories of Indigenous Peoples in Indonesia and learn why building trust, authentically and with purpose, is critical to creating and maintaining meaningful partnerships between companies and Indigenous communities. You’ll also learn how individuals and consumers can help drive companies to take ethical action, too. Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts - https://link.chtbl.com/speakingofpurpose Learn more about Speaking of Purpose or Benevity on our website - https://benevity.com/speakingofpurpose Episode resources: International Labour Organization Report - https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_735607.pdf AMAN - https://aman.or.id/ Rukka’s TEDxJakarta talk (enable closed captions and click settings to enable translation) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5atXld4PguI

Truth Before Reconciliation

Season 2 · Episode 1

vendredi 30 septembre 2022 • Duration 35:11

Guest: Melissa K. Nelson, Ph.D., Indigenous Scholar, Professor of Sustainability, Leader at The Cultural Conservancy How should companies and individuals begin the process of reconciliation? Indigenous Scholar, Professor of Sustainability, and Leader at The Cultural Conservancy, Melissa Nelson, takes us through past colonization and settlement, residential schools, and how history continues to shape the experiences Indigenous Peoples have today. In this episode, you’ll hear stories and gain knowledge about how understanding Indigenous issues today is part of healing for all people, and the environment. By looking at the past, educating ourselves and imagining a future of mutual respect, we can forge our own paths toward reconciliation. Let the journey begin... Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts https://link.chtbl.com/speakingofpurpose Learn more about Speaking of Purpose or Benevity on our website https://benevity.com/speakingofpurpose --- Episode resources: The Cultural Conservancy - https://www.nativeland.org/ Land Acknowledgments Resource - https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/ Sogorea Te' Land Trust - https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/ Schuumi Land Tax - https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/shuumi-land-tax/ Tribal Leaders Directory - https://www.bia.gov/service/tribal-leaders-directory Mohawk Institute Residential School — Virtual Tour - https://woodlandculturalcentre.ca/mohawk-institute-residential-school-virtual-tour-now-available-online/

Introducing Season 2 of Speaking of Purpose...

Season 2

lundi 26 septembre 2022 • Duration 04:57

Welcome to Season 2 of Speaking of Purpose! Join host, Sona Khosla, as she gets curious about how we can do our part in driving change around the challenges Indigenous communities face across the world, and Indigenous ways of knowing. Tune in for a sneak peek of what’s to come this season as we share our learnings from speaking with four remarkable guests about exploring reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. wherever you listen to podcasts () Learn more about Speaking of Purpose or Benevity on our website (https://benevity.com/speakingofpurpose)

Purpose-Driven Business: A Conversation About the Movement for Democratized Goodness

Season 1 · Episode 10

vendredi 15 octobre 2021 • Duration 33:07

Guest: Bryan de Lottinville, Founder and Executive Chairperson, Benevity. Business is now our most trusted institution. Employees look to their workplaces to address social issues, and consumers increasingly support brands based on their actions as much as their products. As the role of business in society changes, it takes genuine leaders to challenge the status quo. One such leader is Benevity’s Founder, Bryan de Lottinville. On this season’s final episode, he joins us to reflect on how he developed the idea of bringing Goodness to the corporate world, and how purpose has changed from a top-down mandate to a democratized process of personal, authentic action. Listen to Ep. 5 to learn more on ESG and the future of business

A Conversation with Anil Soni on the Need for Vaccine Equity

Season 1 · Episode 9

vendredi 1 octobre 2021 • Duration 43:24

Guest: Anil Soni, Chief Executive Officer, The WHO Foundation Anil Soni is passionate about vaccine equity. But as our conversation with the CEO of the WHO Foundation unfolds, we learn that vaccine equity is about much more than vaccines. The issue is a microcosm of systemic and generational injustice that continues to perpetuate today. Anil joins us to discuss why vaccinating the entire world is critical for global health and economies - and how the private sector plays a vital role in making it happen. Go Give One – WHOF - ICC commissioned study

No Going Back: How Volunteering Has Changed Forever

Season 1 · Episode 8

vendredi 20 août 2021 • Duration 21:27

Guests: Allison Fary, Senior Program Manager and Stephanie Franco, Head of Corporate Giving and Volunteerism They say necessity is the mother of invention, and it holds true even when the topic is the changing face of volunteering. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and in-person volunteering was no longer possible, companies were forced to rethink the way they gave back to their communities during a time of profound need. Luckily, the answer was right in front of them. Just as they introduced a hybrid approach to work — remote employees, digital communications, and more — they could also shift their programs to include virtual opportunities, and a broader, more open definition of what it means to volunteer. On this episode of Speaking with Purpose, we speak to Allison Fary and Stephanie Franco from TELUS, who tell us how they successfully pivoted during a massive upheaval, and why the new definition of volunteering is here to stay.

Behind the Boardroom Door

Season 1 · Episode 7

jeudi 5 août 2021 • Duration 24:38

Guest: Maya Chorengel, Co-Managing Partner, The Rise Fund The growing importance of corporate purpose and environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies are changing the way boardrooms operate. The past year has shown just how important it is for companies to lead the way, particularly on social issues. From protecting frontline workers to striving for racial justice, companies have the reach and resources to create real change. Maya Chorengel has spent over two decades contributing to that change. As a veteran of many director positions – including a board position here at Benevity – she has seen corporate purpose and ESG transform conversations by making companies rethink their role as social actors. Maya joins us on this episode of Speaking of Purpose to discuss how systemic problems require systemic solutions, and how learning from environmental strategies can help guide our action on social issues.