In every episode, host Chris Straigis talks with a visionary who is making big strides to reshape the landscape of their community, their industry or even the world. It’s about business owners, community leaders and movers-and-shakers realizing their dreams, in spite of limited resources and significant barriers – with a little creativity and a whole lot of grit. You’ll hear about where they got their “big idea”, how they keep pushing in the face of adversity, and even how they’ve failed along the way.
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In every episode, host Chris Straigis talks with a visionary who is making big strides to reshape the landscape of their community, their industry or even the world. It’s about business owners, community leaders and movers-and-shakers realizing their dreams, in spite of limited resources and significant barriers – with a little creativity and a whole lot of grit. You’ll hear about where they got their “big idea”, how they keep pushing in the face of adversity, and even how they’ve failed along the way.
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June 16, 2022
ShelterBox
<br /> <br /> <br /> Four words written on a piece of paper: “shelter, warm, comfort, dignity.” This is where ShelterBox began. Tom Henderson, the original founder of ShelterBox, turned with his idea to his local Rotary Club in Helston, England for support, and they took up the mantle. Today, over 20 years later, Rotary International is still a key partner. Here in the U.S., Kerri Murray is at the helm of the largest ShelterBox affiliate in the world. Since 2015, Kerri has personally overseen relief efforts for some of the most dire events in recent memory, including conflicts in Syria and Yemen, and most recently in Ukraine, an earthquake in Haiti, a typhoon in the Philippines and famines in Africa, just to name a few. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Links:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.shelterboxusa.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ShelterBox USA</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.rotary.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rotary International</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.rotary-ribi.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Rotary – Helston, England</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.savebay.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Save the Bay</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.directrelief.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Direct Relief</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.providence.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Providence College</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.mlb.com/redsox" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Boston Red Sox</a> (why not, she would’ve been great!)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Full Transcript<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Welcome to Scrappy, the podcast about small companies doing big things. I’m your host, Chris Straigis. I walked by a sign not too long ago in downtown Philadelphia. That read “start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.” It really stopped me in my tracks, three simple sentences, but a profound and moving manifesto. We all have within us to power to affect change, I really do believe that. And I also believe that as a general rule, most humans when confronted with another suffering will skew heavily towards compassion. Now where those two traits intersect, you’ll find positive action; action that solves big problems or helps to alleviate the pain of another. For those special people who find themselves in the middle bit of that venn diagram, they do in fact begin where they are with what they have, and then they take action. Usually in our stories, we focus on a person singular who took up the mission-driven call to use their skill or talent, or simply their will and drive to make the world a better place in some specific way.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> It’s easy to point to them and say, look, look at what that person is doing. We’ve always recognized, however that behind many, if not, most of the people we feature, there’s a team who also take up the mantle, motivated by the work or the cause, or even simply inspired by another person taking action. Today, we focus not just on the origins and the current leader of a company, ShelterBox, but we also turn a well deserved light on the selfless brave, and in some cases, heroic difference makers who are on the frontline, the boots on the ground for this global aid organization.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Four words written on a piece of paper: “shelter, warm, comfort, dignity.” This is where ShelterBox began. In a 2008 CNN interview, Tom Henderson, the original founder of ShelterBox, describes the epiphany he had while watching news footage of disaster relief efforts.<br /> <br /> <br />
November 29, 2021
Embrace Autism
<br /> <br /> <br /> Marie Haas has worked with, and touched the hearts of, some of the most vulnerable citizens in our society – kids with autism and their families. She began and grew a company in Singapore called Embrace Autism. It was the fusion of science and art, born of a passion to care, connect and communicate. But that’s not what she set out to do, at least not officially. She actually just wanted to dance.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> LINKS:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.marielynnhaas.org/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=Marie%20Haas%20Website">Marie Lynn Haas</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.embraceautism.sg/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=Embrace%20Autism%20Website">Embrace Autism</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://autismtreatmentcenter.org/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=The%20Autism%20Treatment%20Center%20of%20America%20Website">The Autism Treatment Center of America</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="http://emergentimprovisation.org/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=Emergent%20Improvisation%20Website">Emergent Improvisation</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="http://iacoboni.bol.ucla.edu/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=Marco%20Lacoboni%27s%20UCLA%20Lab%20Website">Marco Iacoboni’s UCLA Lab</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Full Transcript<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – Welcome to Scrappy the podcast about small companies doing big things. I’m your host, Chris Straigis. So we’re now nearing the end of 2021. And it’s been a little while since we’ve done a new episode, very sorry about that. But time has felt somehow distorted recently. I think I can safely say that in many ways, at least comparatively, our world was buzzing along in kind of a cruise control until early last year. COVID was, and still is, a catalyst for some major and massive transformations. It’s changed us. It’s changed a lot of things, from how we relate to each other, to how we relate to our jobs and even how we relate to our greater global society. Now, I know that many facets of these changes, didn’t just pop up out of nowhere. Our world, our experience is ever evolving. But this pandemic was a game changer for our generation.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – No one, not the very young, not the 20 and 30 somethings, not even the elderly are coming out of this unchanged. And really, I don’t think we’ve even begun to see the true transformation. Everything we’ve experienced over the last year and a half brought about short term and rapid change. It’s the ripples in the water well beyond the original splash that may turn out to be the most fascinating. In other words, how will a change to us change the world?<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – At its core, this is what Scrappy is all about, transformation. It’s about everyday people, just like you and me, doing extraordinary things. Usually finding themselves, forging their destiny from materials they didn’t even know they had, and then watching those ripples roll out in ways they themselves couldn’t even foretell. And so it is with our guest today. Marie Haas has worked with and touched the hearts of some of the most vulnerable citizens in our society – kids with autism and their families. She began and grew a company in Singapore called Embrace Autism. It was the fusion of science and art, born of a passion to care, connect and communicate.
July 23, 2020
Ruh Global Impact
<br /> <br /> <br /> In the mid- 1980’s, Debra Ruh was nurturing a successful career in the banking industry and looking forward to starting a family. But in 1987, her path took an unexpected turn after the birth of her daughter Sara. And today, that path has led her around the world to work with multi-national companies, nations, the UN and more. As an advocate for accessibility and inclusion, Debra has dedicated her life to improve the lives those with disabilities.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> LINKS:<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.ruhglobal.com/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=Ruh%20Global%20Impact%20Website">Ruh Global Impact website</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.ruhglobal.com/podcasthuman-potential-work/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=Deb%20Ruh%27s%20Human%20Potential%20At%20Work%20Podcast%20Website">Debra’s Podcast – Human Potential At Work</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a href="https://www.ruhglobal.com/published-works-2/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=Deb%20Ruh%27s%20Bookstore%20Website#books">Debra’s bookstore</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> * <a aria-label="undefined (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.ada.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ADA.</a><a href="https://www.ada.gov/?utm_campaign=Scrappy%20Episode%20External%20Links&utm_source=Website%20Click&utm_medium=Web%20Link&utm_term=ADA%20Website">gov</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Full Transcript<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – Welcome to Scrappy, the podcast about small companies doing big things. I’m your host, Chris Straigis. We’ve been working hard to collect stories and interviews for our second season. But in light of all the recent changes we’ve been going through from politics to pandemics to protest, we’ve decided to change things up a bit. Instead of waiting to launch a whole new season that would run over just 10 short weeks, we are instead going to let loose a new episode continuously each month or so. And in that way, get more great stories out more often. And I couldn’t think of a better place to start this season, then a big anniversary that our country has coming up this weekend. One you may not even be aware of.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – 30 years ago, on July 26 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law The Americans with Disabilities Act. This groundbreaking legislation was the world’s first comprehensive civil rights law for people with disabilities. It would usher in a new era of rights, freedoms and care for one of our nation’s greatest untapped citizen resources. And it would bring into the fold an entire segment of our society that had for too long been marginalized, stigmatized, and second class. But 1990 was not the end of this work really, it was just the beginning. And today, the work continues with more momentum than ever before. And with a new era of advocates on the front lines, advocates like Debra Ruh.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Debra Ruh – My name is Debra Ruh, and I’m the CEO and founder of Ruh Global Impact.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – Debra is kind of an unexpected hero in this fight. In the mid 1980s, she was nurturing a successful career in the banking industry and looking forward to starting a family. But in 1987, her path took an unexpected turn after the birth of her daughter Sarah. Before too long, she found herself forging her own way, employing an internal drive to help those in need – a drive that had long been waiting just below the surface.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Chris Straigis – Debra, thank you for joining me today.
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