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074: Claire Grace—a passion for compassion
Claire Grace shows us that the INPowered come from every generation—hers is Gen Z. She's already setting a fast pace and high bar for personal accomplishments, not the least of which is deciding to have a go at summiting Colorado's highest peaks....
073: Better ethics, better business—Kitt Letcher Better Business Bureau of Central Oklahoma
Kitt Letcher, President & CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Central Oklahoma says that having a clear sense of one's core values will help resolve many of the issues that trip up some businesses. In this episode of the Spirit of Leading...
072: Tulsa Changemakers expands—Jake Lerner & Andrew Spector
Andrew Spector and Jake Lerner arrived in Tulsa for the 2015 school year as part of the Teach for America program. They saw in their students a wealth of untapped and unchallenged leadership potential. They presented a workshop on their idea in May...
071: Becoming corrupted
Corruption is insidious. It can happen to the best of people if they are not vigilant. Politics and corruption are familiar companions when special interests want to secure favorable legislation that might not be in the best intetrest of the...
070: Francie Ekwerekwu—Nothing worth advocating for comes easy
Francie Ekwerekwu did not know her father was in prison until she was sixteen years old. When she found out, her life changed. She determined to learn all she could about her father and his incarceration. That quest ultimately led her to a life of advocating for the rights of the poor who faced longer than necessary periods of incarceration.
069: Sara Jane Rose and Sally’s List—preparing progressive champions
Women are getting more involved in politics as candidates across the United States. In Oklahoma, Sara Janes Rose has been front and center looking for women to run for office in Oklahoma to champion progressive issues, many of which are women's...
068: Do you have itching ears?
Everyone is susceptible to being scammed. Even the smartest people can be fooled. President Lincoln is attributed with saying, "You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all...
067: Disruptions provoke renewal
The history of the world is a history of disruptions. We human beings like predictability that gives us a sense of safety. We like to know what's going to happen next so we can prepare for it. Disruptions throw us into a state of panic as chaos...
065: Disruption, chaos, and creativity
Chaos theory holds that systems tend to entropy toward an eventual state of unpredictability and chaos from which new patterns emerge. However, there is no way to predict what those new patterns will be. The possibilities are endless. The status...
066: The status of women in Oklahoma—Kitti Asberry, Exe. Dir.
Kitti Asberry knows advocacy. She credits her father's advice, "Nobody's gonna give you anything, but don't take anything that's not yours," with sustaining her through her experience as a union leader at Oklahoma City's General Motors plant, as a...
064: Joy to your world
Joy is all around, but we might miss it if we are distracted by anxiety and fear. INPowering leaders spread joy and happiness.
063: Schools of Character—State Sen. Dewayne Pemberton
State Senator Dwayne Pemberton has been a champion for young people and quality education for nearly four decades. Along the way, while the principal of Muskogee High School, he led a culture change effort based on the principles of character...
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