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Back to SearchEp. 94 - When Innovation Isn't Optional in Rural IDD Care (w/ AADD & FCS)
If you're leading in this field, chances are you already know: there's no real playbook. No one handed you a map for the exact situation you're in ri…
2 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 93 - How One Provider Cut Reports From 2 Weeks to 1 Hour w/ Daniel Caridi
One organization used to spend three staff members and two full weeks writing their quarterly reports. Now it takes one person about an hour.
That's t…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 92 - How Dodgeball Launched an IDD Tech Startup w/ Daniel Caridi
A volunteer dodgeball class for five people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. That's where Daniel Caridi's company started — and some…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 91 - Why the Best IDD Organizations Ask Questions Nobody Else Thinks To (w/ CQL)
There was a woman in her 80s. Her one goal was to get her driver's license. When someone finally asked where she'd go first, she said the grocery sto…
3 months ago
Ep. 90 - How a Compliance Process Became a Culture Shift w/ CQL
What if the thing you've been dreading is actually the thing that could transform your organization?
For the past year, Nate kept noticing a pattern: …
3 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 89 - Beyond DSP Appreciation Week - From Recognition to Retention w/ UMN's Kris Foss
Most IDD organizations genuinely care about their staff. You celebrate DSP Appreciation Week, recognize milestones, and try to say “thank you” in mea…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 88 - Every Disability Nonprofit Said No. He Built It Anyway. (w/ Steve Gonyea)
Most leaders already know they should be listening more. This episode is about what actually happens when someone does.
Steve Gonyea is a parent, fost…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 87 - What DSPs Know That Most Leaders Don't (w/ Steve Gonyea)
What if the people most likely to solve your retention problem are already on your payroll — and nobody's asking them?
Steve Gonyea has been inside mo…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 86 - The AI System One IDD CEO Is Already Using w/ G.N. Janes
Most conversations about AI in human services stop at "it's coming." This one is about what's already here.
G.N. Janes, CEO of Valley Community Servic…
4 months ago
Ep. 85 - The Retention Strategy Most CEOs Haven't Tried w/ G.N. Janes
Most organizations find out a frontline supervisor is struggling the same way they find out an employee is leaving — too late.
G.N. Janes, CEO of Vall…
4 months, 1 week ago