Mighty Measure - Stories and strategies of meaningful impacts in business and beyond... 💚

Hosted by Kim Allchurch-Flick, impact strategist and founder of Mighty Measure, this podcast is for purpose-driven entrepreneurs ready to build businesses that are a force for good.Each episode includes stories of people with ideas and ideals to make the world better, leaving us inspired and optimistic about collective possibility.Covering topics like B Corp certification, Benefit Reports, ESG practices, equity-centered strategies, activism, advocacy, and real-world tools for values-driven growth.Subscribe to build a better business, one mighty measure at a time.

Mighty Measure - Stories and strategies of meaningful impacts in business and beyond... 💚 is a business podcast hosted by Kim Allchurch Flick, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Kim Allchurch Flick hosts Mighty Measure - Stories and strategies of meaningful impacts in business and beyond... 💚, a business show with 42 episodes published.

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  Episode #44

  Strengthening Portland’s Socioeconomic Fabric: Strategy, and Community with Anja Taylor of Kinesis

  Aug 20, 202644 min

  Anja Taylor, president of Kinesis, joins Kim Allchurch Flick for a discussion about her journey from international studies and work in Berlin to focusing on local community impact through owner-operated businesses. Taylor explains Kinesis’s long-term approach to helping companies thrive through strategy, creativity, leadership development, employee engagement, and relationship-based marketing, often partnering with clients for years and building peer networks to reduce owner isolation. She critiques an overemphasis on optimization and “growth for growth’s sake,” describing strategy as a theory of winning tested through assumptions and experiments anchored by mission, values, and vision. The conversation covers Portland’s fragmented efforts, the role of local businesses in community resilience, lessons from and beyond B Corp certification, and optimism drawn from values-driven leaders and initiatives like Albina Vision Trust.

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  Episode #43

  Your Spending Is a Change Tool: Using Purchasing With Purpose for Impact-Led Buying with Rebecca Dray of Purchasing with Purpose

  Aug 18, 20261h 2m

  Rebecca Dray, Executive Director of Purchasing With Purpose, joins Kim Allchurch Flick for a discussion about how spending can drive systemic change through impact-led purchasing. Dray shares her journey from corporate hospitality to mental health advocacy to founding UK workforce social enterprises with open hiring, then moving to the US and launching Buy Social USA (later renamed Purchasing With Purpose) to simplify language and build a national network-of-networks connecting buyers to values-aligned suppliers. They discuss the US “up-down” wealth gap, misconceptions that impact suppliers cost more or lack quality, and research suggesting most are cost-competitive with added benefits like talent retention and reputational value. Dray describes tools and training to help organizations start small, improve supplier searchability, address logistics barriers, collaborate across networks, and support global verification via People and Planet First.

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  Episode #42

  Making Hiring More Human: Networking, Informational Interviews, and Strategic Job Searching with Mac Prichard of Mac’s List

  Aug 13, 202633 min

  Mac Prichard, founder and CEO of Mac’s List, joins Kim Allchurch Flick for a discussion about how hiring works and how job seekers and employers can navigate it. Mac shares his communications career and periods of unemployment that taught him the value of job-search skills, networking, and referrals. He argues that while tools like “easy apply” and AI have changed, core principles remain: be clear about goals, build a short list of target employers, and connect with people inside them through purposeful informational interviews. He warns against over-reliance on technology and emphasizes that hiring is driven by risk reduction and relationships, with added challenges from ageism and racial discrimination. For employers, he stresses training, respectful communication, and treating hiring as a brand experience by acknowledging applicants and providing closure.

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  Episode #41

  Embodying B Corp Certification: The Next Economy, Financial Gravity, and Mission-Locked Business with Ryan Honeyman of Lift Economy

  Aug 11, 202647 min

  Ryan Honeyman of Lift Economy, co-author of the B Corp Handbook, about “embodying” B Corp certification and aligning stated values with lived leadership and culture - joins Kim Allchurch Flick. Ryan shares his path from criminal-justice-focused psychology work to sustainability consulting and early B Corp advising beginning around 2010, helping over 100 companies certify and recertify. They discuss takeaways from the B Corp Champions Retreat, including shifting from anxiety about new standards to implementation and the value of in-person community. Ryan explains Lift Economy’s broader “next economy” work (worker ownership, racial equity, regenerative agriculture) and the Next Economy MBA, which has reached 800 participants across 16 cohorts. He identifies “financial gravity” as a key barrier and references Eric Ries’ forthcoming book Incorruptible on mission-locking structures.

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  Episode #40

  Accountability, Certification, and the Triple Bottom Line with Tom Hering of Benefit Corporations for Good (BCFG)

  Aug 6, 202649 min

  Tom Hering, co-founder and managing partner of Benefit Corporations for Good (BCFG), joins Kim Allchurch Flick for a discussion about whether small businesses truly reflect their values and how to communicate them with accountability. Hering shares his three-act career journey from advertising to purpose-driven business through the Benefit Corporation structure, and describes BCFG’s work since 2018 certifying businesses across 13 states and one Canadian province around people, planet, and profit. They discuss challenges including a trust deficit from purpose-washing, accessibility for small businesses, funding and scale, purpose fatigue, and an awareness gap about Benefit Corporations. Hering outlines BCFG’s process (values quiz, legal benefit status, 60-question assessment across eight standards, annual public benefit reports) and highlights community-building events, student support from University of Oregon’s Allen Hall PR teams, optimistic market data and generational expectations, ways listeners can help, and how to connect via BCFG’s website, newsletter, and YouTube.

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