The Caring Economy with Toby Usnik

Looking for purpose-driven career or business advice? Want to match your personal brand with a values-aligned organization? The Caring Economy is your destination. Join us weekly for insightful discussions with influential leaders sharing how they balance purpose, profit, and legacy in today's challenging business landscape. Topics range from corporate social responsibility to brand stewardship and beyond.Discover how to transform your career or business through caring principles. Engage with us on LinkedIn (Toby Usnik) and Twitter (@Tusnik) using #TheCaringEconomy.

The Caring Economy with Toby Usnik is a business podcast hosted by Toby Usnik, with 203 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Toby Usnik hosts The Caring Economy with Toby Usnik, a business show with 203 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  The Research We Can’t Afford to Stop: A Conversation With Kyle Clifford

  Sep 21, 202636 minS20

  In this episode of The Caring Economy , Toby Usnik speaks with Kyle Clifford, CEO of amfAR, about HIV research, philanthropy, leadership, and the changing funding landscape for medical science. Kyle is the first amfAR CEO to be openly living with HIV, bringing a deeply personal perspective to an organization whose research has helped shape the global response to the disease. He reflects on his career across business development, fundraising, City Harvest, The Ireland Funds, and amfAR, and talks about what it takes to keep long-term research moving when funding is uncertain. The conversation also covers private philanthropy, early-stage science, AI-enabled HIV research, and why backing ambitious work today can lead to breakthroughs far beyond HIV. A thoughtful conversation about science, purpose, and what it means to lead an organization whose mission is also part of your own life story.

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  Jamie Alcroft, Organ Donation, and the Part of the Healthcare Conversation That Still Depends on Public Trust

  Jul 13, 202642 min

  In this episode of The Caring Economy , I speak with comedian, writer, and organ donation advocate Jamie Alcroft about the life that led him from comedy stages to transplant advocacy. Known for his years as part of the comedy duo Mack and Jamie, Jamie reflects on his career in entertainment, his experience living with severe heart failure, and the heart and liver transplant that changed the course of his life. The conversation focuses on the realities of organ donation in the United States, the myths that still keep many people from registering, and why public trust remains such an important part of the issue. Jamie also shares the story behind LAFF4LIFE, his program with Improv and Levity Live comedy clubs that offers free admission to registered organ donors as a way to raise awareness and encourage more people to say yes. It’s a conversation about survival, public education, and what it means to use your own story to make a difficult subject easier for others to talk about.

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  Why Hazel Ann Felder Is Paying Attention to the Messy Middle

  May 12, 202635 min

  In this episode of The Caring Economy , Toby Usnik sits down with Hazel Ann Felder, a Gen Z storyteller and strategist whose work bridges fashion, business, and social impact. Hazel shares how being adopted from China and growing up across the U.S., Singapore, and the U.K. shaped her sense of identity, leadership, and belonging. The conversation explores her podcast Clearly Becoming , her perspective on career transitions and personal evolution, what frontline retail and brand work taught her about human behavior, and why Gen Z is approaching ambition, work-life balance, and AI differently from the generations before them. Hazel also reflects on networking, mentorship, and what it means to build a career while still figuring yourself out.

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  Why Hazel Ann Felder Is Paying Attention to the Messy Middle

  May 12, 202635 minS21

  <p>In this episode of The Caring Economy, Toby Usnik sits down with Hazel Ann Felder, a Gen Z storyteller and strategist whose work bridges fashion, business, and social impact. Hazel shares how being adopted from China and growing up across the U.S., Singapore, and the U.K. shaped her sense of identity, leadership, and belonging. The conversation explores her podcast Clearly Becoming, her perspective on career transitions and personal evolution, what frontline retail and brand work taught her about human behavior, and why Gen Z is approaching ambition, work-life balance, and AI differently from the generations before them...

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  Laura Turner on Financial Security, First-Gen Students, and the Pressure Points Showing Up in 2026

  Apr 17, 202633 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The Caring Economy, Toby Usnik sits down with Laura Turner, Vice President and Head of Community Impact at TIAA, for a conversation about financial security, first-generation student support, and what community impact looks like inside a large institution. Laura reflects on her path from an entry-level HR role to leading community impact at TIAA, and discusses the company’s work on financial literacy, retirement education, scholarships, emergency funds, and partnerships that help students stay on track to graduate. The episode also touches on parenting, special needs advocacy, mentorship, and how TIAA is thinking about AI as...

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