Business is Good

Welcome to the “Business is Good” podcast . . . brought to you by The Good Place Institute . . . where we believe there is a definition of business and organizational success that is much more purposeful, fulfilling, and complete than just striving after more money . . . Through training, consulting, and coaching we equip leaders to build organizations that value people, build up Good Places in the community, and are economically regenerative . . . This podcast is designed to explore the why, what, and the how of leading and stewarding Good Place organizations . . . where individuals flourish, organizations thrive, communities prosper, and the world becomes a better place! If you want to know more about The Good Place Institute, please visit our website at goodplaceinstitute.com.

GPI BIG 04 - Discovering and Living Your Unique Organizational Identity 06/09/2025

GPI BIG 04 - Discovering and Living Your Unique Organizational Identity What makes your organization truly distinct? Not just what you offer, but how you are called to serve. In this episode of the Business is Good podcast, Chris Young walks through the second core element of the Good Place Operating System: Unique Identity. This includes your charter, values, value proposition, and the way you deliver on your purpose. Together, these form the foundation of a business that reflects Kingdom principles in both culture and operations. Chris explains that discovering your unique identity is not a branding exercise. It is a stewardship responsibility. When leaders take the time to ask, “What have we been uniquely gifted to do?” the result is clarity, alignment, and momentum. You’ll hear how a clearly defined identity influences hiring, decision-making, customer experience, and internal systems. Chris also introduces four guiding questions that help leaders move beyond imitation and build organizations shaped by God’s design. If your organization feels scattered or unclear, this conversation will help you step back and refocus. You were created for more than competition. You were created to make a meaningful contribution. Find resources at /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36628520

GPI BIG 03 - Moving Beyond the Numbers with Key Outcomes and Result 05/26/2025

GPI BIG 03 - Moving Beyond the Numbers with Key Outcomes and Result How do you measure success in a way that reflects your purpose—not just your profits? In this episode of the Business is Good podcast, Chris Young introduces the concept of Key Outcomes and Results (KOR) as a more meaningful alternative to traditional KPIs. Rather than focusing only on performance indicators, KOR aligns every metric with your organization’s purpose, as defined by your Charter. Chris explains how a well-designed KOR Dashboard doesn’t just report data. It creates a culture of stewardship. Leaders learn to ask better questions, understand what’s behind the numbers, and make thoughtful decisions rooted in mission and impact. Instead of simply reacting to red or green indicators, the KOR Dashboard helps teams evaluate outcomes, spot patterns, and make purposeful improvements. This episode offers a practical way for faith-driven leaders to track progress while staying aligned with the values of a Good Place organization. You’ll hear how this approach helps businesses define what matters most, avoid mission drift, and move toward true economic regeneration—where people, communities, and organizations flourish. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to refine your measurement strategy, this conversation will help you think more clearly about what to measure and why it matters. See what’s possible at /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36628340

GPI BIG 02 - Why Every Organization Needs a Charter 05/12/2025

GPI BIG 02 - Why Every Organization Needs a Charter Why does your business exist? Not just what it offers, but the deeper reason behind why it was created. In this episode of the Business is Good podcast, Chris Young explains the role of a Charter as the starting point for any organization that wants to operate with Kingdom purpose. A Charter is more than a mission statement. It is a clear expression of purpose, values, and service that brings alignment across the entire organization. Chris shares how a well-defined Charter shapes decision-making, guides hiring, and informs planning at every level. He also explains the difference between simply managing people and tasks, and leading toward purpose and outcomes. With real-world stories and a Biblical foundation, this conversation helps leaders understand how to move from good intentions to a clearly defined identity that shapes everything they do. You’ll also hear how Chris has applied these ideas in his own life and family, asking the question: “What is God’s purpose for this?” Whether in business or at home, that question changes everything. If your organization is missing clarity or struggling to stay focused, this episode will help you take a meaningful first step. Listen now and learn how a Charter can serve as a practical tool to help your organization become a Good Place. Explore more at /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36628220

GPI BIG 01 - The Three Waves of the Faith and Work Movement 04/28/2025

GPI BIG 01 - The Three Waves of the Faith and Work Movement The Three Waves of the Faith and Work Movement What does it really mean to integrate faith and business? In this episode of the Business is Good podcast, Chris Young unpacks the evolution of the faith and work movement by outlining three distinct waves: Generosity, Evangelical Sprinkling, and Holistic Kingdom Integration. Chris reflects on how the early wave of generosity saw Christian business leaders focus on building strong, moral companies while giving generously. The second wave added an evangelistic layer: businesses as platforms to share the Gospel. While noble, Chris suggests that many leaders are sensing there’s more. Enter the third wave: Holistic Kingdom Integration. This phase challenges leaders to go beyond evangelism and charity—to shape entire organizations that reflect the Kingdom of God. Chris explores what it looks like when businesses are designed for human flourishing, community prosperity, and economic regeneration. This is about embedding purpose into every level of an organization, not just as a mission statement, but as a way of doing business. Whether you’re a CEO, team leader, or entrepreneur, this conversation will challenge you to ask: Does your organization model the King and His Kingdom? 🎧 Listen now and discover how your organization can move from purpose to practice, becoming a truly Good Place. 🔗 For resources, tools, and to connect with our team, visit: /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36628095

S2E3: The Good Place Organization Operating System: Key Outcomes and Results, Episode Guest Ryan Shutt 03/04/2024

S2E3: The Good Place Organization Operating System: Key Outcomes and Results, Episode Guest Ryan Shutt In this episode, we continue to talk through each of the areas of the Good Place Organization Operating System. We will springboard from the topic in episode 2 regarding Charter and discuss its very close relative . . . Key Outcomes and Results. We will also introduce the concept of a Stewardship Cycle conversation. Join Chris Young and his special guest, Ryan Shutt, CEO of Southwest Exteriors in San Antonio Texas, as they talk about Key Outcomes and Results, the KOR Dashboard, and the ... /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293550

S2:E2 The Good Place Organization Operating System: Charter, Episode Guest Ryan Shutt 01/19/2024

S2:E2 The Good Place Organization Operating System: Charter, Episode Guest Ryan Shutt Welcome to episode 2 in our 2nd series of our Business is Good podcast. In this series we will focus on the Good Place Organization Operating System – the tools, methods, and organizational building blocks of a Good Place organization. In Episode 1 we talked through an overview system and a high-level fly-by of each of the 10 areas that make up the operating system. In this episode 2, we will discuss and dive deeper into the first area of the operating system which is Charter – the why, what,... /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293555

S2:E1 Introduction to the Good Place Organization Operating System, Episode Guest Dale Bissonette 01/09/2024

S2:E1 Introduction to the Good Place Organization Operating System, Episode Guest Dale Bissonette In our first Business is Good podcast series entitled Good Place-ology, we focused on the Why – the purpose and foundations of Good Place, and the What – what are Good Place organizations aiming to accomplish. In this second series we will focus on the How . . . we call it the Good Place Organization Operating System. The operating system is a comprehensive suite of tools and methods, a framework of 10 areas that can be applied in part to address specific needs or opportunities, or appl... /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293560

S1:E9 What is the purpose of Good Place organizations? 06/26/2023

S1:E9 What is the purpose of Good Place organizations? We will continue our why, what, how rhythm of Good Place . . . where we laid the foundations of “why” Good Place and Good Place organizations, this episode will address the ‘what’ of Good Place organizations – what are the purpose and aims of Good Place organizations. /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293565

S1:E8 What is a Good Place? 05/26/2023

S1:E8 What is a Good Place? In this 8th episode we will be discussing and finally answering the question . . . what is a Good Place? /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293570

S1:E7 The Purpose of Work 05/23/2023

S1:E7 The Purpose of Work In this episode we will be discussing what we think is a very interesting question and another foundational element to the concept of Good Place organizations . . . What is the purpose of work? /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293575

S1:E6 The Sacred-Secular Myth 04/10/2023

S1:E6 The Sacred-Secular Myth We are continuing our discussion regarding the foundational elements of Good Place and Good Place organizations. This is episode 6 of the 9-episode series. In this episode we will be discussing what I may consider 1 of the top 3 concepts organizational leaders are challenged by when engaging in a Biblical purpose of work and a discussion of Good Place organizations – “the sacred-secular myth”. /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293580

S1:E5 Good Place in the Bible 03/06/2023

S1:E5 Good Place in the Bible We are still in our series entitled Good Place-ology. This is episode 5 where we will be discussing where we get “Good Place in the Bible.” If you have been joining our conversations in this series – thank you! We are continuing our discussion regarding the foundational elements of Good Place and Good Place organizations. /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293585

S1:E4 Good News of the Bible (a brief storyline of the Bible) 02/06/2023

S1:E4 Good News of the Bible (a brief storyline of the Bible) In episode 3, we answered the question “Why the Bible in Business” and talked about deriving definitions, principles, and values from the Bible. In order to do that with accuracy and integrity, which is always our desire, we must understand an overall storyline (or metanarrative) of the Bible these definitions, principles and values fit into, and not justify or prooftext our own thoughts by the Bible. /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293590

S1:E3 Why the Bible in Business? 01/10/2023

S1:E3 Why the Bible in Business? In this third episode, we are going to begin jump into a little more detail of those foundational elements we briefly highlighted in episode 2 . . .starting at the very beginning. That foundational starting place for Good Place is God’s Word, mainly the Bible. So, our topic is Why the Bible in business? /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293595

S1:E2 Foundation of Good Place and Good Place-ology 11/29/2022

S1:E2 Foundation of Good Place and Good Place-ology In this second episode, we will be talking about the foundation of Good Place and laying some initial groundwork for future conversations about leading and stewarding Good Place organizations. /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293600

S1:E1 Intro to Good Place-ology 11/29/2022

S1:E1 Intro to Good Place-ology In this first episode, we will be introducing ourselves, The Good Place Institute and beginning to kick off our ongoing conversation about Good Place and leading and stewarding Good Place organizations. /episode/index/show/abc7a2e2-81b0-46dd-b35f-dbbb8f798e63/id/36293605

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