EP 226: Women Doing Business in our Current Climate with Ash Robinson

Return guest Ash Robinson dives deep with Kimberly Ann Johnson into the challenges and opportunities for women in business amidst the current economic and technological climate. They discuss the role of AI on personal and professional life, the importance of financial stability, and the need for a clear vision and strategy, particularly for women. Ash emphasizes the significance of taking stock of one's current situation, identifying needs, and focusing on sustainable growth. They also touch on the role of professional resourcing, the balance between enduring and sacrificing, and the importance of community and support in achieving long-term goals. This Fall, they will be offering round 2 of the Mastermind for Women Entrepreneur, so look out for a sign-up announcement coming this August!

 

Bio

Ash Robinsoon is the strategist standing behind many leaders who are doing their big work. From Ash: “I’m a wife, mother of three, and deeply value my family life. As a CEO for most of my career, I spent most of my time creating and building, not consulting. I come from a family of entrepreneurs, and have personally worked in both product and service businesses across many industries, including early education, fitness, consumer products, online education, brick and mortar, franchise systems, and technology (software). My experience is a unique blend of professional management and entrepreneurship in both private and public companies. In 2014, I co-founded bon-fire for business, an experiential education and consulting firm that leverages strategic planning and human design to bridge the gap between untapped potential and business performance.  bon-fire is built on the idea that human beings are driven to create value, and that creating a path for harnessing talent and creating sustainable, thriving culture is the surest way to win in our networked age.  For the last 15 years, I have been a student of people and the teams and organizations they work on-- from my work in early education leading a team of hundreds to my own pursuit of optimal health and making a real difference in my work.  My passion and research in neuroscience, cognition, behavior change, and culture inform both the tools and approach we use in bon·fire.  I believe that your organization is actually a living system- highly adaptable, renewable, and self-organizing- which creates the possibility for a new level of both value creation and engagement with your vision and effective progress toward it. Business can be a bridge— igniting the spark of the human spirit and providing the structure in which a committed group of people make a positive impact.  My passion is for bringing people around the bon·fire to achieve extraordinary personal and business performance. I believe we have to build the world we want to belong to.”

 

What You’ll Hear

• After seeing so many women’s businesses thrive from  their masterminding course they wanted to craft another offering.

• Our finances are a huge part of our eros and how we express ourselves in the world

• What role does AI play in online and coaching businesses? 

• To build the world we want to belong to that’s  our work to do

• What does AI use tell us about our nervous systems

• Do one thing well

• Uncertainty creates instability

• When we are clear we can take more embodied action to what we are after.

• Existential dilemmas live in the parasympathetic nervous system

• Action comes from a healthy sympathetic drive

• How do you young people deal with a helpless parasympathetic response to the world?

• Mistaking business/system problems for personal problems 

• The how do wee accomplish the vision can be messy

• Finding clarity not all about a perfect strategy it’s also about being resourced and nourished

• Trying to take stock of the “As Is View”

• What do I need to get where I want to go?

• Reaching financial goals always has a weigh 

 

Links

Website: https://bon-fire.co/

IG: @ashrobinsoncalhoun