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Impact & Insight Podcast

For more than 40 years, we’ve been building relationships with innovators and change-makers who have accrued a wealth of experience and ideas. Rather than keeping that knowledge to ourselves, we’re sharing their insights with you.



Welcome to Impact & Insight.

Podcast Trailblazers Pam and Scott Harper

Pam and Scott Harper are the dynamic husband-and-wife duo behind Growth Igniters® Radio, an award-winning weekly podcast now in its twelfth year with over 400 episodes, ranking in the top 5% of podcasts globally. Pam is an accomplished keynote speaker, author, and trusted advisor to CEOs and executive teams navigating complex business transformations, while Scott

Deborah Farone, Marketing Executive & Author

In the latest episode of Impact & Insight, Sally King, Managing Director of The Alexander Group and Principal of SFK Advisors, sits down with Deborah Farone, former Chief Marketing Officer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, founder of Farone Advisors, and author of Breaking Ground: How Successful Women Build Thriving Practices. The podcast covers a lot

Luxury Retail Expert, CEO & Entrepreneur Robert Sakowitz

Before Houston became a global hub for business and culture, there were leaders quietly shaping what excellence looked like while also setting standards others would follow. One of those leaders was Robert Sakowitz. As a driving force behind the iconic luxury department store Sakowitz, he helped redefine retail in Texas, bringing a level of sophistication,

Managing Director, International Executive Sally King

The legal industry is experiencing one of the most significant eras of change in its history. In this episode of Impact and Insight, Managing Director, The Alexander Group and Principal of SFK Advisors LLC, Sally King—a respected advisor and former COO to several top global law firms—shares how leadership, culture, and technology are reshaping the way elite firms

Award–Winning Filmmaker and Author, Barnet Bain

Barnet Bain is an Academy Award–winning filmmaker, author of How to Be a Friend, and a thought leader at the intersection of creativity, connection, and human potential. Best known for producing What Dreams May Come, Bain has spent his career exploring how stories shape not only what we see on screen, but how we relate

Olympic Journalist, Professor and Author, Alan Abrahamson

Alan Abrahamson is one of the most respected and influential voices in Olympic and international sports journalism. Over a career spanning decades, Alan has covered every Olympic Games since 1992, reporting from the center of the world’s biggest sporting moments while offering rare insight into the leadership, pressure, and decision-making that shape outcomes on the

Methodist Hospital Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Evan Collins

Sometimes the most compelling conversations begin in unexpected places. In this episode of Impact & Insight, podcast host Jane Howze welcomes Dr. Evan Collins, not first as a business leader or innovator, but as the physician who treated her after a broken shoulder. What quickly became clear, however, was that Dr. Collins brings far more

Political Advisor Mike Mower

With the holidays approaching and gatherings of all kinds filling up the calendar, politics is sure to creep into conversation. Spreading good cheer and civility can be challenging, so Managing Director Jane Howze turned to Mike Mower for his thoughts on how to create peaceful exchanges with family and friends this holiday season for Episode

Public Company Chairman and Author Cynthia Jamison

Cynthia Jamison, Public Company Chairman and Author of “Shards in My Hair: Tales from Breaking the Glass Ceiling,” tells the lighthearted yet cautionary tale about what it means to make it to the top echelons of business. Cindie Jamison rose from entry-level training programs to chair multiple public company boards of directors-along the way encountering