What has been your organization’s latest pivot or innovation? After Gov. David Ige’s stay at home order was announced, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, along with all the Maunakea Observatories, suspended operations. Our CFHT staff immediately innovated new ways to do their jobs from…
Virtual Interview: Colleen McAluney, Director, Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? The Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership (MCBL) at YWCA O‘ahu has a core…
Virtual Interview: Dr. Stacey Bobo, Executive Director, Hawaii Technology Academy (public charter school) What has been your school’s latest pivot or innovation? In response to the sudden shift to remote work, a group of our HTA teachers initiated a virtual learning…
Virtual Interview: Jessica Welch, Executive Director, Mānoa Heritage Center How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? For those who may not know us, Mānoa Heritage Center is a 3.5-acre living classroom that promotes the understanding of…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? As a team, we have been doing outreach to our customers to learn how they are evolving their business model currently and how they think it will change to meet the…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Over the last 22 years, we evolved from a clinic that treated mainly athletes, such as soccer players, triathletes and high school athletes with sports injuries, to a huge team of…
What has been Tag Aloha’s latest pivot or innovation? Just before the crisis hit, we had started working on expanding our product line beyond the beach bags that we are known for. We recently launched a few new products, like…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? We are digging deep into e-commerce (as wholesale sales channels have had to close), redesigning our website experience and making it easier for our customers to shop well from home. Mohala…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? PR is already a wide umbrella service, but with traditional news focused largely on the day to day of Covid-19, I’ve been needing to get more creative in defining how I…
How are you coping with the COVID-19 crisis? Doing well! Luckily here in Hawai‘i, we have such incredible outdoor space to keep us sane, and mentally and physically healthy. Swimming and hiking are great ways to stay optimistic. I do both…
How is the Waiwai Collective coping with the COVID-19 crisis? We are saddened by the suffering that our communities are facing, and we maintain hope that we will get through this together. As a membership-based co-work and co-creative space and…
What has been 808Nanny’s latest pivot or innovation? Our company’s latest innovation is creating a new platform called Nexus that will allow for job listing creation, continuing education courses and a marketplace to sell items. Additionally, we are building out…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? The Hawaii Biotech Inc. core business plan relies on three decades of experience in developing vaccines to protect against emerging and re-emerging diseases. Therefore, HBI has initiated development of a vaccine…
How are you coping amid COVID-19 crisis? First and foremost, the safety and good health of our construction contractors, their construction workers and the Hawai‘i community as a whole is most important during the COVID-19 crisis. Subject to specific county…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? eMortgage Hawaii was founded in 2011 with the idea to make the entire mortgage process electronic and virtual. The last step in our development process occurred in 2019 when we released…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? We had earlier pivoted to a robust computer platform with our partner, Mana Monitoring, to detect and diagnose issues, dispatch service personnel and monitor security at PV installations. Hawaii Pacific Solar…
Virtual Interview: Katherine Don, Executive Director, Honolulu Biennial Foundation How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? This crisis has brought our board together to reflect on our mission to empower the arts in Hawai‘i; to articulate…
Virtual Interview: Katie Chang, Executive Director, Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? Our first priority was to continue leadership development for the 600 students in our leadership programs in high schools…
How are you coping amid COVID-19 crisis? As a company, we have not experienced a decrease in business as most businesses still require accounting, payroll and tax services. We have business clients in various industries and the diversity has allowed…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? We went back to our roots as reporters and storytellers and shifted the focus of our content to both informational and inspirational. We launched the CoronavirusHawaii.com website that provides daily updates…
What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? Over HPM Building Supply’s nearly 100 years in business, the COVID-19 pandemic is unique in the way that it has disrupted every aspect of our lives and every sector in our…
Virtual Interview: Rachelle Chang, Executive Director, Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii How has your organization been able to continue its core mission(s)? Mental health is an essential service and is more important than ever. We continue to offer mental health counseling…
Virtual Interview: Quinn Vittum, Executive Director, Re-use Hawai‘i What has been your company’s latest pivot or innovation? In response to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i, and to keep our staff and the community protected, we temporarily closed…
How are you coping amid COVID-19 crisis? HiHealthCare is coping with COVID-19 through increased communication among the agency, staff, doctors, case managers and our clients and their families. We are quick to respond to health and safety standards, mandates and…