Podcasts

The incoming CEO of Sig Zane Designs discusses how to merge the western business perspective with the Hawaiian principle of reciprocity.

CommPac CEO Kitty Yannone shares her incredible journey from quitting her job as a single mom to a heroic battle with cancer to asking to buy a company as a job prerequisite.

CEO of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue shares her family's success story, her plans to continue growing that legacy and how she is giving back to the community.

The President and CEO of Alexander & Baldwin says the real estate company’s priority is focusing on the local market.

As the East-West Center president, Vares-Lum hopes her servant leader lens will help her create good governance across the Pacific and mentor the next generation of leaders.

The Chairman and CEO of Hawai‘i’s largest privately-owned company grew the family business by focusing on core values and excelling on customer service and employee enablement.

The President and CEO of the nonprofit aims to break boundaries and rebuild a community through the arts.

Publisher of Intellectual Anarchy, the founder and CEO of Oceanit generates disruptive solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems, taking complex ideas to markets beyond Hawaiʻi's shores.

For more than 25 years, the executive director has encouraged younger generations to pursue careers in the art and theatre industry because it teaches them valuable life skills.

For over 20 years, the Island Holdings chairman has guided the organization with influence from his Japanese culture and obsession for problem solving to make a difference in Hawai‘i.

On this episode of The Hawaii Business Podcast, the president and CEO of Aloha United Way says up to 700,000 residents are now living on the edge, why the minimum wage hike was long overdue, and how it’s time to stop talking and start creating new job opportunities.

As a serial green entrepreneur, John Leong aims to empower youth through environmental stewardship opportunities and spread awareness on the importance of ʻāina.

After a career in hospitality and in Silicon Valley’s start-up scene, she brought her experience home to grow Hawai‘i's innovation economy.

From an idyllic Windward childhood to Silicon Valley and back, to becoming a torch bearer of Hawaiʻi's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem, Susan Yamada exemplifies failing fast, failing forward and being in the right place at the right time.

Strong roots with agile branches and an everlasting capacity for service define Dr. Diane Paloma's path from Kamehameha Schools alumna to healthcare rising star and now President and CEO of Hawai‘i's largest dental insurance provider, Hawaii Dental Service.

Servant Leader. Superhero of Peace. All around good guy – Arnold Martines, President and COO of Central Pacific Bank, joins us to talk story about innovation, culture, giving back, and the importance of remembering where you came from.