{"podcast":{"title":"Elevate Eldercare","slug":"elevate-eldercare-932265","podcast_index_feed_id":932265,"rss_url":"https://greenhouseproject.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.aginginnovation.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/c/d/8/acd8d1bf3fa16ea9d959afa2a1bf1c87/AgingIn_Elevate_Eldercare_3000x3000.png","author":"Janet Wright","episode_count":357,"summary":"Let's Elevate Eldercare Together! Every great eldercare community has a unique story, and there are many paths toward providing high-quality, person-directed services and supports for older adults. That's why we launched Elevate Eldercare—to bring together thought leaders, activists, and advocates in the field of aging services and give them a space where thoughtful discourse and diverse perspectives flow freely. Join Susan Ryan, CEO of AgingIN (formerly Center for Innovation), every Wednesday for enlightening, provocative, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations. Together, the hosts and guests explore opportunities and challenges in person-directed living and empowered cultures in the community of one's choice.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:19:19.390963+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/elevate-eldercare-932265"},"episode":{"title":"Healing Workplace Culture Through Nature-Inspired Leadership with MaryCay Durrant","slug":"healing-workplace-culture-through-nature-inspired-leadership-with-marycay-durrant","published_at":"2026-03-04T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/elevate-eldercare-932265/healing-workplace-culture-through-nature-inspired-leadership-with-marycay-durrant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/elevate-eldercare-932265","url":"https://greenhouseproject.libsyn.com/healing-workplace-culture-through-nature-inspired-leadership-with-marycay-durrant","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/greenhouseproject/Elevate_Elder_Care_335.mp3?dest-id=2192663","summary":"In this week's episode, AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan sits down with Mary C ay Durrant , founder of Leading Naturally. In this enlightening discussion, MaryCay s hares her journey from corporate leadership to developing nature-inspired practices that help organizations thrive. Drawing from her upbringing in North Dakota and a transformative personal awakening, MarCay challenges transactional workplace models and instead looks to ecosystems as a guide for cooperation, resilience, and trust. She introduces her WORK framework — Wake Up, Orient, Reimagine partnering, and Keep nourishing what matters — and the concept of Return on Energy (ROE), encouraging leaders to measure vitality and alignment, not just ROI. Through approaches such as equine-assisted learning, Mary C ay helps organizations reduce burnout, strengthen connection, and build sustainable cultures grounded in partnership. More about MaryCay here: https://marycaydurrant.com","meta_description":"In this week's episode, AgingIN CEO Susan Ryan sits down with Mary C ay Durrant , founder of Leading Naturally. In this enlightening discussion, MaryCay s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3726,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/elevate-eldercare-932265/episodes/healing-workplace-culture-through-nature-inspired-leadership-with-marycay-durrant/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/elevate-eldercare-932265/healing-workplace-culture-through-nature-inspired-leadership-with-marycay-durrant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}