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My friend Roshin says of herself in her recent blog post, “Living car-free was never a conscious choice, just an obvious one.” How can social entrepreneurs make their solutions for complex problems into ‘obvious choices’ that are widely adopted? I contemplate the obviousness of Roshin’s choice having just moved from population-dense urban Vancouver to car-centric suburban Kitchener, where I am …
The Delphi Group has long been recognized as a national leader and trusted advisor to corporations on issues of sustainability. They invited Junxion to help them and sister company GLOBE Series make a bigger, bolder impact in Canada and beyond. In 2016, Delphi acquired the rights to produce the biennial GLOBE Series conference—one of the world’s most important convenings of …
Every entrepreneur, sooner or later, runs into the limits of their own capacity. We all confront myriad challenges. Some we’re equipped to overcome. For others, we need support. As Peter Drucker famously said, “the measure of the effective executive is the ability to get the right things done.” Often, getting the right things done requires the support of others. And …
Last year, I was co-facilitating a group dialogue for about two dozen participants. We were nearing completion and I wanted to invite a final comment from each participant. Rather than putting someone on the spot to speak first, I asked for a volunteer and encouraged them to indicate whether we would proceed to their left or their right. Immediately, the …
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This oft-quoted proverb seems useful on its face, but for me, it’s always opened a question…. What if we need to go a long way quickly? It’s a valuable question both on our approach in life planning and in business strategy. ‘Strategy’ has an …
“Purpose” is the flavour of the month. It’s all over the business press: everyone has a story about their purpose, and acknowledges the importance of purpose and values in managing their organizations, attracting talent, and developing brands. Organizations in the finance, health and social sectors, where achieving business and social impacts are implicitly part of the job, are looking for …
Last summer, we were working with a new client to develop their next strategic plan. They already knew what would occupy most of their next two years, so we were focused on 2021 onwards—starting with a ten-year vision. It was like pulling teeth. We were facilitating a retreat with the board of directors and senior management, a smart, highly capable …
“I’m going to teach you something you may not want to learn.” Boom. Quite a pronouncement. Not a question, but a statement. Said with an air of warning and determination. It hung in the air like a stormcloud. This was going to hurt…. Yet there was also an undercurrent of assurance, even caring, perhaps. Should that have been surprising? After …
“We can’t grow, because my people can’t grow.” This is an actual quote from an entrepreneur we worked with a few years ago. While his company’s track record of growth clearly made a mockery of his assertion, he remained convinced—and stuck. By any objective measure, his company was thriving. Its revenues were far higher than they had been at any …
