what we believe
In a pull-no-punches series of tweets earlier this week, Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain excoriated the “narcissist in Washington” for starting a series of events that ended with Iranian missiles downing a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people on board, including the family of a Maple Leaf Foods employee. McCain’s stance was bold and unapologetic. But was it …
Welcome to a new decade! I trust you made some time over the break to ‘note your own learnings, set your own intentions, and define your own next steps’ as my business partner Mike Rowlands put it in his post closing off the old year. We need to dream boldly and let our imaginations run… As well as enjoying some …
Every year at this time, I take a day or two out of seasonal festivities to reflect on the year that was and to set intentions for the year ahead. This year, as the decade also comes to a close, it feels like an important moment. Consider the passing of the decades…. For me, 1990 was the year I graduated …
If you’re on a lonely road, trying to get senior leaders to make a greater commitment to accountability for impact, but nobody’s hopping on your bandwagon, we have good news! We’re with you. In service to those of you who have the inspiration, but not the authority, to take your organization in a more purposeful and accountable direction, this post …
As business’s momentum to embrace social purpose continues to build, many leaders are keen to measure, confirm, and showcase the impact they’re making. This often starts with a deceptively simple question: Can you prove your claims? Do you have data that confirms your impact? Telling a clear and compelling story about the impact and value of your work, backed …
Last week, I was in Berkeley, California for the Social Venture Circle conference, an annual event that convenes many of the pioneers and leading thinkers of socially responsible business. Many of us this year were most excited to hear from keynote speaker Anand Giridharadas, author of the powerfully provocative bestseller Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. …
Nearly 20 years ago, Junxion pioneered an approach to values-based branding that’s now being used by social ventures and nonprofits on four continents. It starts by defining brand more broadly—as the public face of strategy. Your brand is a powerful tool of engagement for stakeholders inside and outside your organization. And it’s stakeholders you need to engage—your customers, your staff, …
At Junxion we have a weekly virtual team meeting. We check in, run through milestones for the week and end with ‘Asks and Offers’ to make sure we are supporting each other to meet those deadlines. On a recent call, people were declaring their ‘word of the week’ to sum up how they were feeling. Many of the team had …
