what we believe
I used to think turning 50 was going to be the trigger for my midlife crisis! While that milestone is still a few years away for me, it seemed to be sneaking up on the edge of my psychic radar.… That is, until about six months ago, when something else took me completely by surprise. Well, maybe not “completely by …
The seeds of this drive to be an agent of deep-seated change, however, were sown in a place and at a time far removed from where I am today. I witnessed first-hand the impact of unsustainable businesses on the environment and society first as an apparel designer and then as an entrepreneur in India. My work across product life-cycles and …
I’ve been thinking recently about ‘the benefit of the doubt.’ Is it just me, or is it not given as commonly as it used to be? I don’t know if it’s the accelerating pace of work, the pressing urgency of the issues we focus on at Junxion, or the creeping impact of a social media-driven, sound-bite society, but I’m convinced …
In a few weeks, the BC government will vote on a bill tabled by the BC Green party to create a new corporate form—the Benefit Company—based on the American model of benefit corporations. It’s a well-intentioned move, and has vocal support from several members of the local B Corp certification community, but it has some real and negative unintended consequences. …
Most of us spend our days in workplaces and companies that do not have diversity represented in their workforce. This, of course, is not representative of the real world. As difficult as it is to address diversity, it is imperative. Diversity is a contentious topic, because it means so many different things to different people. Diversity reflects the experience of …
It took us a while to issue our own Impact Report but as vocal advocates for impact reporting we have to walk the talk! As the old journalistic adage goes: ‘Nothing like a deadline….’ Given we were invited to present a workshop on impact reporting at the 2018 Investor Circle – Social Venture Network conference on Bridging Profit & Purpose, we …
I spent some of the summer in British Columbia, Canada where smoke from 600 forest fires hung in the air for days and weeks on end. In Vancouver, the sun was often a pale, crimson orb behind the smoke. Where my wife’s family live, further north in Prince George, some days it was dark for hours after dawn. As the …
My local social entrepreneurs’ community listserv is usually a pretty tame forum for seeking and offering help for different aspects of running a social business. Earlier this week, it lit up with a dozen messages asking for popular support to pressure the Munk Debates to cancel Steve Bannon’s upcoming appearance in Toronto. To my surprise and concern, at least five …
At each extreme of a pendulum’s swing, there’s a moment of pause. It’s the briefest possible moment of stasis, when movement halts, and all that’s left is potential. It’s mesmerizing to watch, trying to catch that moment before the pendulum falls again, and swings to its opposite extreme. It’s an apt metaphor for responsible business: If the business sector is set at one …
