Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Social impact”
JP Morgan Chase recently hosted an intimate inclusive economy event in Canary Wharf, in the heart of London’s business district. I arrived promptly at 9:30am and stood with a dozen strangers waiting to ride the very swanky elevator 31 floors into the sky. That’s when the butterfly arrived…. There we were, standing in the lobby, when the monarch’s gorgeous, orange …
I’m a bit of a news hound. I wake up to the Today show on BBC Radio 4. I check the news headlines on two or three sites. I receive emails daily from several news aggregators. As we all know, bad news tends to dominate. To be sure, there are some great news stories out there—like this one featuring a …
For decades, an ever-increasing number of business leaders have recognized their companies’ obligations to their employees, their communities, and the environment we all share. The transition to a clean, healthy, diverse 21st century economy has begun—but it’s not without its challenges. Unfortunately, here in Canada, debates about the validity and value of old economy projects have become highly adversarial and …
My favourite band played an outdoor show in Vancouver’s world-renowned Stanley Park last summer. Their tall, bald, front man was as energetic and activated as ever. But the person who really fired my imagination that sunny evening was sitting at the back of the stage…. Rob Hirst is one of the most powerful drummers in the business. His lean kit, completed …
This morning, as I carefully walked down a bank of slippery, green steps in the rainforest near my home, I found myself pondering an important question. It’s one of my favourites…. It’s a door opener into deeper conversations about life. It opens people up. It gets us thinking. It exposes our vulnerability. And it often leads to greater intimacy, as …
Unbridled ambition has become entangled with the definition of entrepreneurship. Anything less than “putting a dent in the universe” seems to be deemed “failure.” Even social entrepreneurs seem to be taking on more and more ambitious goals striving beyond the ‘progressive change’ that used to characterize the social sector. While any university that isn’t yet home to an incubator is …
Since our recent piece, ‘Where Do We Grow from Here?’ conversations seem to have been in the air about business growth. How should we grow? Where should we grow? What does growth even mean? We’re not the only ones asking…. In the past year, we’ve completed a number of large, stakeholder-engaged strategic planning assignments with a diverse list of clients. …
I haven’t felt this degree of momentum for gender equality in my conscious lifetime. Quite frankly, as a millennial who was born into the most equitable society in modern history, I have felt surprised, as have many of my peers, both male and female. Broadly speaking, we thought we were past the need for these movements. We thought we …
Since the 1980s and the advent of ‘austerity’ economics, the social sector has increasingly borrowed lessons from the corporate sector to advance important social causes. The massive uptake by charities of social entrepreneurship and ‘impact measurement’ have forever changed non-profit management. Today, though, as major societal challenges become everybody’s business, we’re seeing the reversal of this trend: companies are learning …
