If you’re a social enterprise operating in Canada, whether as an individual sole proprietor, partnership or an incorporated company, you need to be thinking about HST. What is HST? HST is a sales tax that you collect on behalf of the government. It is NOT income tax...
So many organizations are still challenged to measure outcomes. Despite much interest, activity and outputs-based evaluation remains the norm. Knowing this, does encouraging the next step, i.e. valuing outcomes in financial terms, really seem like the right thing to...
Part 4 of Mike’s 5-part leadership series Collaboration has surely become one of the all-time great buzzwords. Seemingly everyone aspires to be collaborative. Unfortunately, for every successful collaboration, there are dozens of “partnerships” and...
5 hurdles to overcome when assigning value to outcomes While the concept of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) jumped the Atlantic from Britain in 2011, it is taking its time to develop in Canada. Unlike American and Australian counterparts that are already testing the...
Part 3 of Mike’s 5-part leadership series I like giving information interviews. (There. I’ve said it. If the phone now rings off the hook, it’s my own fault.) At least three times each week, a brave entrepreneur (for the record, I believe they’re all brave)...
3 factors ensure your enterprise stays social As a social enterprise, your primary goal is to maintain a triple bottom line. People. Planet. Profit. It can be a tough gig. Each business has its own unique opportunities and challenges, but there are three factors to...
