“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin In the fall of 1727 Benjamin Franklin organized a group of 12 friends to discuss ideas for improving themselves and their community. Through the Junto Club, whose...
How can charities and social enterprises get the best out of their people to drive the change they’re seeking? Mark Norbury, chief executive of UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs, shares knowledge borne from recent experience When I...
Some days, I am power. Some days, I am not. Whatever our brand of social change, our justice missions and our social ventures need us to show up with a clear-eyed understanding of our capacity (a power word) to leverage political and financial resources...
While so much attention given to developing the business, technology, and leadership skills needed to succeed as a social entrepreneur, team building is less often touched upon. The irony is that it’s the quality of the relationships with the people we work with that...
Whilst Jarkko and I were driving through Australia, I thought about how Australia was quite arrid, and there were not many trees. All I kept thinking was how to find a way to utilise this ‘desert’ space to grow trees. With that thought I immediately turned to Jarkko...
