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For-purpose business models part four: balancing your model, and why collaboration is crucial

For-purpose business and social enterprise is catching on. Customers want it. Employees are excited about it. Investors are backing it. And the world needs it.

So what’s the next step in making for-purpose business simply ‘business as usual’? We have to go to the heart of strategy and understand business model design.

In this four part blog series, we unpack the what and how of for-purpose and social enterprise business models in our new internationally recognised For-Purpose Business Model Workbook.

In parts one to three of the series we explored your impact model, your customers and your products and services. In the final part in the series, we unpack why collaboration matters, and how to balance your model.  Get your copy of the workbook. Read more

For-purpose business models part two: creating your strategic architecture

For-purpose business and social enterprise is catching on. Customers want it. Employees are excited about it. Investors are backing it. And the world needs it.

So what’s the next step in making for-purpose business simply “business as usual”? We have to go to the heart of strategy and understand business model design.

In this four part blog series, we unpack the what and how of for-purpose and social enterprise business models, taking the lessons from our new internationally recognised for-purpose business model workbook. Read more

Seven years in Europe, four opportunities for the for-purpose sector

Arriving back in Melbourne just over a year ago was both a surprise and a relief. Unexpectedly we had abandoned a four week visit to eastern Europe and found ourselves on a flight back to Melbourne rather than a flight to Prague. Self-isolation for two weeks in Melbourne turned out to be nothing compared to what we would be living through if we had stayed in London.

So, after seven years in the Europe (based in London, when the UK was still part of Europe) and a year back in Australia, what have we learnt that can point to opportunities for the for-purpose sector in Australia (and the rest of the world)? Read more

Collective impact – what can we learn from Canada?

Back in 2014 I started a short-term piece of work with a small charity in north London. The CEO was the founder. The charity was running at a significant loss and the founder was topping up the finances with family money. There was no doubt that there was commitment and passion. The problem was that what the charity offered was the same as numerous other charities within a three-kilometre radius. And they had never thought about joining up their work.  Read more