Business for Purpose Network (B4PN) Weekly Announcement.
Update #19 — April 2, 2021 The Passover/ Good Friday edition
1.0 PURPOSE RECORDINGS.
1.1 Harvard Business Review session of March 01, 2021 entitled: Building an Organization that Delivers on Purpose. Featuring Sally Blount, professor of strategy and former dean at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Paul Leinwand, global managing director for capabilities-driven strategy and growth at Strategy&, PwC’s consulting business. ~57:55 minutes.
1.2 In a previous edition of the B4PN Weekly Announcement we highlighted A Blueprint for Better Business. Their recent webinar entitled Agitating for Change featured speakers from Blueprint; BP; The Finance Innovation Lab; and NatWest Group. ~1 hour.
Both of these webinars are highly recommended with great insights from players leading in the Business for Purpose space. Great accompaniment on your morning walk as you get in those 10,000 steps — with purpose!
2.0 PODCAST. We also referred you to a previous podcast of Public Inc. called Coffee with Purpose. There is now (4) in the series and they run ~10 minutes. You can subscribe on their YouTube channel.
Great inspiration to enjoy over your morning coffee.
3.0 RESOURCE. The Unilever Compass. Unilever is consistently ranked at the top of the list of companies that are embracing purpose at the core of what they do. They have released their new “compass” which outlines their vision: “to be the global leader in sustainable business. We will demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model drives superior performance, consistently delivering financial results in the top third of our industry.”
Check out their infographic on how they will implement their purpose of making “sustainable living commonplace”.
4.0 GOVERNANCE. Purpose or Perish? The Purpose-Based Corporate Governance Agenda to be held April 21, 2021. 10 am to 11:15 PST/ 1 pm to 2:15 pm EST as hosted by the Institute of Corporate Directors and featuring our very own Coro Strandberg alongside panelists from Assiniboine Credit Union and the United Way of Winnipeg. Non-members are $40 plus GST.
5.0 REDEFINING BUSINESS. Kate Raworth: We’re going to redefine business. March 31, 2021 The Pioneer Interviews. Pioneer’s Post. Known for her groundbreaking and influential work on “Doughnut Economics” Kate Raworth has lots to say about business for purpose including reflections on the ousting of Danone CEO and the importance of a unifying design approach.
“You can superficially change your purpose by rewriting your mission on your website, you can profoundly change your purpose by having a CEO and a board who are really committed to a transformative purpose…but you have to realign the rest of the design of your organisation,” she says.
Enjoy the reading and for those celebrating Passover and/or Easter, enjoy the week-end … on purpose!
Allyson
What is the Business for Purpose Network? The B4PN is an initiative catalyzed by the JW McConnell Family Foundation and the MaRS Discovery District to help build a movement engaging companies to put purpose at the core of their work.
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