Tag Archives: social entrepreneur

The Power of Community

Posted on May 22, 2016 by

Your isolation as an entrepreneur is a danger to your mental health and to the success of your venture.  This is especially so if you’re a lone entrepreneur without a team around you.  I’ve been there.  You stand, staring out into … Continue reading →

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Toward More Effective Impact Measurement

Posted on May 18, 2016 by

At the risk of sounding like a nerd, I found myself taken this weekend by an article in Stanford Social Innovation Review on impact measurement.  It is entitled, “The Next Frontier in Social Impact Measurement Isn’t Measurement at All”. The authors, … Continue reading →

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Tackling Complexity

Posted on February 15, 2015 by

The Challenge of Complexity I am facing the challenge of complexity in helping to build an initiative  in York Region (a region of nine municiaplities with over 1 million residents north of Toronto) called communityBUILD.   Our social mission is to … Continue reading →

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