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People, not pizza: reflections on social franchising
Mar 16th
I’ve been fortunate enough over the last few months to design, recruit and deliver a social franchising programme for SSE, called Scaling to Success. It was aimed at social entrepreneurs and social enterprise leaders who had a proven model and...
Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship links from January 2011
Jan 28th
It has been a busy start to the year, and it seems like that is the case for everyone. Certainly everyone I bump into seems to be working very hard indeed, as the end of March 2011 looms large....No different...
Why ‘adapt’ is the new ‘nudge’ (and why that’s good for social entrepreneurs)
Jan 26th
I’ve written before about my love of podcasts, and how they can spark off new ideas or generate new thinking on the way to and from work. My current fave is More Or Less, the Radio 4 programme about statistics,...
Unintended outcomes and impact measurement
Jan 23rd
I had the pleasure of visiting the SSE programme in Wigan and Leigh last week, to facilitate an ‘introduction to social impact measurement’ session with the students on the programme. I do love that experience of arriving in on a...
The Life of an Intern
Jan 14th
Hey everybody, it's Ryan the intern! I just wanted to take a few minutes and write about my experience here at the SSE so far. From day one, it has been fantastic working here. I've never had an office job...
The Life of an Intern
Jan 14th
Hey everybody, it's Ryan the intern! I just wanted to take a few minutes and write about my experience here at the SSE so far. From day one, it has been fantastic working here. I've never had an office job...
How social entrepreneurs learn from experience, 24-7
Jan 13th
In between celebrating Ashes victory (making having an Australian franchise even more enjoyable than normal) and watching Series 8 of 24 (Jack Bauer very much a leadership role model), I managed to write a quick article for the Guardian Social...
New podcasts: leadership, social entrepreneurs and numbers
Dec 14th
The benefits of having lost the argument over who should have the long commute with my wife is that I have plenty of time to catch up on podcasts and a bit of work-related listening on the way in (and...
New SSE videos from Hampshire
Nov 9th
Couple of new videos from our Hampshire franchise which are great at getting under the skin of social entrepreneurship in general, and the SSE programme (and its action learning approach) in particular. Thanks to all who feature, and especially to...
Yin and Yang: the top 5 balancing acts for social entrepreneurs
Nov 7th
It feels like such a busy and fast-moving time at the moment, that it's been difficult to take time and reflect, and get the head up to look around, meerkat-like. Which has got me thinking about balance, and the different...
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