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Business Strategies for Social Impact

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课程 4（共 4 门，Specialization Business Strategies for A Better World）

When is it good business practice to invest for social good? What are the most innovative and effective business strategies for developing positive social impact around the world? Designed by renowned Wharton professors Katherine Klein and Chris Geczy to help individuals, organizations, and investors bring about societal change, this course introduces the fundamentals of impact investing, and developing a business strategy that drives social impact. You’ll learn how to become a leader who cultivates purpose and inspires change, measure societal impact through evidence-based models, and invest in ventures effectively and meaningfully. By the end of this course, you’ll have a deep understanding of the realities of leading an organization with purpose, and be able to build successful strategies that bring impactful change to the world.

从本节课中

Module 1: Purpose-Driven Leadership

In this module, you’ll learn how to define your purpose and develop a plan to cultivate purpose for your organization. You’ll gain a deep understanding of the critical importance of purpose-driven leadership in a successful organization and why businesses can and should pursue a larger social or environmental purpose. You'll also analyze the five models of social purpose, from generous contributors to impact investors. Through close examination of case studies such as Daily Table and TOMS shoes, you’ll learn how to test your assumptions and find the winning situation for your investors, employees, and customers. By the end of this module, you’ll have a more clearly defined understanding of the purpose your organization wants to pursue and how to prepare for successful implementation.

Introduction5:17

The Role of Business is Changing14:14

Cultivate Your Purpose8:53

(Optional) Interview with Derek Handley4:59

(Optional) Interview with Kyle Zimmer: Part 12:40

Test Your Assumptions11:48

Find the Win-Win9:27

(Optional) Interview with Chad Dickerson: Part 16:41

(Optional) Interview with Bobby Turner1:29

(Optional) Interview with Kyle Zimmer: Part 28:09

Bring it Home11:54

(Optional) Interview with Chad Dickerson: Part 23:10

(Optional) Interview with Kat Taylor4:31

(Optional) Interview with Jostein Solheim1:03

(Optional) Interview with Kyle Zimmer: Part 32:36

Evaluate, Revise, and Renew13:12

Module Wrap-Up1:47

与讲师见面

Katherine Klein
Edward H. Bowman Professor of Management
The Wharton School
Christopher Geczy
Adjunct Professor of Finance
Fianance

As I understand this, when you were launching Hyperfactory, this purpose and

this larger vision for your contribution to the world was less front and center.

>> Yeah. >> And that shifted?

>> Right, I mean I was mostly focused then on how do you build a startup

from where I was in the bottom of the world in New Zealand.

And just straight out of university, and

I had this idea that I wanted to build a company that went global,

and as a really young person to show that it could be done.

So in a sense the purpose that I was trying to prove was,

can we build companies as young kids from New Zealand, and

make in the best, foot it with the best?

So it was around innovation, the thrill, the chase.

How do you build a company?

>> Right.

>> But when I came and kind of stepped back and looked at well,

what is the purpose, and what's the impact that the company's trying to have?

That's when I looked at much, I guess,

a much broader perspective of what is possible if you're building a company.

>> Yes. >> What might you try to have it tackle

as an issue?

>> And has finding that larger purpose

been inspiring, daunting, tiring, energizing?

How would you describe what finding the larger purpose has done?

>> I think whenever you feel like you're really connecting with something that you

feel you're here to do.

>> Yeah. >> It's really energizing and inspiring.

And to me one of the tests I have around this stuff is if it's frightening in some

way, then it's probably the right place.

>> Yeah. >> If it's a little bit like it's going to

be difficult and it's putting you in an uncomfortable position,

then I feel like it's probably where I should be going.

If it looks too comfortable and something that you think you could do,

then to me, it's as personal.

>> Mm-hm.

>> In a sense it's probably not the right thing for me.

>> Yeah, and is your purpose succinct enough,

distinct enough that you can articulate it to us?

>> No, I don't think in a sense that I've kind of created a slogan out of it.

>> Mm-hm.

>> But at the macro level everything that I'm doing now is somehow

trying to contribute in some way to a social or

environmental issue that is out there in the world.

Or some sort of injustice that I think this generation should be trying

to transform.

Whether that's the way we treat global drug policy or the way we think about what

should entrepreneurs be building in terms of the companies that people are starting.

So that's kind of the macro, I guess, thesis.

On an individual basis, it's about helping and trying to empower and

build confidence in every single person.

To pursue the truth that's inside of them,

as to what they should really be doing with their life.

>> Mm-hm. >> I've met too many people who make

a lot of compromises and don't pursue the things they knew, or

know are actually where their dreams lie.

>> Mm-hm. >> For an enormous number of reasons that

they have created that make it very difficult for them.

Whether it's about the courage or the confidence or practical reasons,

like I couldn't possibly do that, or it's not really my thing to make these changes.

And part of the mission we're on is helping all sorts of people realize

the things that they really want to do in the world.

And that investing in entrepreneurs who are trying to create significant change is

one expression of that.

>> Mm-hm, so before dig to investing in entrepreneurs,

and who want to make a difference in the world.

Any advice to people who may be listening and watching and

thinking, yeah, I want to find my purpose.

What the heck is my purpose?

>> [LAUGH] >> Or I don't have time to find my

purpose?

>> Well the biggest advice I have in this whole space is taking

a significant amount of time to reflect and think about these

kinds of questions in the course of your ordinary week or month.

>> Hm.

>> I think we're in a world where people operate in a whirlwind

battling with an inbox for their whole day.

It seems like it start and ends a blur, and then you go home and

you kind of just want to get some relief.

But for me the thing that's always worked is carving out several hours a week to

think about the longer term.

>> Mm-hm. >> The bigger picture, and

always questioning, is this where I feel like I'm making the biggest difference?

Is this where I feel like my strengths are being brought to bear?

And if the answers are not positive for

enough days in a row, then you have to make changes.

>> Mm-hm.

>> And so, creating that space is what I think a lot of people struggle with

because they think they've just got way too much to do.

>> Right. >> But actually if you're doing all

the stuff and three or five or seven years later and you look back at it and

it doesn't mean anything to you,

then actually it's far worse than taking time out now to recalibrate.

And constantly kind of challenge yourself as to whether you're being

courageous enough to really do the things that you know in your heart are the things

that you should be doing.

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