What is Values Based Organizational Design?
It is more important than ever for organizations to commit to anti-racism, equity, inclusion, diversity, and justice. The challenge facing…
Foster community and help drive social change.
Professional Development
Our Collective Amygdalae
Hollyhock CEO Peter Wrinch gave this speech at the 2022 Founders + Friends Soiree. Our Collective Amygdalae The human amygdala…
The power of your genius
Remember the spark? Those moments when you feel fully aligned with your purpose. When you feel the creative energy and…
Financing Social Innovation
Social innovators and changemakers need support to do their incredibly important work. At Hollyhock, we’re focused on bringing together some…
A commitment to deepen our climate action
There was once a time where we could imagine that the impacts of climate change were far away: sea-level rise…
Hey – I wrote a book!
Are you there, Hollyhock community? It’s me, Madeleine. For those of you who I’m having the pleasure of meeting for…
Powerful Peer Circle: From Sanity Checks to Strategy & Action
This post was submitted by SVI Women 2019 alumni Angie Mertens, Jo Fleming, Michelle Thimesch, Carolina Miranda, and Janet Schieferdecker. …
SVI Partner Spotlight: Vancity
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union or Vancity, as it is commonly called, has been a longtime partner of Social Venture…
Leading the Way: The Birth of SVI Women
Apply now to SVI Women 2023! You’re never too old to join a revolution. At the ripe old age of…
SVI Partner Spotlight: Genus Capital Management
Genus Capital Management Inc. has been offering innovative investment solutions for more than a quarter century. Now, Genus is championing…
SVI Partner Spotlight: BDC
Getting funding as an entrepreneur is not always easy, but luckily The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) prides itself…
SVI Partner Spotlight: Horizon Distributors
Horizon Distributors has been supporting SVI and its community for over a decade. We sat down (virtually) with Vice President…
Social Venture Institute Turns 25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Innovative gathering for social entrepreneurs celebrates 25 years and goes virtual with BC, Alberta, California partnership A…
Changing the Nature of Business: 25 Years of Social Venture Institute
25 years ago, Hollyhock saw a need. Business and entrepreneurship was clearly ready for a major refresh. The age of…
The Root of the Matter: 4 Equity Lessons for Social Entrepreneurs
With a career rooted in food systems, everything comes back to growing from soil for Nikki Silvestri. Co-founder of grassroots…
Beyond Business Tools: Eatmore Sprouts and a 15 year SVI Legacy
It is said that a couple that grows together stays together. Now what can you say about a couple that…
Living and Loving with Chronic Pain
Sometimes life hurts. Sometimes it hurts alot. Dr Andrea Grabovac knows all about this and the mental strategies to cope…
Leadership and Eldership
Co-written by: Mike Rowlands and Denise Williams In her extraordinary autobiography, Becoming, Michelle Obama describes a mindset that helped her…
4 Lessons North American Entrepreneurs can learn from Emerging Markets
[mk_image src=”https://hollyhock.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/shainoor_image.jpg” image_size=”medium”] Shainoor Khoja discusses her learnings from launching businesses in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Syria. When Shainoor began her…
Money Becomes You
So many of us are conflicted about money. Do we deserve it? Hate it? Like it? Reject it? Lust after…
5 Tips for Starting Your Own Podcast
A podcast is a great way to explore and reflect your own inner journey, your favourite hobby, or the story…
Advanced Facilitation
fa·cil·i·ta·tion /fəˌsiləˈtāSH(ə)n/ What does ‘facilitation’ mean to you? Is it a set of professional skills and tools, grounded in experience…
Setting the Pace in Crazy Times
The owner and CEO of one of our clients is currently away on a year-long sabbatical. He had been dreaming…
7 Tips To Build An Effective Advisory Council
Every leader and entrepreneur, sooner or later, runs into the limits of their own capacity. We all confront challenges as…
Going digital: what it means to be a digital non-profit
Non-profits are finally starting to make the transition to digital, and that’s a great thing. It couldn’t be happening at…
The Nature of Media
Since 1999, the Media that Matters series has been quietly evolving; doing something unique, subtle, and crucial. In a society…
Create to Liberate
All that you touch, you change. All that you change, changes you. – Octavia Butler Creativity is not reserved for…
Turning Planning Inside Out
This article was originally posted by Mike Rowlands at Junxion. Last summer, we were working with a new client to…
How to Be Resilient
I am strong.… I am able not only to weather storms, but to stand facing the wind…. I am capable.……
What is the Marketplace of Ideas?
As an entrepreneur, I’ll bet every time you meet someone new, you give your elevator pitch. At any networking event…