Leading the Way: The Birth of SVI Women
You’re never too old to join a revolution. At the ripe old age of 37, I took on a VP role at the Social Venture Network (now Social Venture Circle), having audaciously applied for the position [...]
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 profit-only valuation was creating more and more inequity, environmental [...]
Money Becomes You
So many of us are conflicted about money. Do we deserve it? Hate it? Like it? Reject it? Lust after it? I’ve spent so many years talking and writing about money, not because I love spreadsheets [...]
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 of your community or organization. We are immersed in sound all the time – and [...]
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 and delivered as a service to support effective [...]
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 of this trip for years and working with his executive team for the past 12 months to plan [...]
How to Be Resilient
I am strong.… I am able not only to weather storms, but to stand facing the wind…. I am capable.… I am ready to be challenged.… I am resilient. Do these words sound like you on an average day? [...]