Do you have a good business idea?

We have found that the Lean Canvas (see picture above) is a useful approach to testing out your business idea. Check out https://www.leanfoundry.com or read Ash Maurya’s book ‘Running Lean’ (warning: success means the latest edition is a lot more expensive 🥲; but signing up for a lean stack account is free, as are a series of YouTube videos.)

How can we run our business more effectively?

We have started to recommend the Entrepreneurial Operating System to social entrepreneurs wanting to run their business more effectively. See https://www.eosworldwide.com . Don’t be put off by its target audience of businesses with $10-250m turnover – many of the tools and techniques they suggest can be relevant to you! Again, registration is free and will give you access to tools like their Organisational Checkup.

Conversational Intelligence

How do we best ‘elevate’ our conversations to develop deeper understanding and empathy – and do we understand the neurochemistry behind conversations and how to influence it? See https://creatingwe.com/benchmark/conversational-intelligence