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Fit for the Future: managing risk takes 'tough conversations' | Part 1 from 2021-09-21T09:18:25
What does it mean to build a healthy, resilient, sustainable organisation that’s able to do good and well at the same time? In this series, Buzzacott and Pioneers Post meet some of the stars of soc...
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Fit for the Future: managing risk takes 'tough conversations' | Part 2 from 2021-09-21T09:15:57
What does it mean to build a healthy, resilient, sustainable organisation that’s able to do good and well at the same time? In this series, Buzzacott and Pioneers Post meet some of the stars of soc...
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How you can create & be part of ethical supply chains | Part 2 | WISE Ways to Lead Webinar from 2021-07-02T07:17:57
How to create, and be part of, an ethical supply chain? That’s the question we’re addressing today, in the first of our 2021 WISE Ways to Lead webinars delivered by Pioneers Post and NatWest.
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How you can create & be part of ethical supply chains | Part 1 | WISE Ways to Lead Webinar from 2021-06-23T08:58:52
How to create, and be part of, an ethical supply chain? That’s the question we’re addressing today, in the first of our 2021 WISE Ways to Lead webinars delivered by Pioneers Post and NatWest.
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How you can create & be part of ethical supply chains | Episode 1 | WISE Ways to Lead Webinar from 2021-06-23T08:58:52
How to create, and be part of, an ethical supply chain? That’s the question we’re addressing today, in the first of our 2021 WISE Ways to Lead webinars delivered by Pioneers Post and NatWest.
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The Feeling's Mutual: ‘Collectivise like mad’ – how to rewire a system broken by market forces from 2021-06-10T15:59:30
Mutual aid means that we look out for each other: you support me and I support you. In the wake of Covid-19, thousands of new groups have been set up on these principles. But is there a danger of l...
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Fit for the future: Be 'guided by the mission' to raise the right finance from 2021-04-23T13:37:40
Social enterprises seeking to grow and increase their impact usually need to raise some type of finance. Often, they'll look to social investment: loans, equity or blended finance. But often the pr...
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The Feeling’s Mutual: Can we be less prescriptive – and ‘more pigeon’? from 2021-01-29T09:45:42
How do we best nurture mutual aid? In this episode, Vidhya Alakeson and Angela Fell discuss how institutions can create a supportive environment and enable community action – rather than trying to ...
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Fit For The Future, Episode 1: Anna Whitty and Natalie Campbell from 2020-11-24T16:20:15
What does it mean to build a healthy, resilient, sustainable organisation that’s able to do good and well at the same time? During this series, we meet some of the stars of social enterprise and mi...
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The Feeling's Mutual: "If these groups dissolve they haven't failed." from 2020-11-10T16:40:25
In the latest episode of our podcast series, co-hosts Bob Thust and Maff Potts are joined by Thomas Waring of Macc, which supports the voluntary sector in Manchester, and Amardeep Dhillon, London b...
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The Feeling's Mutual: "It's either madness or genius but I'm open to it either way." from 2020-09-20T12:25:45
In the second episode of our new podcast series, co-hosts Bob Thust and Maff Potts are joined by Dr Simon Kaye, Senior Policy Researcher at New Local Government Network, and Pat Fernandes, a Commun...
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“You’ve undergone a ‘racial awakening’ – but will you do what you said you would?” – David McQueen from 2020-08-04T11:15:47
Leadership coach David Mcqueen and host Liam Black discuss some of the issues surrounding racial diversity in the workplace – including ‘cancel culture’, the ‘BAME’ acronym, and challenging the pow...
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'Now is the time to reset your business model' – Myriam Sidibe from 2020-07-14T13:22:29
For Myriam Sidibe – a public health expert with experience leading on social mission at Unilever, and author of a new book, 'Brands on a Mission' – current crises underscore the need for organisati...
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Coworking spaces face existential crisis – but can being ‘ethical’ help? from 2020-07-06T10:17:45
Pioneers Post speaks to Ethical Property managing director Conrad Peberdy about how his workspace business is coping with Covid-19, how they are preparing for big changes – and what he misses about...
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The Feeling’s Mutual: "They're walking over the top of beautiful community action" from 2020-07-02T08:08:29
Thousands of new mutual aid groups have emerged in the wake of Covid-19: enabling neighbours and friends to both give and receive support. But is there a danger of losing the 'mutual'? In a new pod...
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“It’s like running an A+E department” – Henry Jones from 2020-06-25T12:08:58
For the past 20 years, Liam Black – board chair, former CEO, investment advisor and mentor for corporates, social businesses and charities alike – has been signing off his blogs and emails in a way...
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Agenda Item One: What difference can young trustees really make? from 2020-06-18T09:25:32
If there was ever any doubt that UK charity boards aren’t diverse enough, consider this: less than 3% of trustees are under 30 years old, while one in twelve are called John or David.
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Can design (thinking) really change the world? from 2020-03-10T17:46:58
Creativity is set to become one of the most-needed skills of the future. From Cape Town, our DICE Young Storymaker reports on efforts to democratise the world of design and to bring creative educat...
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New social enterprise exhibition: How does it feel to navigate a city without your sight? from 2020-02-17T15:08:40
The Pioneers Post team venture into absolute darkness on a visit to London’s Dialogue in the Dark sensory exhibition – and discover how the social enterprise franchise might inspire a more accessib...
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How can we get more social enterprises to scale? from 2020-02-14T10:37:08
Why are so few social businesses household names – and what can we do about it? Our latest podcast captures some of the bright spots, bugbears and recommendations on scaling from the ScaleUp Instit...
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Family business: the women starting afresh in Cairo's creative sector from 2020-01-29T18:02:13
This piece was produced by Nour Ibrahim for Pioneers Post as part of the DICE Young Storymakers Programme. Special thanks to Hisham Algazzar, founder of Yadawee.
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No men allowed: How useful are women’s-only business networks? from 2019-11-22T19:08:18
There are numerous gender-specific networks and schemes to support women in business, including our very own Women in Social Enterprise (WISE100) created in partnership with NatWest. But how import...
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The A-Z Podcasts #5: E Is For Evidence – always ask the questions you might not like the answer to from 2019-11-12T15:47:56
P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a social enterprise set up to deliver great journalism to support social entrepreneurs, impact investors and mission-driven business...
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The A-Z Podcasts #4: D Is For Don't Believe The Hype from 2019-11-12T15:46:51
We launched a podcast featuring Liam Black's reflections on his book The Social Entrepreneur's A-Z in 2015 - and much of it still feels very relevant today.
In this episode, hear his views...
The A-Z Podcasts #3: C Is For Customer from 2019-11-12T15:44:47
In the third podcast to accompany his book The Social Entrepreneur’s A to Z, Liam Black continues conversation with Dr Aravind Srinivasan, an eye surgeon and the director of projects at Aravind Eye...
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What can social entrepreneurs learn from those who take to the streets? from 2019-10-28T16:58:15
NatWest and Pioneers Post are hosting a series of informal gatherings for our network of Women in Social Enterprise (WISE100) across the UK, and the first took place in Belfast last month. Over lun...
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SEWF Soundbites from 2019-10-24T01:30:42
Soundbites from leading social entrepreneurs, an Ambassador and a Baroness - plus a reality check from a Lord - as the Social Enterprise World Forum 2019 gets underway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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It’s a rich man’s world? Belfast’s women in social enterprise don’t think so from 2019-10-08T16:39:08
NatWest and Pioneers Post are hosting a series of informal gatherings for our network of Women in Social Enterprise (WISE100) across the UK, and the first took place in Belfast last month. Over lun...
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Agenda Item One: Be a Woody not a Buzz from 2019-09-23T11:18:38
What really goes on in a boardroom? By drawing on the real-life experiences of social purpose leaders, our Agenda Item One series aims to challenge the conventional thinking and outdated governance...
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What does it take for a social enterprise to compete with private sector players? from 2019-05-31T15:47:17
Recently, Cafédirect and Greenwich Leisure Limited have had to switch up their marketing to keep up in competitive markets. We heard from two of the minds behind these strategies at our Good Storie...
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Agenda Item One: Fish and chips on the porch from 2019-03-13T11:56:57
Our new podcast series, led by Bob Thust of Practical Governance, reads between the lines of the traditional board meeting minutes to explore what’s really going on. In this episode: excuses we mak...
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Dr Pragya Agarwal: Is social enterprise unconsciously biased against BAME women? from 2019-02-14T12:58:32
Academic and social entrepreneur Dr. Pragya Agarwal is passionate about bringing more women from BAME or marginalised communities into social enterprise. Speaking to attendees of NatWest’s WISE100 ...
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WISE conversations: Inviting more women to the table from 2018-12-04T17:03:51
At our latest WISE dinner – this time in London – dinner guests discussed the importance of making more women visible.
P.S. This video is brought to you by the team at Pioneers Post – a so...
Maths, science, literature... social enterprise? from 2018-11-29T11:56:27
Should social enterprise be added to school curriculums? A group of experts from across the globe weigh in.
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Design Council CEO Sarah Weir shares her stage from 2018-11-15T12:24:45
Design Council CEO Sarah Weir took to the stage accompanied by three other women for her speech at the launch of this year's WISE100 list. We spoke to her afterwards to find out why.
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WISE conversations: Edinburgh from 2018-10-17T13:16:16
If you took a group of the UK’s leading women in social enterprise and put them around a dinner table, what would they talk about?
For the first in our 'WISE conversations' series hosted b...
Where Capital Meets Purpose from 2018-10-03T13:27:01
If you were at our Good Deals and Beyond Good Business conference in March, you may have witnessed some of some of the biggest brains in social enterprise meet at our Where Capital Meets Purpose pl...
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"Capital alone will not address poverty, climate and social justice." from 2018-07-09T15:20:43
Amit Bhatia, CEO of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and the British Council’s Dr Mairi Mackay, were both keynote speakers at Good Deals and Beyond Good Business, the UK’s leading so...
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How to tackle inequality across Asia with social enterprise from 2017-07-10T15:03:35
Tristan Ace of the British Council, Jonathan Wong of UNESCAP and Alex Hannant from New Zealand’s Akina Foundation explore how governments in the Asia-Pacific region can harness a new entrepreneuria...
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The A-Z Podcasts #2: B Is For Business Basics from 2016-05-10T10:02:49
When you're in the pursuit of achieving great social change, it can sometimes be easy to lose sight of the day-to-day business basics that keep your enterprise afloat. In the second of a series of ...
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The A-Z Podcasts #1: A is for Anxiety from 2016-05-03T16:49:09
In the first of a series of extracts from his latest book The Social Entrepreneur's A-Z, Liam Black shares his experiences of waking up at 4am with a head full of business worries – and how he deal...
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"Rats like to work with humans!": Insight from Bart Weijens from 2014-02-17T11:08:59
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"I'm uncomfortable with the term social enterprise": Insight from Pamela Hartigan from 2014-02-17T10:50:36
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"Don't Spend, Invest": Insight from Karen Lynch from 2014-02-17T10:30
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The Arab Awakening: paying the price for democracy from 2013-05-17T15:02:58
The so-called "Arab Awakening" spread to Egypt on 25 January 2011. Seventeen days later, the country's dictator President Mubarak resigned from office.
It was a monumental moment in histo...
Homelessness charity sets out Jamie Oliver style vision for Soho club from 2013-05-16T14:44:53
Since 1862, the House of St. Barnabas has supported homeless people in the centre of London. But what do you with a beautiful but run down grade-1 listed building in the heart of Soho that can't cu...
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