What does it take to run a caring, productive and positive workplace? Is it possible to establish an organization that embraces creativity, respect and healthy interaction among staff and leadership? Can socially conscious businesses ensure their external culture is reflective of their internal one? According to Flip Brown, they can.

Founder of Business Culture Consultants, Brown has established a formidable reputation over the years helping individuals and teams in socially responsible organizations find increased success and satisfaction. I had heard a lot about this human catalyst from the SVI (Social Venture Institute) network and was delighted to see him in action at a recent workshop held at the iconic Esalen Insitute in Big Sur, California.

Learn what else Flip has to say about workplace culture.

On May 29th, those of us in the first cohort of social entrepreneurs at the School for Social Entrepreneurs-Ontario (SSE-O) will graduate. The run-up to this event presents opportunities to discuss social enterprise with my twin fourteen-year-old boys, which I think is a really good thing, especially as we try to expand the social enterprise community in Canada and increase capacity-building in this space. 

If we really want to get good at social enterprise it's probably going to take at least another generation. So now is the time to make sure we start teaching our kids about social purpose businesses. Over the last seven months, I've talked a lot about the program at SSE-O and just the other day I found out how much the kids have actually been listening. In fact, my son Malcolm kind of turned the tables on me.

Find out what social enterprise means to the next generation. 

Searching for angel investors to help you finance your social enterprise? Make sure you know how to tell a compelling story and build a good website. Those are just two findings presented by unrelated research projects released recently in Canada. 

A research team associated with the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation, in Ottawa, concludes that investors who learned online about a socially responsible investment product were eight times more likely to buy it than those who talked to their financial advisor.

Learn more about what motivates social investors.