Explore this 3 pillar approach to strategy and decision making as a social entrepreneur. (These are slides from a live webinar presentation held October 21, 2015)

1. Social Innovator’s Sweet Spot
An Approach To Strategy & Decisions

2. welcome !

3. welcome !
• Intros

4. welcome !
• Intros
• Not your typical webinar because it’s a work in
progress…

5. welcome !
• Intros
• Not your typical webinar because it’s a work in
progress…
• And your input is needed!

6. #1 - DOYOU EVER FEEL
OVERWHELMED WITH DECISIONS?

7. The challenge
(why)

8. The challenge
(why)
• As an entrepreneur, there are
so many ways to move forward.

9. The challenge
(why)
• As an entrepreneur, there are
so many ways to move forward.
• As a social entrepreneur, you’re
navigating the complexity of
balancing money and mission.

10. The challenge
(why)
• As an entrepreneur, there are
so many ways to move forward.
• As a social entrepreneur, you’re
navigating the complexity of
balancing money and mission.
• How do you ensure you’re
taking the best steps with every
decision?

11. The challenge
(why)

12. The challenge
(why)
• As a result of all these decisions,
large and small, your day fills up with
urgent and important tasks and
before your know it, time flies by!

13. The challenge
(why)
• As a result of all these decisions,
large and small, your day fills up with
urgent and important tasks and
before your know it, time flies by!
• But when you stop to reflect back
on how far you’ve come, and
evaluate if you’re really headed in
the direction you want to go, is it on
point?

14. The challenge
(why)
• As a result of all these decisions,
large and small, your day fills up with
urgent and important tasks and
before your know it, time flies by!
• But when you stop to reflect back
on how far you’ve come, and
evaluate if you’re really headed in
the direction you want to go, is it on
point?
• Are you reaching your financial and
impact goals?

15. objectives for SISS

16. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence

17. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence
• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable
impact, faster and more effectively

18. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence
• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable
impact, faster and more effectively
• Today’s Steps To Get There:

19. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence
• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable
impact, faster and more effectively
• Today’s Steps To Get There:
• Look at SISS overall

20. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence
• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable
impact, faster and more effectively
• Today’s Steps To Get There:
• Look at SISS overall
• Explore each of the 3 pillars

21. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence
• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable
impact, faster and more effectively
• Today’s Steps To Get There:
• Look at SISS overall
• Explore each of the 3 pillars
• What happens when we’re missing a pillar?

22. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence
• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable
impact, faster and more effectively
• Today’s Steps To Get There:
• Look at SISS overall
• Explore each of the 3 pillars
• What happens when we’re missing a pillar?
• How to get to the Sweet Spot!

23. objectives for SISS
• Make strategic decisions with confidence
• Lead your social enterprise to sustainable
impact, faster and more effectively
• Today’s Steps To Get There:
• Look at SISS overall
• Explore each of the 3 pillars
• What happens when we’re missing a pillar?
• How to get to the Sweet Spot!
• What is missing from the model?

24. #2 - AREYOU EVER WORRIED
YOU’RE MAKING POOR CHOICES?

25. the SISS model
(what)

26. the SISS model
(what)
• 3 Pillars that frame your strategic decision-making

27. the SISS model
(what)
• 3 Pillars that frame your strategic decision-making
TOOLS

28. the SISS model
(what)
• 3 Pillars that frame your strategic decision-making
TOOLS
MINDSET

29. the SISS model
(what)
• 3 Pillars that frame your strategic decision-making
TOOLS
MINDSET
COMMUNITY

30. the SISS model
(what)
• 3 Pillars that frame your strategic decision-making
TOOLS
MINDSET
COMMUNITY
• Working together to get, and keep, you in a spot (the
sweet spot) where you are most Inspired, Focused,
and Effective in your social enterprise work

31. MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
leverage embrace
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
All together

32. Isolated
and
innovating
in a bubble
Passionate
but weak in
practical
execution
Overwhelmed
without clear
focus
MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
leverage embrace
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
All together

33. Inspired,
Focused
& Effective
SISS
Isolated
and
innovating
in a bubble
Passionate
but weak in
practical
execution
Overwhelmed
without clear
focus
MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
leverage embrace
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
All together

34. leverage tools
TOOLS
leverage

35. leverage tools
TOOLS
leverage
• WhatTOOLS have you
found most valuable in
your journey of making
change?

36. leverage tools
TOOLS
leverage
• WhatTOOLS have you
found most valuable in
your journey of making
change?
• What value do the right
resources/tools bring you
in your work?

37. leverage tools
TOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating established
knowledge
leverage
• WhatTOOLS have you
found most valuable in
your journey of making
change?
• What value do the right
resources/tools bring you
in your work?

38. sharpen mindset
MINDSET
sharpen

39. sharpen mindset
MINDSET
sharpen
• What MINDSET
qualities are crucial to
being an effective
Changemaker?

40. sharpen mindset
MINDSET
sharpen
• What MINDSET
qualities are crucial to
being an effective
Changemaker?
• What value does a
clear or sound mindset
have for you?

41. sharpen mindset
MINDSET
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
• What MINDSET
qualities are crucial to
being an effective
Changemaker?
• What value does a
clear or sound mindset
have for you?

42. embrace community
COMMUNITY
embrace

43. embrace community
COMMUNITY
embrace
• How does being part
of COMMUNITY
support or improve
you in your work?

44. embrace community
COMMUNITY
embrace
• How does being part
of COMMUNITY
support or improve
you in your work?
• What is valuable about
community to you?

45. embrace community
COMMUNITY
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
embrace
• How does being part
of COMMUNITY
support or improve
you in your work?
• What is valuable about
community to you?

46. #3 - WHICH PILLAR
AREYOU STRONG IN?

47. MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
embrace
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
without tools

48. Passionate
but weak in
practical
execution
MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
embrace
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
without tools

49. MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
leverage embrace
without mindset

50. Overwhelmed
without clear
focus
MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
leverage embrace
without mindset

51. MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
leverage
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
without community

52. Isolated
and
innovating
in a bubble
MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
leverage
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
without community

53. #4 - - WHICH PILLAR
AREYOU WEAK IN?

54. getting to the sweet spot
TOOLS

55. getting to the sweet spot
• What existing tools, resources and frameworks
have others used in the past?
TOOLS

56. getting to the sweet spot
• What existing tools, resources and frameworks
have others used in the past?
• What are examples of when this has been done
successfully before?
TOOLS

57. getting to the sweet spot
• What existing tools, resources and frameworks
have others used in the past?
• What are examples of when this has been done
successfully before?
• What essential skills are lacking and how can I fill
in the gaps? (i.e. through team, training, partners)
TOOLS

58. getting to the sweet spot
MINDSET

59. getting to the sweet spot
MINDSET
• Does this move me closer to my vision for
change?

60. getting to the sweet spot
MINDSET
• Does this move me closer to my vision for
change?
• Have I considered my guiding values? (i.e.
sustainability, innovation, effectiveness)

61. getting to the sweet spot
MINDSET
• Does this move me closer to my vision for
change?
• Have I considered my guiding values? (i.e.
sustainability, innovation, effectiveness)
• What needs to happen to create an
environment where I deliver my highest value
and perform at my best?

62. getting to the sweet spot
COMMUNITY

63. getting to the sweet spot
• How can I build in direct feedback from my
peers, clients and beneficiaries?
COMMUNITY

64. getting to the sweet spot
• How can I build in direct feedback from my
peers, clients and beneficiaries?
• Who can I reach out to for input, collaboration,
or advice? (organizations/individuals, formal or
informal, with a shared interest)
COMMUNITY

65. getting to the sweet spot
• How can I build in direct feedback from my
peers, clients and beneficiaries?
• Who can I reach out to for input, collaboration,
or advice? (organizations/individuals, formal or
informal, with a shared interest)
• How does this work contribute to the larger
landscape?
COMMUNITY

66. Inspired,
Focused
& Effective
SISS
Isolated
and
innovating
in a bubble
Passionate
but weak in
practical
execution
Overwhelmed
without clear
focus
MINDSET
COMMUNITYTOOLS
For
Best practice
Reducing reinvention
Integrating
established
knowledge
For
Inspiration
Support
Feedback
Encouragement
Innovation
leverage embrace
sharpen
For
Vision
Focus
Perseverance
Sanity
All together

67. YOUR TURN!
WHAT RESONATES? WHAT DOESN’T?

68. my challenge to you
1. Think of a decision you are currently facing
2. Go through the Getting to the Sweet Spot Questions
3. Land on your clear direction
4. Take action
5. Let me know how it goes!