Reflections on Shine

Just back from SHINE, the third annual unconference for social entrepreneurs: hundreds of social entrepreneurs, investors and supporters brought together by events producers germination and partners including UnLtd and School for Social Entrepreneurs. Swiftly following an incredibly inspiring presentation from Alexander Osterwalder that drew on the design process behind the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, my [...]

Tales of the City: The Triple Bottom Line in Action

What makes social enterprise models different to traditional charity models? Social enterprises are often able to efficiently solve more than one problem or gap in society. These can be commercial, environmental or social – together known as the triple bottom line. Traditional charity models might be effective in terms of solving the social problem but [...]