Part of what we are committed to do is read books, articles, blog posts and research papers to find those resources and bits of information that might be more useful to you as you develop your social enterprise. We'll be adding to this list as we go so keep checking in to see what we've added. We'll post each new addition onto twitter so you can follow it there.
What We Are Reading
Getting Things Done by David Allen
I am a great believer in getting organised. It helps that I am quite an organised person anyway but I did find with my current job that juggling a number of different roles and projects was becoming overwhelming.
For social entrepreneurs I think this issue is key to allowing us to achieve the social change that we are aiming for. By nature more often than not, social entrepreneurs are action people – they just want to get out their and get on with their projects. The idea of administration and systems just isn’t of interest.
However, my argument would be if you can get yourself organised then…
Good to Great by Jim Collins
"Good is the enemy of great."
That is how Jim Collin's book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... and Other's Don't starts.
Because it is easy to settle for doing a good day, few push through to become really great at what they do - and that goes for individuals as well as organisations.
From my own experience being good is just not enough anymore. In the Third Sector our environment has changed so much - particularly in regards to funding and competition - that if we remain an organisation that is 'good' at what we do, then someone else will eventually come along who is…