Scaling through Disruption

Insights & advice on managing your team during a mass disruption, from interviews with social enterprise leaders.

Insights & advice on managing and leveraging partnerships during a mass disruption, from interviews with social enterprise leaders.

Insights & advice on building organizational resilience during a mass disruption, from interviews with social enterprise leaders.

Words of wisdom, inspiration, and hope coming out of mass disruption, from interviews with social enterprise leaders.

Insights & advice on balancing mission and margin during a mass disruption, from interviews with social enterprise leaders.

I believe that every crisis is an opportunity to rebuild things that have been neglected. Looking at all we are going through with COVID19,

“I’ll actually give advice that one of my mentors gave me. He said, ‘Greg, imagine you are about to run out of money in a month’s time…

“We had to quickly pivot to leverage our existing partnerships, both with government and the private sectors; we have incredibly deep…

“Focus on your unit economics — what you have to put in to get $1 out. Even just a few months ago, our focus would have been on growth and…

“Being open just like you’d be with your family to say, OK, we are on hard times. What is it we can do together?” —  Pratham CEO Rukmini…

“It is not just what jobs people have, but also what skills people have, and how can we move them around in the organization?” Ella Gudwin…

“The issues of the girl child would fall on empty ears if there are empty stomachs, so we need to take care of that.” — Maharshi Vaishnav…

“As a result of the situation that we’re in [Covid-19], and the particular crisis that’s playing out in school systems now, we know there…

“It’s simple: just fight through focusing. We’re sticking to our mission. We’re sticking to our core competency.” — James Nardella, Chief…

“My one piece of advice would be to really clearly and openly communicate with your team. You need to tell them what the crisis is that…

“There is no Easter without Good Friday; there’s no hope without sacrifice. We are experiencing great difficulty at the moment,…

“I encourage you to constantly be testing and practicing and piloting your adaptations. That should be an ethos and a part of your culture…