by Jacob Hoehne | Oct 7, 2024 | Blog
Twice the Profits, Double the Customer Satisfaction Scores, Highest Employee Satisfaction Scores Ever. All since Kevin Clegg transitioned Clegg Auto to an Employee Ownership Trust. He sees it as a new form of capitalism – one that justly rewards all...
by Jacob Hoehne | Oct 3, 2024 | Blog
Put your Money where your Impact is Put your money where your impact is… “I believe that only if you link 100% of your carried interest to both impact AND financial targets will you take them both equally seriously.” – Willemijn Verloop with Rubio Impact...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog
Congregations are in Crisis, Cities are in Need Congregations are in crisis. Cities are in need. Graham Singh found a way to help both. Many faith communities sit on properties in the heart of the urban core, but as attendance dwindles, they are struggling to...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 27, 2024 | Blog
A Bold Reframe for Non-Profits A bold reframe for nonprofits: “You are not begging for money. People want to make a difference. You enable them to do that. You create value that people are willing to pay for.” Lots of great insights from my conversation with John Mark...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 25, 2024 | Blog
Combatting Homelessness by Looking at the Totality of an Individuals Needs People tend to want to rise to the level of their environment. That’s something I learned from Brent Crane with The Food and Care Coalition in Provo, UT. When they built their facility to...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 23, 2024 | Blog
What’s Next? “There were a lot of badges out there around sustainability and accreditations. People would work towards it, get the badge, and then the next day ask what do we do now? There wasn’t a plan going forward. What we do on a very pragmatic level...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 23, 2024 | Blog
Where Have You Invested your Money? “There’s a hundred million people with $10 trillion of assets in 401(k) and 403(b) plans and basically nobody has a clue what they’re invested in. You’d be shocked to find your money is supporting things like...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog
Reducing Climate Change with Existing Solutions “CleanTech solutions already exist that can dramatically reduce climate change. The tech isn’t the problem. But the best sustainable tech doesn’t do any good in a lab. They need the financing and the...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 18, 2024 | Blog
Combating Child Mortality in Brazil Due to Improper Waste Management “In Brazil, we can expect around 50,000 deaths a year, mostly children under five years old, due to contamination and disease from mismanaged waste. Biogas from waste is 80 times more...
by Jacob Hoehne | Sep 13, 2024 | Blog
What if we Harnessed Consumer Spending towards Impact? “60% of global GDP is consumer spending – imagine what we could do if we harnessed that towards impact?” “Companies will change overnight when their customers vote with their spending...
