My guest this week is Mark Kramer, a Harvard lecturer and leading researcher, writer, speaker and consultant on strategies for social impact. He is best known as the co-author of seminal articles on creating shared value, collective impact, and catalytic philanthropy. Listen to Mark speak about:
- Why there is a synergy between successful companies and healthy societies, a message that is at the heart of creating shared value
- How start-ups, rather than large incumbent companies, are better positioned to lead the creative destruction necessary for a thriving revolution
- Why visionary CEO leaders are crucial but not enough, and how government has to play a much stronger role
- How capitalism is evolving to incorporate social and environmental impact and the valuation of companies
- What needs to change to make shared value and thriving a realistic alternative to the status quo and which companies are leading the way
Key links
Mark Kramer (LinkedIn)
FSG (website)
The ecosystem of shared value (article)
Creating shared value (article)
Thriving (book)
Wayne Visser (website)
Wayne Visser (LinkedIn)