Boiling Point - Episode 093 - Mike Rowlands and Junxion Strategy

Beginning Your Triple Bottom Line Journey

Show Notes

Beginning Your Triple Bottom Line Journey

Introducing Mike Rowlands and Junxion Strategy

How can your company become a leader in the future of business? How can you take my established company and make it better for the world? The Boiling Point has featured a number of triple bottom line companies in the last number of months leaving a number of our listeners wondering how they can take the first steps toward becoming a company seeking to promote planet, people, and profit. One way is to contact someone like Mike Rowlands from Junxion Strategy. Mike has been assisting mission-driven entrepreneurs and organizations for over a decade by crafting unique strategies.

Check out this week’s episode to see how your new or established company can start making measurable social and environmental impact.

In this episode

Kristy O’Leary sets us up with Mike, calling it a bro-mance in the making.
We hear about the work that Junxion has been doing for clients for 20 years.
Mike discusses the type of people and businesses that approach him to help their sustainability efforts.
Mike speaks about combining the drive of business and the community collaboration and empathy of the social sector.
He discusses the frustration experienced by heritage businesses in developing a “new type of business”.
He also notes that the millennial generation is looking to work in companies that do not force them to separate their world beliefs from their scope of work in the world.
We talk about work that is happening with large organizations such as ADIDAS.
We also talk about one of the greatest B corp companies, Ben & Jerry’s.
Mike notes that large organizations are taking note of triple bottom line because of employees, shareholders, and other stakeholders.
He also notes that by not listening to outside stakeholders large organizations are missing a great opportunity.
Mike also asks us to think, “What does it mean to live a good life” and, more importantly, “How can I use my business to live the good life?”
Greg appreciates knowing that there are so many global “movers and shakers” to bring understanding to the concept of using business for positive change.
Dave reflects on the notion of using business to live the great life and it helps him answer the question that can creep into any entrepreneur’s head, “Why am I doing this?”