Redesigning How We Work — for All

Redesigning How We Work — for All

B The Change Weekly: May 1, 2020

Delivered on Fridays, B the Change Weekly delivers the most important and most relevant stories about people using business as a force for good. The newsletter features a weekly note from the B the Change team alongside insight and context on the stories we share here on Medium. Below is our latest roundup. To receive these insights directly in your inbox, sign up for B the Change Weekly today. Now on to the good stuff:

When uncertainty is the only constant, moving forward in the current economy can be a challenge. But Certified B Corporations are adapting their operations and supply chains as they shift to creating products that help their communities.

This B The Change Weekly includes examples of B Corps moving to create personal protective equipment while protecting public health and saving jobs, relying on collaboration and resilience to expand the future clean energy market, and committing to real and lasting change to create a more equitable world.

Without certainty, let’s turn to opportunity and envision a more inclusive and regenerative economy.

Pivoting to Save Lives and Jobs

As economies and supply chains readjust to new realities of a global pandemic, some businesses find themselves in a position to help with one of the most pressing topics of the moment: the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Several B Corps have adapted their businesses over a matter of weeks in order to make what matters most, demonstrating how nimble, pivot-ready businesses can help with the PPE shortage.

Redesigning How We Work

This pandemic’s devastation has highlighted how our systems fail to adequately support people’s basic needs. As Tim Frick and JD Capuano of B Corp Mightybytes say: “Returning to normal is not an option. We must do better.”

On B The Change, they share examples of organizations across sectors stepping up, pivoting their business models, adapting to new circumstances, and forging partnerships to keep themselves and each other afloat.

Finding Power in Partnerships

While this is a time of high anxiety for many people, it also brings opportunities for positive change. At B Corp Encore Renewable Energy, CEO and Founder Chad Farrell already has seen how strategic partnerships in the immediate network as well as the broader B Corp community are providing support and resources.

On B The Change, he shares the reasons why the clean energy industry is positioned to lead communities beyond the economic disaster and toward recovery.

Stay in the Know

Here’s your chance to catch up on recent articles:

• Redesigning How We Work: Seizing the Opportunity to Redesign Our Social Systems and Economy to Work for People and Planet
• Saving Lives and Saving Jobs: How B Corps Are Pivoting to Produce PPE: And How Others Can Help with the Personal Protective Equipment Shortage from Home
• 4 Ways to Chart a Path Forward During Uncertain Times: It’s Important to Continue to Make Time for Planning, Innovation, and Mental Wellness
• The Power of Partnerships in Driving Economic Recovery from COVID-19: How Collaboration and Resilience Will Help the Solar Industry Weather Current and Future Challenges and Lead by Example
• 5 Things We Forget When in Crisis: Why It’s Vital to Communicate and Find Strength Together
• The B Corp Clinic: How North Carolina Students are Bringing Impact-Minded Business to Life
• B Corp’s Innovative Employee Practice Inspires Launch of National Nonprofit: Rhino Foods’ Income Advance Program Paved the Way for Opening of Foundation
• Fostering Connection and Community Through Purposeful Discussion — Virtually, for Now: How the Civic Dinners Team Transforms Happy Hours and Dinner Events into Platforms for Change (in this Current Crisis and Beyond)

B the Change gathers and shares the voices from within the movement of people using business as a force for good and the community of Certified B Corporations. The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the nonprofit B Lab.

Redesigning How We Work — for All was originally published in B The Change on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.