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B Corps, What What?!?

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As I mentioned in my last post on How Wolves Shape Rivers, I had the pleasure of attending the B Corps Champions Retreat earlier this month, representing New Media Group in Mongolia, as well as Advance Humanity and en*theos here in the U.S. It is particularly exciting to represent en*theos as we are going through some crazy growth right now and the B Corps community and the B Impact Assessment are very inspiring and helpful as we grow.

I am really honored to be part of the B Corps movement and I thought it would be fun to share a quick presentation with you here if you want to learn more. I shared this presentation with the wonderful en*theos team and it covers a few major topics:

  • A Quick Overview of B Corps
  • A Quick Look at the Retreat
  • The Year Ahead for B Corps

Below is the slide deck and audio to accompany it. Below that I've also added two videos from the presentation as well. I hope you enjoy them!

Slide Deck

Audio for Slide Deck



What is the B Corps Movement?



How Wolves Shape Rivers

How Wolves Shape Rivers

I was honored to be able to attend the B Corps Champions Retreat this week here in Vermont and, while I will write a lot more on it in the coming days, I wanted to share this video to start telling you about it.

Jay, one of the three co-founders of B Lab, started out our retreat with this video. It's a wonderful 4-minute story and an apt metaphor for Certified B Corps who may be small in number but are actively shaping our communities and the ecosystems around us.

How Wolves Shape Rivers

What If You Were Me and What If I Were You

Threw a line out to pull you to me.If you don't get it, then you don't get it. You made your mind up before you knew me. If you don't get it, then you don't get it. Take my hand for a minute. We're in it - imagine all the pain that might be forgiven.

What if I had your heart? What if you wore my scars? How would we break down? What if you were me and what if I were you?

What if you told my lies? What if I cried with your eyes? Could anyone keep us down? What if you were me? What if I were you?

Had a dream of a new tomorrow. If you don't get it, then you don't get it. I took a step hoping you might follow. If you don't get it, then you don't get it. Take a chance for a minute. Jump in it. Imagine if you asked yourself for a minute:

What if I had your heart? What if you wore my scars? How would we break down? What if you were me and what if I were you?

What if you told my lies? What if I cried with your eyes? Could anyone keep us down? What if you were me? And what if I were you?

To the ones who make it better, find to get out, gotta touch the other side. What if all that it took to save our lives together was to wise up.

What if I had your heart? What if you wore my scars? How would we break down (break down)? And what if I were you?

What if I told your lies? What if you cried with my eyes? Could anyone keep us down? What if you were me? What if I were you?

What if your hand was my hand? Could you hold on or let go? What if your life was my life? Can you love what we don't know?

What if your hand was my hand? Could we hold on or let go? What if your life was my life? And what if I were you?

 

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Sometimes I find a song and listen to it on repeat for about 10 or 20 times. The lyrics make me shiver a little and get goosebumps. When I find songs like that, I want to share them here with you.
This is one of those songs. What If by Five for Fighting.
If you'd like to listen, check it out here.