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Terra Plana uses innovative approaches to create “sustainable” shoes. Creating sustainability in manufacturing is often thought of as minimizing the “footprint” of production (if you have an aversion to cheap puns you should probably stop...

I was pleasantly surprised at the excellent OxfordJam gathering last month to see the interest amongst social enterprises of all shapes and sizes in a familiar topic — branding and marketing. Having spent the last few years at…

Back in June, the April 2014 cohort had weekly training in the form of a creative team-building session with Jon Khoo, an On Purpose fellow and currently working with the Co-Innovation team at Interface. During this…

OnP was delighted to get advance warning of RE.WORK — a one-day event that brings together entrepreneurship, science and technology to re-work the future and tackle some of the world’s greatest challenges.

Now a staple of the On Purpose blog, the People On Purpose series has been running nearly as long as the organisation. It’s yet to achieve the cult status of Desert Island Discs, but the format of seven simple questions is our nod to the ultimate...

“Time management is dead… long live attention management”

Now a staple of the On Purpose blog, the People On Purpose series has been running nearly as long as the organisation. It’s yet to achieve the cult status of Desert Island Discs, but the format of seven simple questions is our nod to the ultimate...

During my time at On Purpose I’ve found myself being part of the Innovation team at two very different organisations. The first one, a $1bn publicly-listed carpet tile manufacturer with a strong sustainability mission, Interface, focusing its…