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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...

April ’15 Associates Riya Pabari and Andy Smith made it to Paris last Friday!! Riya tells us the story of their three-day adventure.

In the latest On Purpose blog, Henna Butt (January 2012 On Purpose Fellow) discusses the underrepresentation of marginalised voices in UK media today. Henna is the editor for Media Diversified (mediadiversified.org), a non-profit organisation that…

Having read Agustina’s insightful blog shortly after I completed mine, I wondered whether I should still go ahead and publish my take on the experience with Crisis over Christmas. After some deliberation, I concluded that perhaps it…

Many social enterprises struggle to balance social and commercial objectives. For some, ‘business as usual’ is even more difficult, as On Purpose Associate Katherine Hewetson explains.

One of the great things about On Purpose the exposure we get to different organisations. My first placement is with O2, a very, very big company with a surprisingly flexible approach to how we work. O2 has raised and changed my understanding and...

The ambition of On Purpose is necessarily grand: to train leaders who can forge a different sort of economy, an economy that integrates social and environmental concerns with financial sustainability. This is all well and good conceptually, but...

The learning and education sector is changing dramatically which means its future and development is up for grabs. Chris Blues (Associate October’14) shares some of his insights working at FutureLearn, a tech start-up aiming to shape the future...

Today’s challenges mean we’re always looking out for the ‘next big thing’, the newest solution. Associate Rachael Ibbott (October 2014), however, argues for a more historical perspective of our work.