The past two days were extremely productive in making progress towards the final deliverable for the honey social enterprise. I did a full assessment of the existing and proposed reports as well as conceptualized a few others. Sitting with the Finance Director helped me put all the pieces together - i.e. field data, sales, production, distribution - and determine what would be valuable to report to the management team.
Last year, the social enterprise brought in a consultant to propose a full management dashboard deck but to various limitations, it has not been fully implemented. And so here I am, to implement, train, document and create process flows.
Made a list of to-dos, its about 25 items long and I hope to work through them this weekend. I'm currently on #3. Seven days in, seven more to go, though only 2 more with this org. It's crunch time. Wish me luck!
But before that, going to slip away to Nairobi National Park tomorrow from 6-10 am to take my chance at spotting some animals. Hoping for a lion!
BTW just realized that the term "social enterprise" may not be widely known so a little definition might be of use. Essentially its a business that is working towards solving a social need (i.e. adding income to beekeepers/farmers to raise their poverty level) or the fancy wiki version
"A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather than maximizing profits for external shareholders. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit, and may take the form of a co-operative, mutual organization, a disregarded entity,[1] a social business, or a charity organization.[2]"
Last year, the social enterprise brought in a consultant to propose a full management dashboard deck but to various limitations, it has not been fully implemented. And so here I am, to implement, train, document and create process flows.
Made a list of to-dos, its about 25 items long and I hope to work through them this weekend. I'm currently on #3. Seven days in, seven more to go, though only 2 more with this org. It's crunch time. Wish me luck!
But before that, going to slip away to Nairobi National Park tomorrow from 6-10 am to take my chance at spotting some animals. Hoping for a lion!
BTW just realized that the term "social enterprise" may not be widely known so a little definition might be of use. Essentially its a business that is working towards solving a social need (i.e. adding income to beekeepers/farmers to raise their poverty level) or the fancy wiki version
"A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather than maximizing profits for external shareholders. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit, and may take the form of a co-operative, mutual organization, a disregarded entity,[1] a social business, or a charity organization.[2]"
Good luck!!! They're lucky to have you there helping out, I know you'll rock that to-do list. And I hope you get to see some animals!
ReplyDeleteVery proud of you emlu! Good luck with your "to-do's"
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