Program Topic: Impact Matters: Using Your Mission As Your Competitive Advantage
As a business community, we are facing a number of unprecedented global challenges that governments and non-profit organizations cannot address on their own. Consumers are looking to and expecting us to help close the gaps, which means we have to shift the way we do business.
It's no longer good enough to focus on profit alone; impact matters.
Together, we'll dive into:
1. The changing landscape of business and why purpose and profit can and do co-exist
2. How to leverage your mission as your competitive advantage
3. Practical ways you can incorporate social impact and environmental sustainability into your business today
Speaker: Jess Sato
Jess Sato envisions a world where women globally are free to use their unique skills, expertise, and voices to create opportunities for themselves and others. She strongly believes entrepreneurship is the way forward for women as they drive economic growth and promote social impact in their communities and beyond.
After a 10-year stint as a leadership development expert, owning three other successful businesses, and a life-changing assignment in Ethiopia, she created Jessica Sato Consulting, a transformational business that advises female founders as they actively seek to incorporate purpose and impact into their business strategy and leverage their mission as their competitive advantage.
Jessica serves as the Speaker Director for TEDx Franklin and a Speaker Coach for TEDx Breckenridge.
She lives in Colorado Springs with her college sweetheart and two teenagers.
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