The IdeaHive Facilitates Innovative Thinking Workshop for Urban Solutions SF
Hive Members Guide a Session to Help Small Businesses Think into the Future
San Francisco, September 23, 2008—The IdeaHive, a group affiliated with the GreenMBA program at Dominican University of California, conducted a workshop on Sustainable Innovation for Small Business on August 20 at the Bayanihan Community Center in San Francisco. The workshop was presented by Urban Solutions SF, a nonprofit that fosters the well-being of disadvantaged communities by helping to increase neighborhood commercial vitality, strengthen small businesses, create jobs and encourage diversity. Some two dozen small business owners and others participated in the afternoon session, which was designed to introduce the challenges and opportunities of conducting a sustainable business in San Francisco today and into the future.
The workshop began with a brief presentation on definitions of sustainability and the current state of the environmental challenges facing the Bay Area and how they might affect small businesses. Participants then did a visioning exercise, mentally placing their business five years into the future. Small groups of attendees shared the story of their business in the future and created opportunity statements encompassing their vision and how their business might adapt.
The Idea Hive was founded by a group of individuals within the Green MBA program at Dominican University of California, who share a common purpose: to transform business practices to reflect triple top line thinking - people, profit, planet.
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Contact: Nancy Roberts, nancy@theideahive.com; 415-342-8405