“If we’re going to bring about this better, healthy economy, it’s going to take change from all of us—change from all angles and organizations.” —Tom Rippin, CEO of On Purpose

 

Tom Rippin is the CEO and Founder of On Purpose, a social enterprise that develops business leaders who are focused on building an economy that works for all. Working within the private, public, and non-profit sectors, Tom has spent his career exploring how organizations can solve the world’s biggest problems together.

 

Tom has worked as CEO at Comic Relief, a UK-based charity, and ran international operations for (RED), the nonprofit founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. Before transitioning into social enterprise, Tom received his Ph.D. in cancer research and worked for management consultants McKinsey & Company with private, public, and non-profit sector clients. 

 

In this episode of Leading with Genuine Care, you’ll learn:

• How On Purpose promotes purpose-driven businesses 
• Why Tom was inspired to build On Purpose
• About the intersection between business and values 
• How On Purpose supports positive leadership
• Why it’s essential to focus on purpose over profit
• About fascinating projects designed at On Purpose
• Why Tom moved from cancer research into his current career path
• Who participates in the On Purpose Associate program
• What Systems Thinking is
• How using System Thinking builds better businesses
• How organizations can integrate values into their strategy
• If investors are taking part in social enterprises
• How companies, like Patagonia, use values-based thinking 
• What questions all positive leaders should ask themselves
• And so much more!

 

Connect with On Purpose and Tom Rippin

Website

onpurpose.org

Twittertwitter.com/OnPurposeUK

Facebook

www.facebook.com/onpurposeuk

LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/tomrippin

 

More About Tom Rippin

As well as running On Purpose, Tom is a Trustee of Global Action Plan, which connects what’s good for you with what’s good for the planet. He was the first Chair of Tempo Time Credits, probably the world’s biggest time-based complementary currency, and has been an Advisory Board Member of Big Society Capital, the world’s first social investment wholesaler.

 

Tom was born and grew up in Zurich, Switzerland, which helped instill in him a love of mountains. He escapes, whenever possible, to the English Lake District or the Swiss Alps. Since his early years, Tom has sung in choirs and still regularly sings in a London-based chamber choir. (He has rapidly discovered that online rehearsals are far less fun than the real thing!)

 

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