MAKING GOOD !

Ways To Do Good In Any Job ! Ways To Find Meaning In The Most Unlikely Of Places !

Sometimes you may be stuck in a job that you don’t like, where you feel like you don’t have any control. That’s okay, you don’t have to be a high-powered executive to do some good. In fact, you may be the only person that can. There are a few simple ways by which we can shift the way our employer does business--for the better.  

1. Change the way your company buys stuff: Companies purchase an enormous amount of things: paper, toner, office furniture. And today there are products in almost all categories that are better for the world than your standard run-of-the-mill, made in China product. Start with something simple like paper, see if you can find your company a better alternative, and then continue, one purchasing decision at a time. Today a good product doesn’t necessarily mean it’s more expensive. By slowly moving your company toward supporting the emerging world of products doing good, who knows where it could end up?
2. Social Innovation: Try to innovate something by understand your audience and the problem you’re trying to solve for them. 
3. Rethink & Re purpose: Every industry is filled with small design flaws that produce extra waste, that are unnecessary, and that drain energy, time, and resources. You are the only one that knows what these are for your company. Notice something that needs changing, Rethink the potential of this waste and re purpose it for good all while making it more efficient. 
4. Involve yourself: Every industry has a language and a way of thinking. You know it by just by being involved. You can be a translator. Reach out to a community group that is working to change something in your industry and present yourself as a translator willing to help them. Give them advice on framing their issue, on describing it in a way that will be heard, and on understanding where the other side is coming from. 
5. Ask questions: It could be as simple as asking a supplier about their labor practices or asking a partner what they are doing to be more environmentally friendly. Ask the question and watch them scramble to find an answer and keep your business. Just making it clear that it is something your company cares about can spur them to try to justify themselves and do some good..