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Ben Metz

Ben Metz is a psychoanalytic organisational consultant and a serial social entrepreneur.

Ben works with, and creates environments for, leaders and their organisations so they may do good better. Ben also conceives of, incubates, launches and scales his own initiatives. Through his consulting work he assists people to improve their understanding of organisational dynamics in order to effect change and instigate new behaviours and innovations.

Ben is currently leading the delivery of the Artha Venture Challenge, an investment competition for social ventures in India. He was the Creative Director for SOCAP, the San Francisco based international impact investing conference series during 2012. He led the R&D efforts of ImpactAssets, (the US's only 100% impact investment focused donor advised fund) to replicate in the UK and Europe. He established the Ashoka office in the UK and founded the London Community Recycling Network, through which he launched a dozen social enterprises.

Ben recently co-founded Shared Assets, a new organisation championing social enterprise delivery of urban and rural regeneration through the management of environmental assets. Ben undertakes numerous advisory and mentoring roles with individuals and organisations and lives peripatetically out of London and other locations with the potential for excellent culinary adventures.

More about Ben can be found at www.benmetz.org.

My Latest Stories

Psychology and business

How your upbringing could be holding back your social business

You probably don't think you're childish at work, but depending on your relationship with your parents, you could be projecting anxiety, running from innovation and taking your social business with you

7th April 2014

Don't panic sign and man fleeing

Why fear is good for social entrepreneurs

In the psychology of an organistation, anxiety and fear of the unknown isn't always unhealthy. Ben Metz explains why.

12th October 2013

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Using the dark side to create organisational change

Anxiety and disinformation might sound like tools of the darkside, but they're essential for organisational change. Ben Metz explains why.

29th July 2013

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A passion for inefficiency

Social investors are driven by results, outcomes and impact. But is the focus stifling creativity and undermining social ventures? Ben Metz makes the case.

24th January 2013

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Are we hardwired to make impact investing impossible?

Our brains are not programmed to do good at the same time as pursuing monetary reward, suggests Pioneers Post columnist Ben Metz

26th November 2012