Missions to Movements Making Good Cool with Afdhel Aziz
I read Good is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn by Afdhel Aziz five years ago. And let me tell ya - reading his book lit a FIRE inside of me to work for purpose-driven organizations full-time.
Afdhel joins us on today’s show to talk about how more and more people are looking for purpose in their work – and how more and more companies are adding meaning to their missions. In fact, purpose-driven consumers will even pay a 35% price premium on a product, “voting” with their wallets AND their values. You’ll hear how to win over these conscious consumers.
Afdhel is an absolutely amazing teacher, author, and speaker, and his wisdom is extremely applicable, (especially about stories), which he says is a nonprofit’s “greatest currency” to get people to care!
In This Episode:
- How Afdhel’s 20-year career in brand management was shaken during a trip back home to Sri Lanka for his brother’s wedding (the country was hit by the 2004 tsunami!)
- Winning over conscious consumers who want to buy from brands who care about big issues – and why this can be the lynchpin in them choosing YOU over someone else
- Why stories are the greatest asset you have as a nonprofit – plus, the different layers of purpose according to Afdhel (brand purpose, corporate purpose and individual purpose)
- What brands have learned from nonprofits, and what nonprofits need to learn from successful brands
- How to attain employees who want meaning and purpose in their work (and how companies are painting a bigger picture when attracting talent)
- Why nonprofits and brands need to stop hating on each other and instead, learn together to help solve the world’s problems
Resources & Links
Check out Afdhel’s podcast, Good is the New Cool (and his favorite “fun” podcast, The Rewatchables) and his books, Good is the New Cool: Market Like You Give a Damn and
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