The Power of Invitation with Joy Anderson, Criterion Institute

Be & Think in the House of Trust

In this episode of “Be and Think in the House of Trust, I am listening to Joy Anderson, Founder and President of Criterion Institute, the leading think-tank, using finance as a tool for social change.

Joy is a prominent leader at the intersection of business and social change. Named one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, Anderson played a significant role in building new fields, developing gender lens investing, partnering with faith-based ecosystems to transform their relationship with finance, and demonstrating new ways to shape markets to create good.

Joy and I talk about what it takes to develop a gender lens investing ecosystem, the power of invitation and hospitality, the dark side of power dynamics, our duty to address this, and how Joy’s values are a strong foundation and guidance for the work to be done.

Highlights of this episode

(2:10) What’s more important than hope?

(5:39) We weren’t addressing issues of power

(10:30) People who use imagination to create social change

(11:34) You don’t want to be stupid

(16:46) Relationships begin, not when we encounter but when we first invite.

(20:17) We don’t build investment funds that meet what the world needs!

(21:15) Let's fix the capital, not the companies…

Useful links

Criterion Institute Website: https://criterioninstitute.org/

Follow Joy Anderson on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/joy-anderson/

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