What came next was even more challenging as she realized her passion and purpose for the business she had created and loved deeply had also burnout, triggering a terrifying episode of anxiety followed by depression.Īs part of her own self-care and alongside a medical recovery plan Michelle gave herself permission to play with the idea ‘if I did it all over again what would I do?”. She hit a wall immediately as she found it impossible to follow the rule of ‘do something you love’ as she had depression: “I’m not passionate about anything apart from sitting in my beautiful PJs you bought me for Christmas” she’d wail to her husband Remi Rough, an artist. In December 2016, 16 years into her entrepreneurial journey, having spent the year leading the Livity the youth led network she founded in 2001 through a successful £1.5million social investment round, she burnt out suddenly and violently, physically and mentally. Michelle Morgan is an award winning founder of 5 purpose led businesses, winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award, the Queens Award for Innovation, Lloyds Business awards and most recently invited to join the Society of Leadership Fellows at Windsor Castle. Dr Vaqar Ahmed from Pakistan is an expert in economic reform and the role social enterprises are playing within it Olivia Sibony is a former foodtech entrepreneur entrepreneur now running an angel investment platform that is building an infrastructure to support and connect impactful entrepreneurship.įeaturing: Jill Jackson (Big Issue Invest), Luke Fletcher (Bates Wells), Olivia Sibony (SeedTribe), Dr Vaqar Ahmed (Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan) + more
Among the panel are Jill Jackson of The Big Issue’s Big Exchange, which is building a new financial system that will give millions of excluded people access to basic financial services Luke Fletcher of Bates Wells, who is co-creating a new responsible business bill for the UK parliament aiming to squarely shift the focus of business onto impact. This high-energy debate will explore what’s happening and the role of social business and investment in building a new, more impactful economy. In the UK and globally people of all ages are gathering to call for change in the way we do business, how we are governed and the priorities we set around profit, people and planet. We are living in a time of protest and revolution.
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