J. Friday
Hi, I'm Friday! I believe with the principles of community wealth, we can build better lives, better relationships, and wellbeing economies that create a world that works for everyone.Sharing how we can build wealth for ourselves, our communities, and our planet through repeatable and scalable processes and the power of stories is my happy place. I write about how to leverage this on my Substack.
Follow The Saving the World Strategy Guide on Substack to follow how the #BelieveDifferent movement for creating wellbeing economies for ourselves is developing -- or better yet, to join in over at the Connection Engine Discord / Mailing List.This is the highest leverage action we can take to change a status quo that doesn't work for us, our communities, or our planet. We are aligning people to focus their energy on the practical steps to creating economies that work for everyone. People have been working on this for decades -- and it works!We just need more people to know it's happening and learn the skills to help.For stories of how people are making this happen, check out some recent highlights on The Peoples Agency landing page, recent stories from Antidote Live, and news from the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. And to get involved and get in touch with resources, please join in at the Connection Engine.
Leverage points
Are you changing the system? From activism to social entrepreneurship, here's what you should know about leverage points.The world is one big system, and every day we are voting with our time, our money, and the community we contribute to for the world be believe is possible. Are your actions as leveraged as possible?Follow the series on my Substack. Or see my pinned Tiktok for a video explanation.
Speaking & PODCASTS
I speak about the transformative power of community wealth and wellbeing economies, sharing stories of how a new world that works for everyone is already being created by people just like you and me, and how we can leverage our actions and learn to help each other level up our lives while helping with the movement that's already happening.Please reach out about sharing these vital stories and strategies with your audience. I'd love to be on your podcast or show and share this happy news with more people!
About
Hi. I'm Jess. Or J. Or Friday! Any of those work.You could say I'm your "Girl Friday" because I've spent a lifetime becoming a generalist. I've gotten a little bit good at a lot of things, just enough to put all I've learned together and realise why the systems we have in place don't work and how we can each take part in building better ones with principles that give us agency over our lives and our communities.I believe that by combining business with community again we can all take part in saving the world as we save each other, and I'm on a mission to use leverage points in systems theory and the power of community to make it happen.Aside from that "unambitious" goal, I have an unreasonable amount of love for Liverpool, Wetherspoons, Jelly Belly, and my people. Which includes you if we ever work -- or play -- together, so reach out and let's connect!
SKILLS
Skills I can offer:
Speaking & Thought Leadership on:
Community Wealth
Systems Theory Implementation
Leverage points for activists
Networking & referrals
Business development support
Projects
Projects I support or founded:
Villej (Prelaunch Startup)
HOW I CAN HELP
I speak about community wealth, the strategy that blends purpose, people, and planet into actions you can take to level up your life and your community while, as a byproduct, creating collective action that solves most of the global problems that challenge us today.This is my passion, and I'm always here to talk about how it can help you and your community. Invite me to your podcast or to come speak on stage and share these transformative techniques.
What is Community Wealth?
A movement is growing.A desire for community, for mental wellness and fulfilling work, for systems that enrich our economies or our ecosystems rather than damage them.Community wealth is a collection of strategies to solve these local and global problems with practical principles that can be summed up in a single sentence:Help Create Wealth Together with Purpose.
Each of those words stand for tactics that create systems for building lives we love while also co-creating a world that works for everyone.These are principles we can act on now, whether we're helping a friend who's struggling, making communities, or building a global platform cooperative that assists in scaling fairer, regenerative economies that are work for people and planet.
"I can't do great things.
But I can do small things.
And if we all do small things,
then together we can do a great thing"
Reece, G'Wed
The major building blocks of community wealth are Community Businesses and Community Brands, sometimes called Social Enterprises.These are companies that are a hybrid between a charity and a for-profit business, a model that holds the company accountable to its communities, and keeps wealth from flowing out of our economies.For more on how it works, check out this article by Power to Change.
These are just the systems. The real wealth is found in the people who create them.Building community wealth is about making each others lives better while creating a better world. We each vote daily with our money and our time -- actions that have far more impact than what we do at a ballot box.When we become community wealth minded, all those actions add up to create meaningful lives and more time with our loved ones. Collectively when many of us create these systems in our lives and communities, we make it easier for others to jump in and be a part of it, and then the world transforms as if on its own.As Reece from G'Wed said, "I can't do great things, but I can do small things. And if we all do small things, together we can do a great thing."Saving the world isn't about one plan or one solution. It's about us all taking the power back to save our worlds, to save each other and our communities.In the end, those are the connections that save us all.
We are creating a cultural revolution, shifting people's understanding of what business can be, moving from for-profit to for-purpose. And we are building platforms that make it easier to start and transition to community business and to help one another freely at scale.Some of these platforms are just starting out. Others like HelpBnk and Simbi are reaching massive communities. All sorts of innovative and creative ideas are sprouting up, as is the case with Freewater.io. And many local and national organisations are here to help make this happen, like Kindred in Liverpool, Power to Change for all of the UK, and The Peoples Agency, that finding the help that works for you, wherever you are and whatever you want to do in the world.Community wealth is the future.Sign up for the mailing list here and get news, get help when it's available in your area, or get involved with building a better life for you and a better world for us all.
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Contact
How can I help you? To set up a consult, request to speak about community wealth, or anything else, reach out below.
DONATE OR HIRE ME
I am a generalist and offer consulting. For UK / US dreamers who want to start a business, I can validate your idea and save you months or years of learning what you don't know. Reach out at [email protected], tell me about what you're doing and I can quickly validate and let you know if we should jump on a call.If you can support the cause so I can keep my full attention focused on creating flywheels to make humanity's dreams happen at scale instead of just survival, these are links to donate, from best/fastest to... well, those last few take like a week to go through.Thank you for helping however you can!Bank Transfer:Sort Code: 23-14-70Acct: 30447665Wise: @jessicaf1696Cashapp: $JessFriday9Paypal: [email protected]Venmo: @Jess_FridayBecome a Substack paid subscriber: https://substack.com/@realjfridayKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/realjfridayGofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/help-j-fridays-inspire-the-world-with-community-wealth
THE CONNECTION ENGINE
Cocreating a Community Wealth Cultural & Economic Movement
(Or rather, catalysing the one that is already there with the untapped potential of millions of people wanting to start businesses to escape the system)
Connection engine: Instead of us all having our separate funnels and communities, working separately, everyone funnels to the same onboarding system, which then connects people to communities to cocreate community wealth with. As a byproduct, it's a relationship builder and melting pot of people from vastly different backgrounds. We all just help each other find the places where we do belong, putting energy into the practical steps of community wealth that reshape our lives, our communities -- and the world.Watch the video and check out he Miro below. Currently need help just putting the low-tech systems and workflows in place, and then networking, networking, networking -- with a more polished version of what I've gone over. If interested in helping bring this to life or if you know anyone who would be, please reach out at [email protected] or join The Peoples Agency Discord.