J. Friday

Storyteller & Social Entrepreneur

I believe with the principles of community wealth, we can build better lives, better relationships, and 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. And I write about it on my Substack.

I am currently looking for cocreators of a connection engine that allows us changemakers (and everyone else!) to collaborate at scale. See my presentation on that here.

J. Friday sat in front of St. George's Hall in Liverpool
The Saving the World Strategy Guide Book Cover

COMING SOON

A guide for finding your community's own unique way to save the world and level up your lives, how to gamify the process, and real strategies for everyone where every action brings us closer to balance, connection, and a global win-win for humanity.A book, a living online document, a game, and a speech:How we save the world by saving each other.The adventure begins soon.(But you can get a bit of a sneak preview on my Substack.)

Woman leaning up against an elaborate mural painted on a brick wall in Liverpool

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 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!

AFFILIATIONS

Organisations I support:

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:

Woman leaning up against an elaborate mural painted on a brick wall in Liverpool
Woman leaning up against an elaborate mural painted on a brick wall in Liverpool

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.

J. Friday sat in front of St. George's Hall in Liverpool

"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.

Thank you

Great to hear from you! I'll be in touch soon. You can also reach out to me on the socials here: