Assess Readiness

The first step in planning for a social enterprise is determining if your organization is actually ready and capable of starting a social enterprise. This involves review of your organization’s vision, objectives, capacity, and capabilities. 

Questions an organization needs to ask itself include the following:

• Does social enterprise make sense for the organization? 
• Is the organization ready for social enterprise with respect to capacity and capabilities?
• If the organization is not currently ready and capable of taking on a social enterprise, what does the organization need to do in order to get ready?

 There are three types of readiness to assess:

• Basic organizational readiness
• Social enterprise readiness
• Business readiness