Towards Liberation: Building a Business Based on Your Values with Jeffrey Shiau

<p dir="ltr">While many business owners want to do business differently, there is no one-size-fits-all checklist for building a business that supports collective liberation.</p> <p dir="ltr">But there is plenty of shame, guilt, and expectation around how to do business. Yet shame and guilt can actually stifle our growth and perfection is neither a reasonable goal nor expectation.</p> <p dir="ltr">Jeffrey Shiau joins Erica for a conversation about building a liberatory business, what it means to honor your capacity and the humanity of your team, and why we need to reclaim pleasure and care as we work toward liberation.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>In this discussion:</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">How small business owners’ identity and values are impacted by white supremacist, patriarchal culture</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why we have to let go of shame and expectations of perfection for ourselves and others</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">What it means to honor your capacity and the capacity of your team</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why we need to re-humanize our business relationships</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Connect with Jeffrey Shiau:</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.unconventionalagency.com/">Unconventional Agency</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/unconventionalagency/">@UnconventionalAgency</a></p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Read <a href= "https://bookshop.org/p/books/emergent-strategy-shaping-change-changing-worlds-adrienne-maree-brown/10730965?ean=9781849352604"> Emergent Strategy</a>, by adrienne maree brown</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><st