Team Human: Can the Revolution Start Already?

Our technologies, markets, and cultural institutions — once forces for human connection and expression — now isolate and repress us. It’s time to remake society together, not as individual players but as the team we actually are: Team Human. Autonomous technologies, runaway markets, and weaponized media have overturned civil society, paralyzing our ability to connect […]

7 Key Trends For 2020 That Will Bring Authenticity to Your Leadership

Deloitte recently published their inaugural 2020 Global Marketing Trends Report that identifies 7 key trends to help C-suite leaders place humans at the center of their work, and how to become a more authentic leader. Constant technological change and increasing reliance on digital can leave people wanting for human connection. These 7 trends can help […]

5 Amazing Social Enterprise Ideas of 2019

Each year, the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship recognize organizations that disrupt the status quo and drive sustainable large-scale change. “These brave entrepreneurs are on the frontlines of solving the world’s most pressing problems,” says Skoll. “Each social entrepreneur may have a distinct approach, but they all share a relentless pursuit of impact and the […]

3 Lies About Plastic That Make the Problem Worse (And What You Can do About it Now)

When plastic was invented in 1907 the world didn’t quite understand the environmental impact. Fast-forward more than a century and the substance has accumulated dramatically in our landfills, and more alarmingly, in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Here, scientists estimate that 80,000 tons of floating plastic debris converge, three times the size of France — […]

From Sparta to Chicago: How a Legacy of Values Built a $25 Billion Company

When then 76-year-old John Calamos decided it was time to hand over the reins of his multi-billion dollar investment company to the next generation, he chose someone who shared his immigrant roots — another American with immigrant roots. The son of Greek nationals, Calamos, a first-generation US citizen, was searching for someone to help steer […]

10 Immigrants That Helped Change the World

There are many reasons why immigrants can make great entrepreneurs. They are amazed by the quality of education and infrastructure of their new country and are struck by the lack of awareness and initiative from locals, who don’t always realize how much opportunity exists around them. Secondly, They can deal with adversity. All entrepreneurs experience […]

Where’s The Opportunity? Ask an Immigrant

Rick Perez was eight years old when he arrived in the United States from Mexico, brought north by parents who believed in the promise of the American Dream. Beyond their hopes and prayers for his future, they also believed firmly that learning to speak English would mean  success. At first, he knew some basic English words […]

15 Productivity Lessons From Successful Founders (and How to Apply Them)

Productivity is just one element of a successful career, but without it you’ll get nowhere. From Steve Jobs to Shan-Lyn Ma, the biggest-hitting business founders didn’t just start with a big idea – they knew how to work to make it happen.  The greatest ideas in the world can be jeopardized by a dip in […]

Ice Cream, Horses and Leadership? Yes, There is a Link

Lisa Arie’s epiphany came while walking down a New York street in 1997. The successful advertising executive had been diagnosed with a terminal disease, and she realized with a shock that although she’d been aspiring her whole life toward society’s standard of success, she was missing out what it meant to be alive. Suddenly, what […]