Ensure You Stay Ahead Of Your Own Organization
Leaders who fail to increase their sophistication as their company grows are in peril of being left behind. Many leaders have had that moment when they realize they are no longer leading the charge but are instead watching their business surge ahead of them. This is what YPO Member John Hillen and Mark D. Nevins, co-authors […]
Designing Corporate Impact: 4 Keys to Success for Autodesk Foundation
With an approach as new as impact investing, corporate leaders often have to blaze their own trails, sometimes with a few twists and turns. Take, for example Joe Speicher (pictured above). As a freshly-minted undergraduate, he headed to Wall Street with many of his brightest peers. But after what he describes as a “Eureka moment,” […]
5 Steps to Take The Global Goals to The Heart of Your Business
Alexandra Britton of positive impact consultancy Palladium says firms should focus on creating value in their core business if they want to make a meaningful contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. It’s inevitable. A few times a week, I come across new statistics supporting the fact that for companies to remain competitive, they must pay […]
Britain to Help Ethical Firms Win More Government Contracts
Britain has announced plans to give more business to firms that have a positive social impact, as it seeks to cement its status as a global leader in the growing sector, but experts said the strategy did not go far enough. The government said it wanted to work more closely with charities and social enterprises […]
How Tea Has Empowered Women Through The Ages
Here’s the story of how tea has played an instrumental role in the lives of women through the ages. It covers the powerhouse activists from the 1700s to the 1900s, who used it to mobilize support for women’s rights around the world; the untold story of women’s influence in tea commerce that shaped the sector […]
The Top 5 Hot Spots For Social Entrepreneurs
From pioneering programs in slum housing to mobile phone banking, Santiago and Nairobi are emerging hot spots for business leaders seeking to drive social change, according to a poll of experts on the best countries for social entrepreneurs. Berlin, London and Hong Kong were named as major hot spots for social entrepreneurs in the Thomson […]
Why Blockchain is Vitally Important to Women
Global investment titan J. Todd Morley (pictured above) on women and the blockchain imperative. I have completely upgraded our thinking to account for the effects – and to invest in businesses – which take advantage of the blockchain. Why? Because it’s Internet 3.0. If you like this, subscribe here for more stories that Inspire The Future. The […]
Finding Opportunity in a Changing World
As social entrepreneurs continue to push the boundaries of capitalism and seek solutions to the world’s largest problems, Tom Bird offers this advice: “Build your ‘stone, sponge, crispness’ skillset.” Bird elaborates on that skillset in the interview below, but it’s a repertoire that has served him well. From a career in technology to decades on […]
In Hunt For Clean Jet Fuel, South Africa Swaps Tobacco for Weeds
When a South African Airways Boeing 737 took off from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg two years ago, headed for Cape Town, it was powered by an unusual fuel: tobacco. South Africa hasn’t yet repeated the jet biofuel feat, but in an effort to cut its climate-changing emissions and promote greener power the country’s […]
5 Ways Brands Can Fight Fake News
There’s no escaping the ever-growing threat of the “fake news” label – for media, and potentially as a huge PR crisis for communicators. According to Cision’s State of the Media Report, journalists said that regaining trust amidst the rise of misinformation and fake news is one of the greatest challenges facing the media this year. […]
