How to Build Powerful Organizations
Powerful organizations drive sustainable growth – healthy growth that lasts. But how does an organization become powerful, and what does power really mean? We love to list and rank the powerful. My friend Stefan Swanepoel just released a list of the 200 most powerful people in U.S. real estate. Other lists include the world’s most […]
Real Leaders Helps Set Guinness World Record
Real Leaders recently became part of record-breaking history when a new Guinness World Record title was set for the most people using virtual reality displays at a conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mark Van Ness, founder of Real Leaders was in the audience of 1,867 members of The Young President’s Organization (YPO) at the […]
Building an Anti-poverty Hub of Hope
“Very often, a lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty, but a symptom,” said President Lyndon Johnson in 1965, one year after declaring a war on poverty. “The cause may lie deeper, in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own capacities, in a lack […]
Bentley Debuts First Electric Luxury Car
Bentley Motors has unveiled the future of electric luxury with the EXP 12 Speed 6e at the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show. The concept showcases Bentley’s approach to a zero-emission, electric future as well as the seamless integration of state-of-the-art on board technology in a truly luxurious, authentic way. All-electric Bentley vehicles in the future will […]
Red Bull Launches Social Entrepreneur Program in US
While Red Bull may not be a brand people immediately associate with social impact, the Red Bull Amaphiko project has started to change all that. And Baltimore’s emergence as a leading social impact city in the U.S. is a big part of the story. Red Bull Amaphiko, a global program that supports social entrepreneurs, is coming […]
The Man Who Mapped Dakota’s Pipeline Like a Jigsaw
Nitin Gadia, a young techie from Ames, Iowa, realised that despite the global controversy, nobody had properly mapped the 1,172 mile-long pathway of the Dakota pipeline despite it crossing four American states. So, with the help of colleagues in Kenya and the Phillipines, he decided to create one himself. Now it’s available on mobile.
Disrupting The Disruptors: The End of The Sharing Economy?
Singapore, a keen early adopter of the sharing economy, has fired a warning shot across the bow of Airbnb and Uber with tighter rules that could shake up their business models and growth ambitions in Asia. The rules, some say, are a sign that even governments sympathetic to companies that allow citizens to rent out their expertise or property have a hard time […]
India’s Solar Farm Overtakes California’s as World’s Largest
India has overtaken California and now has the largest solar farm in one location in the world. It was built in a record eight months, despite monsoons and floods. The vast 2,500 acre site in Tamil Nadu is the size of nearly 60 Taj Mahals, while the area of the solar panels alone could hold […]
Trump Presidency Pushing Business to Become Less Global, More Local
Business leaders in Davos, traditionally the high priests of globalization, are talking up the benefits of local production this week to shield themselves from criticism from incoming U.S. President Donald Trump. Elected on a jobs-focused “America First” platform, Trump has taken to Twitter to rebuke major companies like General Motors, Lockheed Martin and United Technologies, […]
Mindful Investors Founder: My Journey to Becoming an Impact Investor
An interview with Stuart Rudick, founder of Mindfull Investors. While Stuart Rudick (pictured below) has been an impact investor for about 25 years, the term “impact investing” was only coined less than a decade ago. The practice of investing for social and environmental return, as well as financial return, has evolved through various iterations, […]
