Creating Global Well-being Through The Economy
Robert Rubinstein is the CEO of the TBLI Group, dedicated to raising awareness and educating financial professionals on the benefits and opportunities of sustainable investing. We asked him how it started and where he’s going. How would you describe your venture? TBLI is a pioneer of sustainable investing with a proven track record. TBLI GROUP moves private capital towards […]
The Oprah Effect
Born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage, single mother, Oprah Winfrey went on to become the first black woman billionaire in history. Arguably the world’s most powerful woman, she has overcome her adversities to become a benefactor to others. Now she’s producing movies. In August this year The Hundred-Foot Journey produced by Steven […]
The Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation
We live at a time of remarkable transformation. The linear throwaway economy of today—where we extract resources, process them, use them barely once, and trash them immediately as we would a cheap plastic fork—is coming to an end. We are, simply put, running out of things to mine and places to trash. And the market […]
Why a Circular Economy is Critical Now
Forget red and blue oceans, it’s the overfished ocean that should be calling your strategy shots. Ask any experienced manager or aspiring MBA student around the world for their favorite subject in the field of business, and the answer will strike you with overwhelming consistency. Strategy! At the time when shaking economies are struggling to […]
Why 2015 Will See Global Development Leaders Support African Impact
There are interesting developments underway in Africa. The vast continent repeatedly made news in 2014 for being home to seven of the world’s fastest growing economies, and drew interest for having a large part of its growth driven by the Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) sector. This latter tidbit is crucial. It signals a move […]
The X-Man
Peter Diamandis has a dream: to open up Earth’s final frontier to private enterprise. This is the story of how one man kick-started a disruptive new era of space exploration. In February 2012, Peter Diamandis took the stage at TED to talk about the subject that informs his new co-authored book, Abundance: The Future is […]
Rainbows and Failures: Value Your Mistakes
Imagine a world in which failure was not a terrible event. A place in which mistakes were valued, obstacles were short-lived barriers and questions were endless. Perhaps an environment where we had nine lives, like a cat. This place is where we would explore and learn from our experiences. It would be a world in […]
7 Things I Learned in Tibet
Debbie and I just returned from almost 3 weeks in Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan. Yes, we saw Mount Everest (from a small plane… no more mountain climbing for me). But the most enriching part of the trip was spending every day with a guide who happened to be either a devout Buddhist or Hindu. This allowed […]
How To Reinvent Yourself And Change Your Life
Guy Spier started his finance career with the right pedigree, from Oxford to Harvard Business School. But when he took a job at what he soon discovered was an ethically challenged Wall Street firm (a number of its top leaders later pleaded guilty to fraud charges), he was ashamed. Spier didn’t participate in the malfeasance, but he felt embarrassed and […]
Berkshire Beyond Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway, the $300 billion conglomerate that Warren Buffett built, is among the world’s largest and most famous corporations. Yet, for all its power and celebrity, few people understand Berkshire, and many assume it cannot survive without Buffett. A new book by Lawrence Cunningham, Berkshire Beyond Buffett, proves them wrong. www.berkshirebeyondbuffett.com. In a comprehensive portrait of the […]
