Goodluck Jonathan, the President of Nigeria, stood on the dais in front of a hundred or so of the most influential people in Africa. “Oil is old news—agriculture should b...
Category: Impact & Innovation
This week, the International Finance Corporation convened its 7th Annual Sustainability Summit. The topic: Dealing With Uncertainty. Though companies are clearly making s...
The linoleum floor is cold underneath my bare feet. I must admit, though, it’s a welcome refreshment from the hot Thai air that hangs heavily outside. I peer down at my f...
Subhadra Devi Timilsena can barely write her name, but she has given her entire community the opportunity to become literate, obtain livelihood skills, access the Interne...
Early this year, an Economist briefing heralded the end of innovation. The rate of innovation, it claimed, is either woefully slow compared to the early and mid-20th cent...
Find Your Tribe: Author and entrepreneur Seth Godin challenges us to find those like-minded people across the room, hall, campus, city, and globe who see the world throug...
Eeewwww. I would be lying if I were to pretend that was not my first thought as the team from McGill University presented their solution to the Hult Prize case cha...
A growing number of corporations tout the billions of hours employees spend volunteering, and some have even made concerted efforts to engage in skills-based pro bono vol...
The world’s largest companies are often quick to disclose the number of hours that their employees volunteer as part of their annual corporate social responsibility...
Last week I had the opportunity to attend an event at CSIS: Advancing Local Content: Harnessing Business Investment for High Impact Development. The forum was organized t...