From ”Creating Good Work—The World’s Leading Social Entrepreneurs Show How to Build A Healthy Economy,” by Ron Schultz: If social entrepreneurs are in the business of creating deliberate disruptive design to solve pressing social issues, it is imperative to understand why the changes they seek to bring about succeed and... Continue reading

In conversation with James Bridle, about his new book, Who Owns The Future Jaron Lanier is a technology inventor and philosopher who has been dubbed the prophet of the digital age. He coined the phrases 'Virtual Reality' and 'digital Maoism'. His last book, You Are Not A Gadget, was a... Continue reading

The author of maybe the best novel of the past 20 years and maybe the best essay collection of the past 20 years also gave maybe the best commencement speech of the past 20 years, his Kenyon College commencement from 2005, recently revived in the below video. It's rightfully reignited... Continue reading

Imagine this: You’re in a developing nation with little access to electricity. In fact, you don’t have access to a grid, or enough electricity to keep a refrigerator and a light on and water filtered in your home. Or, if you have a generator, you can barely afford to pay... Continue reading

MISSION Through innovative educational experiences that awaken the best in the human spirit, Omega provides hope and healing for individuals and society. VALUES Accountability – We expect each of us to do what we say we will do, to meet commitments, and be dependable and responsible. Holism – We honor... Continue reading

Sustainability From zero waste manufacturing to sustainable packaging, Bhakti Chai incorporates conscious practices into every aspect of its business. Some of the most significant ways we prove our commitment to sustainability include…. Non-GMO Project Verified Bhakti Chai, in our commitment to sourcing sustainable, all-natural products from regional farmers, has received... Continue reading

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau Continue reading

Like it or not, knowing how to make use of online tools without being overloaded with too much information is an essential ingredient to personal success in the twenty-first century. But how can we use digital media so that they make us empowered participants rather than passive receivers, grounded, well-rounded... Continue reading

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds. Gladwell.com Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you... Continue reading

...Is Changing Everything (Article from Business Insider) Excerpt: Are business and philanthropy joining forces earlier than before because technology is trumpeting socially conscious causes into people's consciousness at a younger age? Or have the sins of Wall Street in recent years forced business to take on a more altruistic hue... Continue reading

An Inside Look at Philanthropists' Journeys Video and List of Interviewees at: www.givesmart.org Conversations with Remarkable Givers: An Inside Look at Philanthropists' Journeys Initiated and led by Bridgespan’s philanthropy experts, Conversations with Remarkable Givers is an unprecedented collection of more than 1,000 short video clips, drawn from more than 50... Continue reading

Online Markets... Networked markets are beginning to self-organize faster than the companies that have traditionally served them. Thanks to the web, markets are becoming better informed, smarter, and more demanding of qualities missing from most business organizations. ...People of Earth The sky is open to the stars. Clouds roll over... Continue reading

Acutely aware of our beings’ limitations and acknowledging the infinite mystery of the a priori Universe into which we are born but nevertheless searching for a conscious means of hopefully competent participation by humanity in its own evolutionary trending while employing only the unique advantages inhering exclusively to those individuals... Continue reading

“In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.” “We should do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living. It is a fact today... Continue reading

We are a social enterprise that makes people more effective, organizations more responsible and work more joyful. We do this by turning Peter Drucker's ideas and ideals into tools that are both practical and inspiring. We do this because society is only as strong as the organizations within it. www.druckerinstitute.com Continue reading

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Film producer Jeff Skoll (An Inconvenient Truth) talks about his film company, Participant Productions, and the people who've inspired him to do good. Continue reading

In "Dare to Imagine," the film from the Forum’s Opening Plenary, a theoretical physicist, a publisher, a neuroscientist, a technologist, a social financier, and a young science prodigy speculate on the next 50 years ahead. All agree on one thing – that the old, incremental way of tackling problems won’t... Continue reading

At the 10th anniversary of the Skoll World Forum, looking at the way forward for changing the world. The 10th Annual Skoll World Forum, which brought together several hundred of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs to Oxford, has just wrapped for another year. The Forum serves as a useful barometer... Continue reading

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Having been rocked by one damaging revelation of misbehavior after another, Wall Street is in a state of crisis. Investors are disgusted by the misdeeds of a few and suspicious of the industry at large. Every firm finds its integrity open to question. Regulators are up in arms. And the... Continue reading

The Purpose Institute helps leaders and organizations discover, articulate and align all stakeholders around a genuine and authentic purpose at the heart of the entity. What is a purpose? Simply put, it’s a definitive statement about the difference that you are trying to make in the world. If you have... Continue reading

Business Ethics is an online magazine with a strong heritage in the fields of ethics, governance, corporate responsibility and socially responsible investing. www.business-ethics.com Now available only on the web, Business Ethics was launched in 1987 and published for 20 years as a quarterly print magazine. The mission of Business Ethics... Continue reading

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Garr Reynolds is the best-selling author of Presentation Zen, Presentation Zen Design, and The Naked Presenter, and a leading authority on presentation design and delivery. A sought-after speaker and consultant, his clients include many in the Fortune 500. A writer, designer, and musician, he is currently Associate Professor of Management... Continue reading