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Are you ready to make a difference while making a living? Jeff Klein is Working for Good, and is determined to show millions that it’s not just feasible—it’s essential to the future of business.
What is creativity, and why is it important? How can it be nurtured? How have creative thinkers changed our lives and shaped our world? These are just a few of the questions that may be used to raise awareness of creativity and its connection to innovative solutions.
Paulette Mpouma first came to EWI in 2011 with an idea that stemmed from spending time playing games with her children to teach them about their home country, Cameroon. Concerned by how little many people know about Africa, she created a product that would fill that need. What happened next is extraordinary.
Artists are notorious for being brilliantly creative—and terrible at business. Sterling Hundley agrees, but the award-winning illustrator and painter whose clients include Rolling Stone, Marvel, and the Grammys, is part of a growing movement to change that reality, and put artists back in charge of their careers. Here’s how.
Is Blue the new Green? Water preservation, that is. In this interview with US Pure Water Corporation President Michael Davis, we get information from the source.
How can we stop jumping to conclusions with our colleagues? From my years spent working in HR, I found that team building is the most powerful exercise. It changes our routine and helps us learn something new about people about whom we may have preconceived notions. Here are some ways to get started.
HR people, on the whole, don’t tend to be risk-takers. But no matter how hard we try, the people we support constantly push us out of our comfort zone. I, for one, think that is a good thing. You just need to be a little strategic. Here are some ways to walk on the wild side.
“We are in a global political and financial crisis, which is changing how we think about our lives and our futures,” insists Oxford University’s Saïd Business School Fellow David Pendleton, whose leadership model creates conditions for people to thrive.
Soles4Souls collects shoes from the warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people like us. Since 2005, it has delivered more than 19 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes to 125 countries. What are you doing with your old shoes?
When college applications roll around, what box do you check for your career choice? Graduating senior Kerry Reichhardt offers her take on choosing a major when college application time rolled around.
One glance at these Lovestruck wedding photos, and it’s easy to see why they won “the knot’s” 2011 and 2013 “Best Of” award. Ditto for Wedding Wire’s Bride’s Choice Awards, where Katie Norwood got “Best Of” pick for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The reason is simple: Norwood is wild about weddings.
Celebrate Mother’s Day with Kristine Carlson’s Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Mom’s Virtual Conference, May 1-10 check out the 10th Annual Executive Women in Government Summit, on May 22, then fly to San Fran for the May 23 PBWC Conference with Sheryl Sandberg!
Graphic recorder Alece Birnbach describes the winning elements of three of the best speeches she heard and graphic recorded in the last few months—along with some thoughts on what made them great.
From “Working for Good” to Soles4Souls.org, here are a dozen ways you and your business can consciously make the world a better place.
Castagnola’s on Fisherman’s Wharf is a seafood and chophouse that Thomas Castagnola opened in 1916 soon after he created the Dungeness Crab Cocktail for the San Francisco World’s Fair. The hotspot continues to draw in locals, fishermen, and tourists alike for food, cocktails, music—and affordability.
“As a financial planner, I believe in the inherent qualities of capitalism, especially free enterprise and the freedom of choice it promotes,” says financial adviser Carmen Martinez. How can you incorporate these big ideas into your business and your life in general, especially as you plan ahead for retirement?
Worrying about decisions you don’t have to make yet creates an anxiety-producing talk track in your head. It impedes your performance because it distracts you from being fully present—and it has a chilling effect on others.
How does entrepreneurship work when success and growth isn’t measured in monetary terms—but in lives saved and the extent to which centuries of social inequities are exposed and restructured? Meet Lily Thapa, founder of Women for Human Rights.
Futurist and author Derek Woodgate spent nine years as a British diplomat, 13 years as a corporate exec, and is an authority on the application of emerging and immersive technologies. What can he teach your audience at your next conference?
The wildest thing happened to Tara Sheahan when she was 35. An Olymmpic cross-country skier, she found her dream job as a VP in sports marketing and TV. She left the corporate world to raised two young boys with husband Casey, the CEO of Patagonia. Then she contracted Lyme disease—and everything changed.
“Having been in business for 25 years, I have seen my share of ups and downs in the economy, shifts in my business, as well as shifts in how business is done,” says Crews Control founder Andrea Keating. “Through it all, the key to my success has been keeping a level head—even when the road gets rocky.”
Is being wild and adventurous—and strategically planning ahead for retirement—a non sequitur? Not if innovation is your goal. Here’s how “Blue Ocean Strategy,” and the ART approach to planning, can help.
