The terms “knowledge economy” and “digital age” have been thrown around by professionals, pundits, academics, and politicians in some form or another for at least 20 years. Until this week however not one of them has presented a real grasp of the nature of this new economy. Most everyone has attempted to measure and understand the knowledge economy …
It’s been just nine lightning fast quarters since I began writing Corporate Empathy and openly discussing whether corporations acting with empathy could profitably find solutions to big social challenges. In that time I’ve found solid examples of just that. Initiatives like Conscious Capitalism, Benefit Corporations, and Sr Richard Brandson’s, The B Team consist of businesses that …
I had been aware of and interested in seeing the film Girl Rising since a trailer was first released a year ago. The film directed by Richard Robbins tells the stories of nine girls from nine developing nations that fight to overcome adversity and get an education as path to transforming the cultures of these countries. …
This past Friday was the end of my fourth week since returning to college at The University of Tampa since receiving my Associate in Arts from Hillsborough Community College in 2004. It was also the first day of class that I missed by taking my own advise. For nine years as a leader in Ad …