Here's the second installment of our Big Ideas feature -- in which we check in regularly with big thinkers in the field of social innovation. We want to know what they're working on, what questions they're wrestling with, and what opportunities and challenges ...
All around us, people are working on innovative solutions to pressing social problems. Often, though, those stories can be difficult to track down. Which is why we’re regularly scouring the Web to highlight who’s solving what and how.
Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Google (@google) announced this week that it's purchasing 20 years’ worth of wind energy to power ...
Who made the shirt you're wearing? Were the cloth cutters or seamstresses treated fairly? Did the factory comply with reasonable environmental standards? If you have no clue, then check out the work of Alice Tepper Marlin. She believes we all have a right ...
I swung by the 92Y Tribeca here in New York Tuesday evening for a cool book event: Nancy Lublin, author of the new book Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business, in conversation with the Economist's Matthew Bishop, of Philanthrocapitalism fame. Lublin founded ...
All around us, people are working on innovative solutions to pressing social problems. But those stories can be difficult to track down. Which is why we’re scouring the Web to bring you weekly links highlighting who’s solving what and how. Video Games for ...
All around us people are working to solve pressing social problems, but these stories can be difficult to track down. So we'll be scouring the Web regularly to highlight a few of them. See below for this week's selections.
In coverage of social innovation, entrepreneurs get most of the play. But intrapreneurs—employees who innovate within organizations—are key drivers of change, too. With this in mind, New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE) launched a program earlier this year to help women become effective ...
Search for the hashtag #socent and you'll find wide-ranging interest in social entrepreneurship on Twitter. Here's a roundup of a few thought-provoking tweets from the last week: Twitter cofounder Biz Stone (@biz) this week announced a new company-run account (@hope140) dedicated to "highlighting ...
“Capitalism used to be easy,” writes R. Paul Herman in the opening line of his new book, The HIP (Human Impact+Profit) Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World. Businesses, he argues, used to get away with jeopardizing the long-term health and ...