We’ve talked about the potential (and potential pitfalls) of crowdsourcing in previous posts. Today, we’ll look at ColaLife, a remarkable example of the power of online collaboration to mobilize a movement and revive a decades-old, heretofore unrealized idea. Simon Berry has been obsessed ...
The recent health care debate has drawn attention to the industry's proclivity for wasting time and money. But research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), shows that the industry is also accomplished at wasting energy and resources. Mother Jones ...
In Tribes, Seth Godin discusses the importance of leadership and the surprising places where leaders appear. A leader can be the CEO, but she can also be the intern. A leader can be President Obama, but he can also be the first person ...
PROBLEM: Seventh Generation seeks to blend purpose and profit, but when it comes to politics, the company is careful not to mix activism and business. That's a lesson that co-founder and CEO Jeffrey Hollender learned during the 1992 presidential election. Hollender believed that ...