This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On an August morning, at a festival ground less than an hour from Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, banners touting agribusinesses bent in the breeze across from a small stage. There,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Scott Gordon had just arrived in his job as provost of Eastern Washington University when an alumnus approached him at a meet-and-greet in the Skyline Ballroom of Spokane’s Hotel RL.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The well-worn debate over whether immigrants contribute to the nation’s prosperity or compete with U.S.-born workers can be heard again in discussions on whether Congress should legalize unauthorized immigrants who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After spending 32 years in prison — 10 of which were on death row — John Huffington maintained his innocence, and was ultimately released from prison in 2013 through a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When President Trump promised to bring coal jobs back, he may have hedged a bit. Jobs in coal production have ticked up temporarily, but jobs in the renewable energy sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The foundation for our purpose is our moral view of the world. We are each driven in our work to drive progress toward achieving what we view as a moral…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Who are you? You were born in a country. You have a gender and race, even it isn’t clear on your face. You had parents, at least when you took…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I met with Erika Karp, is the founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital. Erika is a former UBS executive who created her new firm to accelerate the velocity of capital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most of what we understand about purpose at work comes from Hollywood. Stories are a powerful way to learn, but most of the stories we see on a screen give…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most companies believe that those who’ve spent time locked up “might be unstable or just unemployable–and all of that is untrue,” Gretchen Peterson, the director of human resources at Dave’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, Africa’s Industrialization Day focused on raising awareness of the importance of African industrial development in implementing a successful Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), fostering economic growth, and alleviating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coal isn’t coming back, although with real investment in carbon capture and sequestration, it could continue to contribute to a clean energy economy. A decade ago, coal accounted for nearly half…