… Skills Workshops. This first workshop will be led by Michel Gelobter, author of "Lean Startups for Social Change." At the heart of the radical change we are experiencing in the … that it’s possible faster than ever before to know whether what we are doing is having an impact. The astonishing growth of companies like Google and Facebook, our ability to remotely monitor real-world environments, and our capacity to rapidly …
… Skills Workshops. This workshop will be led by Michel Gelobter, author of "Lean Startups for Social Change." At the heart of the radical change we are experiencing in the … that it’s possible faster than ever before to know whether what we are doing is having an impact. The astonishing growth of companies like Google and Facebook, our ability to remotely monitor real-world environments, and our capacity to rapidly …
… forecasting (a particular foresight methodology) and show how it can be applied to your work, your studies, and your approach to navigating uncertainty. Signals-based … forecasting is a valuable skill set for entrepreneurs. It helps anyone trying to start a business, develop new products and services, or understand a market by providing a … approach to explore the broadest range of possibilities or innovations that might impact their industry. (For an introduction to IFTF’s use of signals as a building block for …
… consumption across 50+ million US households. Blueprint for Efficiency is proud to kick off our 2012-2013 webinar series with Opower ! Barry Fischer, head writer and editor of Opower's Outlier Blog , will present … Butterworth on Vimeo . To view the slides, click here . Interested in reading more before our webinar? Check out some of Outlier’s recent posts: The Triumph of Gmail? How Yahoo …
… Classroom 4400 Moderator: Dan Rourke, Calvert Investments Gianfranco Gianfrate, EDHEC Business School – Does Climate Change … focused on multiple issues including infrastructure finance, economic development and impact analysis. Previously, he was a senior advisor to the director of the U.S. Pension … most recent (edited) book, A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future, offers fresh thinking from a range of perspectives on how to mobilize action in response to today’s …
… Join Tsai CITY and CBEY for this free workshop on measuring impact. How do you measure the true impact of your venture? Led by Professor Todd Cort of the Yale School of Management, this workshop will … business owners and investors alike get a more accurate picture of impact. Whether you're starting an impact-based venture or are simply interested in how impact metrics can be used …
… The Social Impact Lab is delighted to welcome Sir Ronald Cohen, Chairman of the Global Steering Group … impact. Mandating transparency would bring impact, alongside profit, to the center of our economic system by motivating companies, entrepreneurs and investors to bring solutions to our great social and environmental challenges – in effect reshaping capitalism to create a …
… Startup Yale brings together Yale’s biggest entrepreneurship awards in two days packed with … leaders, investors, and practitioners to reimagine the future. Grounded in inclusivity and impact, Startup Yale is a crossroads for a new kind of innovation ecosystem. Explore … Sustainable Venture Prize will be held on Saturday, May 1st from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET. Four teams will pitch their businesses that advance sustainability... one will walk away with …
… You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, to follow the rules, to wait your turn, to not make waves. But, when used intelligently, influence is like a superpower … brings great ideas to life. This is the premise of Zoe Chance’s new book, Influence is Your Superpower , which is rooted in groundbreaking research in behavioral economics, …
… in business strategy and public policy. However, when we try to have a conversation about our ideas, someone has branded us as a “holier than thou” jerk, or we have refrained from … a broader coalition requires having effective conversations capable of inspiring and empowering others to join in the pursuit. This work explores various pitfalls of sustainability, or recurring conversations in the sustainability discourse that correlate with the experience of being stuck. It explores why we get stuck in …