Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

He has written five books and over 300 articles. This is adapted from Follow Your Conscience : Make a Difference in Your Life & in the Lives of Others By Frank Sonnenberg © 2014 Frank Sonnenberg. All rights reserved. Frank is an award-winning author.

Learning-by-Doing 132

Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Books Innovation 132

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 22, 2012

I wonderful how many opportunities for innovation we’ve lost because we weren’t ‘doing’ In the NYT article, Apple’s executives said the reason for outsourcing went beyond cheap labor; overseas factories could scale faster and workers were more flexible and skilled than in the USA.

Outsourcing 114

Outsourcing Insourcing Innovation Cost-Benefit Analysis 114

Mills Scofield

JUNE 9, 2014

Mali Health Given the great comments on last week’s post and a Huffington Post article on the subject by Matt Murrie , I thought a follow-up was in order. The comments centered on two themes: Investment funding’s acceptance of “Social” as a viable type of business. Business Modeling – social vs. regular.

ROI 132

ROI Business Model Venture Capitalist Early Adopters 132

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 10, 2013

My weekly article ‘catch-up’ included several on corporate culture and leadership that were all just common sense and the Golden Rule. So, Why do we assume that we know what’s best, that the way we view the world is either the ‘right’ way or the ‘best’ way?

Human Capital 141

Human Capital Constraint Media Banking 141

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 12, 2012

We kept each survey in a binder for quick reference when rewarding our team or when we see an article that may be of interest to them. We would receive surveys several times a day as each employee was ready to turn in their survey, laugh at what they wrote, and proud to see their leaf on our tree.

Company 169

Company Survey Bottom-up Bond 169

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 17, 2013

A recent article in The Wall Street Journal (“ Why Charity Hasn’t Done Much for Haiti ”) argues that non-profits disrupt market economics because freely distributed resources reduce pressures on politicians to enact needed reforms.

Long-term 174

Long-term Goal Learning-by-Doing Review 174

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 14, 2014

In 2011, Phillip Carter wrote an article in the Washington Post , entitled “For Veterans, is ‘Thank You for Your Service’ Enough?” In simplest terms, it is a desire to participate in the act of gratitude that motivates people to act. In the end, the result is renewed resolve, unity of effort and strength of heart.

Emotional Intelligence 150

Emotional Intelligence Participative Short-term Letter 150

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 19, 2014

The articles articulate how American math curricula virtually prohibit the viewing of beauty in mathematical ideas, while simultaneously failing to provide meaningful everyday examples.

Education 132

Education Metrics Creativity Learning-by-Doing 132

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Bosses in any culture hold a degree of power and can encourage interactions that are artificial or soul-sucking (One NYT Sunday Review article just cited the fact that in a typical day, spending time with one’s boss is the #1 unhappiest activity one can perform). For me, this is a positive development.

NGO 175

NGO Short-term Delegation Finance 175

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 13, 2012

After some tweet and email discussions with Anne Marie Slaughter and Cali Williams Yost about Anne Marie’s article on The Atlantic , and the uproar about Marissa Mayer becoming Yahoo’s CEO while she is pregnant, I decided to weigh in.

Mentor 142

Mentor Agility Innovation Travel 142

Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 5, 2014

By applying similar internet-scraping of competitor websites, articles, patent filings, job postings, and more, they were able to get a picture of what their competition was offering and what they were developing.

Stage-Gate 128

Stage-Gate Productivity Products Innovation 128

Mills Scofield

JULY 27, 2014

His award-winning work has been featured in a wide variety of articles and journals, including the Harvard Business Review. The senior-curator for GeneralLeadership.com , he is an accomplished unconventional leader and proven status quo buster who has successfully led several multi-billion dollar transformation efforts.

Positioning 170

Positioning Power Leadership Energy 170

Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

It began when I came across an article about two years ago by a well known person in the world of corporate giving, Carol Cone. A New Direction for Corporate Giving. While I’ve always personally been involved in community work, my interest in CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is relatively new.

Ryan 130

Ryan PR Project B2B 130

Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 26, 2014

This article is adapted a Fast Company adaptation of Stew''s book, with his permission). The Total Leadership program – which marries the work/life and leadership development fields – is now used by individuals and organizations worldwide, including the 57K+ students in his recent Coursera course.

Learning-by-Doing 129

Learning-by-Doing Audience Open-book Innovation 129

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

Technology does not do much in a complex interaction (per McKinsey´s articles on interaction). As the ability to replicate something has become more of a commodity, we are increasingly seeing that complex interactions are the way to create ‘ value from difference’ (as opposed to ‘value from sameness’ ).

Efficiency 132

Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Mills Scofield

JUNE 10, 2013

” I reassured her and, upon talking to a friend who works for a women’s rights group in Cairo, found out that Emily dancing outside a temple the brutality article was published in the New York Times. According to my friend, the real story was not protestors harassing women but instead policemen harassing female protestors.

Media 177

Media Politics Learning-by-Doing Class 177

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

More valuable than this success is the realization that diamonds are sparkling within our reach. The Challenge: Be Careful What You Ask For.

Succession 70

Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

We pride ourselves on having “an article for everyone” Comprised of students from Brown, University of Chicago, Columbia, NYU and MIT and is expanding to other schools. IFJ is a rapidly expanding student-run publication that seeks to educate the undergraduate community about topics in finance, economics, business and technology.

Finance 131

Finance Incentives Education Pharmaceuticals 131