Mills Scofield

MAY 19, 2015

It is a huge socio-economic-global-geopolitical-security one! Globally, there are 193 million people who speak Bengali and only 75 million who speak French. Tragedies, whether man-made as in the case of the Rohingya Crisis or natural in the case of the Nepal earthquakes , plague our global society. Think this is a problem?

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Mills Scofield

MAY 19, 2015

It is a huge socio-economic-global-geopolitical-security one! Globally, there are 193 million people who speak Bengali and only 75 million who speak French. Tragedies, whether man-made as in the case of the Rohingya Crisis or natural in the case of the Nepal earthquakes , plague our global society. Think this is a problem?

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 24, 2011

(This post continues the summary of fabulous stories and interactions at the 3rd Open Innovation Summit at BW's Center for Innovation & Growth: Practical Challenges of Global Open Innovation featuring P&G on April 21st.)

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

Educating girls is to most effective and powerful approach to fight global poverty. All of which are elements that have led to today’s current state of global poverty. Fifteen percent of Mrked’s revenue helps support the works of Room to Read’s Girl Education Program.

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Mills Scofield

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

I’m the founder of Kaya Collaborative, a youth initiative to transform the global Filipino community into a support network for social innovation in the Philippines. Courses and texts that promote “global citizenship” only do so much. Our world has never been so equally divided and interconnected.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 21, 2013

Leaders in today’s competitive, 24/7, global economy easily fall into an “all work, all the time” trap. This coordination is especially important in businesses with global clients. Unfortunately, I’m not sure what the alternative would have been. ” Sadly, Sharon and her team are not alone. Walk your dog.

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

To my incredible surprise, because Vala remembered our tweets about lobster, Brian Townsend , Director of Global Services and Ops, had prepared a feast of lobster tails with a risotto and an unimaginable dessert. I reached out and he invited me to visit him on my way up to Maine this past September. I arrived and was greeted like a queen!

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Mills Scofield

APRIL 27, 2014

SAMIR RATH is a financial technology entrepreneur and angel investor working with technology startups globally from over 20 countries. So, come create some luck by signing up at ThunderClap and get the book for free too.

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Wiseman Kaplan Open-book Engineering 155

Mills Scofield

JUNE 5, 2013

Educating girls is to most effective and powerful approach to fight global poverty. All of which are elements that have led to today’s current state of global poverty. Fifteen percent of Mrked’s revenue helps support the works of Room to Read’s Girl Education Program.

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Fashion Education Library Quality 87

Mills Scofield

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

15, we will be celebrating our third year dining upon the epicurian delights of Chef Brian Townsend (aka Director of Global Technology Services & Operations at Extreme Networks). ** Sidney graduated from Brown in 2013 and CCChampions is having an impact beyond his dreams. *This feast has become an annual tradition and on Sept.

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Mills Scofield

MARCH 25, 2013

While the growing levels of anxiety, fear and stress we see in today's workplaces are partly due to the prevailing uncertainties surrounding the global economy, it is also a manifestation of that disconnect between what we do and why we do it.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. There are very practical reasons for a Liberal Arts degree, and Samanee Mahbub (Brown '18) thinks the reasons are crystal clear.

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Mills Scofield

MAY 5, 2015

They are leading global airline, chemical, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and financial companies, among others. Some of today's top CEOs were history, political science, sociology, chinese and music majors in college. There are very practical reasons for a Liberal Arts degree, and Samanee Mahbub (Brown '18) thinks the reasons are crystal clear.

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CEO Microfinance Class Pharmaceuticals 70

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 13, 2012

For 9 years I flew to NJ every week and to Europe or Asia monthly, was given a laptop with global network access, a cell phone and a fully equipped home office. My management made the case for paying to move me to Oberlin and pay for weekly commutes than lose me.

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 21, 2011

The continuity and stability of MPC’s core values is a bulwark against market, industry and global cycles. While this may be an ‘old’ story (it’s almost 20 years old), it demonstrates the importance of sticking to your values and mission, through thick and thin.

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Mills Scofield

JANUARY 6, 2013

The Meet-up was modeled after " Startup Weekend ," the global grassroots for active entrepreneurs looking for feedback, knowledge, and support to launch successful ventures. Each of the 15 participating Genecians had about 3 minutes to pitch their idea.

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Mills Scofield

OCTOBER 26, 2014

But he is here - a globally adored artist, a proud father, and a catalyst for progressive social change. It hasn''t even been through a fully conscious quest for work-life balance but, rather, a continually evolving search for harmony among the different parts of his life.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 23, 2015

We probe visiting dignitaries, testing resolutions to global conflicts as if they could be solved Right There in the lecture hall. ” A Brown education is being challenged to discern exactly what you don’t know. This is Brown’s most distinguishing strength and its greatest adventure.

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 23, 2015

We probe visiting dignitaries, testing resolutions to global conflicts as if they could be solved Right There in the lecture hall. ” A Brown education is being challenged to discern exactly what you don’t know. This is Brown’s most distinguishing strength and its greatest adventure.

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Class Education Construction McKinsey 70

Mills Scofield

APRIL 25, 2011

(This post ends the summary of fabulous stories and interactions at the 3rd Open Innovation (OI) Summit at BW's Center for Innovation & Growth: Practical Challenges of Global Open Innovation featuring P&G on April 21st.)

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Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

In October last year, I read an article about the Ohio Third Frontier that in the words of our state government is “a technology-based economic development initiative that is successfully changing the trajectory of Ohio’s economy by supporting existing industries that are transforming themselves with new globally competitive products and (..)

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Mills Scofield

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Last week's provided great discussion on various tools and processes for innovating. Innovation3: Crowdsourcing, Tools & Culture Summit Jackie Hutter , and I did a workshop on Leading Indicators for Innovation (which I'll share soon).

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 30, 2015

“If you haven’t gotten a degree in it, it’s really hard to understand topics like global warming or GMOs. “I think visuals really help explain science to the general public,” Eleanor said. It’s important for actual experts to explain everything.”

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Mills Scofield

JUNE 30, 2015

“If you haven’t gotten a degree in it, it’s really hard to understand topics like global warming or GMOs. “I think visuals really help explain science to the general public,” Eleanor said. It’s important for actual experts to explain everything.”

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Film Definition Transportation Engineering 70

Mills Scofield

AUGUST 20, 2014

Ted and Mark state “ No matter who we are, the more OPEN we are, the more global our impact.” No matter who we are, the more OPEN we are, the more global our impact.". ” OPEN is how we connect diverse expertise around the world to solve wicked problems. It’s how we democratize knowledge, access and opportunity.

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ROI Open-book Diversity Globalization 164

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 5, 2011

As President/CEO of Neighborhood Centers in Houston, Angela has created a powerful model for community redevelopment with national, global application. But after these disasters, the community was always more caring, patient, generous and collaborative. Lesson: You can’t build on broken.

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