Mills Scofield

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5 Lessons from an Office on the Edge

Mills Scofield

Kris Ansin is the executive director of Mali Health Organizing Proje ct - an amazing company increasing access to primary maternal and child healthcare in Mali. It’s a troublesome and common trend in nonprofits but particularly in a small organization with a startup attitude. To find success, we have to fail.

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Running a Permanent Campaign for Innovation

Mills Scofield

Men and women can, kids can, and yes, even organizations can innovate. She's donating all the profits from her cover stories and television trials to the Girl Scouts because she wants to help them make their goal of 1 Billion dollars pouring into scholarships to help girls lead and shift the leadership balance. EVEN CONGRESS!

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The Transformative Power of Positive Leadership

Mills Scofield

In the process, I too have learned that in every organization something works and change can be proactively and positively managed. As a leader, you have the opportunity every day to inject energy and passion into your team or organization. Yes, these things are important and necessary, but they are insufficient in themselves.

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Education? Innovation? Do - Learn - Do - Learn

Mills Scofield

The question led to several incredible conversations around creative projects, personal goals, family events, and community endeavors. After countless interviews of interviews, I had a system and structure to learn on my own, and a community of people to learn with. Learn: From self-made education to Prototype.

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It's Time We Develop A New Relationship With Work

Mills Scofield

Rather, what is the more common experience is being funnelled through a system that puts us into neat slots like gears in a complex piece of machinery. When it comes to work, we've come to accept the concept of 'no pain, no gain' as being the proper route to success and prosperity.