Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture about microfinance, and got sucker-punched. Expecting to hear a litany of pros and cons about the business, and an exploration of good and bad models, I was instead greeted with a knockout punch: Microfinance doesn't work, at least not in the way we think it does. That's nice.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Book Says Servant Leadership Critical for Marketing Leaders. Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Open Leadership Book Review. Innovation. Improve Your Focus: Try The Pomodoro Technique. Servant Leadership Review: Battle Los Angeles Movie. Introducing the Modern Servant Leader Logo. Collaboration.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

You can find the answer to the timing question nestled among the facts that David Bornstein lays out in the preface to his book, How to Change the World. Note: This post is adapted from my remarks at Babson College’s 2014 Lewis Institute Social Innovator Awards. What happened in 2006? And is this kind of rapid growth good news?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2018

Embracing your multiple identities can improve your ability to take others’ perspectives and engage in creative and innovative behavior. For example, one microfinance organization that is dually devoted to advancing a social mission and being commercial viable says employees are both “social workers” and “bankers.”

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How To Learning-by-Doing Examples Participative 11