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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Shantha Ragunathan

Harvard Business Review

Although she was poor in resources, she possessed the innovation mindset shared by many game changers: they see and act on opportunities , use "and" thinking to resolve tough dilemmas and break through compromises, and employ their resourcefulness to power through obstacles. Hopeless as her situation was, Shantha engaged in "and" thinking.

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Global Entrepreneurs Need New Funding Models

Harvard Business Review

In low-income countries, according to World Bank data in a recent paper by the consultancy Dalberg, 43% of businesses with between 20 and 99 employees say that access to finance is a major constraint. Yet new breeds of solutions are emerging, with private and public players joining hands to find innovative answers.

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How Social Entrepreneurs Can Have the Most Impact

Harvard Business Review

My organization, The Bridgespan Group, received 1,800 applications for 18 entry-level positions consulting to nonprofits and philanthropy. Note: This post is adapted from my remarks at Babson College’s 2014 Lewis Institute Social Innovator Awards. Meanwhile, 19,000 high-scoring college graduates across the U.S.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Encourage financial entrepreneurship and innovation. Entrepreneurship in financial services has been given a bad rap as one contributor to the economic crisis, but we desperately need innovative financing models for start-ups. We don't innovate in entrepreneurial finance enough in the U.S.:

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How to Make Room in Your Work Life for the Rest of Your Self

Harvard Business Review

Embracing your multiple identities can improve your ability to take others’ perspectives and engage in creative and innovative behavior. A management consultant told us about learning to treat his family as being as important as a client, in order to help him ensure he was able to carve out time for them during his workweek.

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