Mills Scofield

AUGUST 27, 2012

MedInternational was started in 2011 to raise the standard of healthcare in resource-poor regions of the world by sharing and maintaining appropriate hospital technology in these areas, initially Zanzibar, Tanzania. In these events, participants raise money in the UK before arriving in Zanzibar for a biking marathon around the island.

Incentives 171

Incentives Marketing Microfinance Entrepreneur 171

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

I was at a conference recently and one of the speakers remarked that “Culture hedges against the risk of uncertainty.” That requires us to invest in developing both current and future skills. Louis to develop a customized, cyber skills program for employees. That, I think gets to the heart of what the right culture can do.

Resources 40

Resources Human Resources Leadership Pipeline Learning-by-Doing 40

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Team building, group dynamics, talent management, leadership development, and any number of other functional areas are much more about clarity, focus, aligning expectations, and defining roles than creating equality. Where levels of responsibility and consequences for success or failure fall differently on various participants.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2012

Hedge fund investors who deploy capital in large and liquid markets can scale their time well. Bill Ackman's hedge fund Pershing Square, for example, has $9 billion in assets under management and fewer than ten investment professionals. In response, they can choose to participate in more deals or bigger deals.

Disruptive Innovation 13

Disruptive Innovation Hedge Venture Capitalist Venture Funding 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

I recently participated in a spirited panel discussion with Bruce Brown, Procter & Gamble's Chief Technology Officer, and Erich Joachimsthaler, Vivaldi Partners' managing director and CEO. Global giants have to increasingly ask emerging markets branches to go from acting as local distributors to serving as local developers.

Marketing 12

Marketing Hedge Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 12

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Another reason is that investors are myopically infatuated with snazzy technology. An unfortunate reality of many African economies is that only a tiny fraction of the population participates in the formal economy. A realistic approach to making money might strike some as humdrum. Top of the Pyramid.

Microfinance 8

Microfinance Hotels Entrepreneur Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. With these, you actually participate in the upside of your customers, and therefore your business grows with them. Private equity or hedge funds through the ‘80s and the ‘90s, exactly the same story.

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8