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Servant Leadership Observer ? November 2010

Modern Servant Leader

Servant Leadership Academic Programs & Education Opportunities. Why Technology Managers Make Great Leaders. How to Handle a Seagull Manager. Do You Have a “Seagull Manager”? Peer-to-Peer Microfinance: A Sustainable Solution to Poverty. Innovation. Management. Project Management.

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Making Microfinance More Effective

Harvard Business Review

We recently conducted a literature review of rigorous academic studies of financial service innovations among the very poor to find out what services and products would unlock the most value for those at the bottom of the pyramid. And third, digital platforms can facilitate innovation in product and service design.

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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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How Large NGOs Are Using Data to Transform Themselves

Harvard Business Review

Not many would associate innovation with large, service-oriented nonprofits with decades of history. ” So the Seilers responded by piloting a program called the Pathway of Hope, which focuses on providing case management for families. A critical part was adapting a proven model in a related field: microfinance.

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Scaling Up Without Losing Your Edge

Harvard Business Review

Following Abed's twist on Schumacher — "small may be beautiful, but big is necessary" — it now touches the lives of an estimated 126 million people with healthcare, education, enterprise development, microfinance and a slew of other programs. Today it runs a sprawl of surplus-generating businesses across diverse sectors.

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Using Games to Get a Handle on Bank Risk

Harvard Business Review

Risk management processes don't — but they should. Financial institutions must find innovative ways to understand their consumers' aspirations and actual behavior. Risk education: Gaming enables risk education for both banks and users. Risk education: Gaming enables risk education for both banks and users.

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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.: