Harvard Business Review
MARCH 16, 2011
We're a network of microfinance organizations; we exist to share practices and develop the leadership skills required by a sector that has grown up fast. And as you might be aware, microfinance is a phenomenon that, while it did not set out to be "for women," has mainly turned out to be.
Mills Scofield
MAY 5, 2015
Educating myself about the fall of the Roman Empire may not provide direct, transferable skills to the corporate office, the quirky startup, or any particular field of work. But I argue it gives me something even better: critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills. She's spending the summer in Dhaka doing microfinance.
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Mills Scofield
MAY 5, 2015
Educating myself about the fall of the Roman Empire may not provide direct, transferable skills to the corporate office, the quirky startup, or any particular field of work. But I argue it gives me something even better: critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills. She's spending the summer in Dhaka doing microfinance.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 18, 2013
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.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 2, 2010
Across most developing countries, there is a model for job training where youth are assisted to acquire basic skills. Upon graduation, the governments, nonprofits, or (more recently) microfinance companies give them loans to buy tools and opens shops.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 2, 2014
Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka, points to the necessary skill of becoming a leader of teams of teams.Think about the pace of new cancer therapies — and how research center directors lead knowledge sharing between labs across continents and oceans.
Harvard Business Review
JANUARY 21, 2013
Additionally, cultivating the ecosystem requires different skill sets, namely business and product development, marketing, evaluation, advocacy, and training. Yet, if scaling impact is the goal, these skills are essential. Successful examples of this approach are still rare; most people point to microfinance.
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