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Leading For Good

Great Leadership By Dan

After a time, he found himself traveling back and forth between Japan and New York in the employ of Goldman Sachs. My friends were all doing sexier things like technology, communications, or financial services.” We were by far the first environmental NGO to move. I was going to decline that job; it sounded so boring.

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Innovation, Quality & Entrepreneurship at Akshaya Patra

QAspire

Akshaya Patra is an Indian NGO that provides mid day meals to about 1.2 They use technology to cook more food in less time. First, some background information. million children across India on all school days. These meals act as an incentive for these kids to come to the school and study. 600 (or ~$13).

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To Come Up with a Good Idea, Start by Imagining the Worst Idea Possible

Harvard Business Review

The great Argentinian chef Francois Mallmann, featured on Netflix’s documentary series Chef’ s Table , left the comfort of his restaurants to cook in the wild in Patagonia, with no kitchen or sous chefs, traveling with a group of young novices who have little or no experience.

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New Lessons from Fighting an Ancient Disease

Harvard Business Review

Resistant forms continue to thrive, and increased travel makes the global threat very real. Our teams work in partnership to provide technical assistance and training to expand lab workers'' skills, secure pricing agreements to increase access to our products, and design medical technologies appropriate for resource-limited settings.

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How Western Multinationals Are Responding to the Escalating U.S.-China Trade War

Harvard Business Review

There’s also the possibility of travel bans on executives (including on those under unresolved court proceedings), and good, old-fashioned intimidation. technology companies — that use China as a source of assembly, semi-manufactures or components have an additional vulnerability: their value chain.