The Ability Activist Driven By Negativity
At around 14,000 ft. above sea level, on a bleak, rocky path on Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, Chaeli Mycroft’s climbing partner turned to her and said, “Can you see those yellow people...
View ArticleHollywood Rolls Out the Green Carpet
The next time you see a celebrity pulling up at an event in a hybrid car, there’s a good chance Debbie Levin is behind it. The CEO of the Environmental Media Association is continuing a novel social...
View ArticleWhat Job Was I Made For? Let’s Google it
Grown adults dangle from hanging chairs bolted to the ceiling. Young executives in T-shirts and jeans are barely visible inside giant, brightly-colored beanbags scattered on the floor, and a woman on a...
View ArticleDrug-inspired Fashion: It’s to die for
Terrorists move over. There’s a far worse terror in town that is targeting kids and adults, killing well over ten times more Americans this year than all terrorist attacks of the last 16 years...
View ArticleSailing Legend Nurtures New Captains Of Industry
The first person to sail solo around the world has some valuable lessons for business, while teaching ordinary people about the ocean.Somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, two months into a...
View ArticleThe Luxury Watch Made From AK47s
Peter Thum, the man behind watch brand Fonderie 47 has a talent for supporting social causes he feels are important and a skill for applying his business acumen to them. His unique take on business has...
View ArticleCapitalism Gets Reinvented – For a Mere $27
Muhammad Yunus solves a social problem by giving micro-loans to the poor – turning them into entrepreneurs. The effects of his first loan, a total of $27 to 42 people, make him realize that people...
View ArticleCan We Still Trust Our News?
During the 2014 Ferguson, Missouri riots in the U.S. after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, only one news presenter bothered to ask a protester why they were burning down their own...
View ArticleThe Day I Introduced Tim Cook to Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs came striding into his offsite meeting room one Saturday morning in 1989 in Palo Alto, California, USA, bristling with characteristic impatient energy and already thinking past the moment...
View ArticleNobel Peace Prize Winner on His $9.3 Million a Day War
The Colombian Minister Of Defence, with a mandate to fight the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia (FARC), resigns and instead runs for president – convinced that negotiations, rather than war, will...
View ArticleBentley Debuts First Electric Luxury Car
Bentley Motors has unveiled the future of electric luxury with the EXP 12 Speed 6e at the 2017 Geneva International Motor Show. The concept showcases Bentley’s approach to a zero-emission, electric...
View Article16-year-old Sues Trump Over Climate Change
Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez is not your average 16-year-old. He’s busy mobilizing an army of teenagers in over 50 countries to demand greener policies from world leaders. He’s also in a race to save...
View ArticleAre You Future-proof? 16 Questions to Answer Now
To be competent and effective in a global market that is increasingly bringing different people, cultures and values together, business leaders need to develop a world view that acknowledges this new...
View ArticleTesla’s New Solar Roof Can Make Money From The Sun
Elon Musk has just put your old, unemployed roof to work – by creating one that converts the suns rays into energy that will power your home. If you’re lucky, you may even earn some money from it....
View ArticleHow Tory Burch Fearlessly Pursued Her Dreams
Tory Burch launched her business in 2004, and working from her kitchen with a small team, turned an idea into a collection. As the fashion brand became a household name she learned about the obstacles...
View ArticleBuzz Aldrin Wants Us to Dream Like it’s 1969
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, The Second Man To Walk on The Moon, is Now Aiming For Mars. He reckons we need the big thinking of the 1960s to push beyond our current limits. I’m backstage at Radio City Music...
View Article“Shark Boy” Wants to Save the Creatures That Took his Leg
“I was in the wrong place at the right time,” says South African Achmat Hassiem, who lost his right leg to one of the oceans most feared predators, the great white shark. Amazingly, he now travels the...
View ArticleDiCaprio: Climate Action is Biggest Economic Opportunity for US
Tackling climate change is the “biggest economic opportunity” in the history of the United States, no matter who holds political office, said Hollywood star and environmental activist Leonardo...
View ArticleThe Smurfs Occupy UN on International Day Of Happiness
Today is International Day of Happiness. In the lead up to this day of potential elation and glee, the United Nations held a special ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York on March 18 with the...
View ArticlePope Francis Puts His Faith in Electric Racing Cars
His Holiness Pope Francis welcomed Formula E drivers to the Eternal City for the first-ever E-Prix in Rome on April 14. Pope Francis welcomed the drivers competing in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship...
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