The Social Age

I write a lot about The Social Age, our interconnectedness and our interdependence. Strangely, I work alone. Sure, I meet with clients and spend countless hours on conference calls, but at the end of the day, I work alone. There are huge benefits to being an independent consultant, or “freelancer”. You can work in your […]

Feeling competitive? Great, I’ve got just the contest for you. No, it’s not tennis or hoops, not billiards, bowling or a marathon. This is competition for good. And I encourage you to get involved.
Changemakers.net is “an initiative of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public that focuses on the rapidly growing world of social innovation. It provides […]

You’ve all read my meanderings about the power of social enterprise to effect change in the world. At the World Economic Forum at Davos this year, social entrepreneurs were the new “it” peoeple. I’m not surprised. It may take a bit of time, but slowly, people are starting to understand that entrepreneurship for social change […]

I’ve never been a big fan of wrapping paper. It has always seemed such a waste to me… but I will admit that I do oblige my skidlings at holiday time (with recycled wrapping paper of course!). Wrapping aside, it is what’s inside that counts. Here are a few great gift ideas that will help […]

I was walking through downtown Boston the other day and got annoyed as heck. There’s a lot of traffic in Boston — and we all know about the Boston drivers — but I realized, with great annoyance, that the reason the traffic was so bad is because of the pedestrians.
It seems that every pedestrian in […]