The Social Age

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 […]

Last night was a sad night in Boston. After marching 18-0 toward the finish line of the American Football season, The New England Patriots couldn’t pull off the ultimate win — The SuperBowl. The painful loss came at an even more painful pace as The Pats were outplayed by the New York Giants one excruciating […]

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 […]

Yesterday I was driving to the hospital for some tests. I’m lucky. I can drive in my comfortable car, to my first-class doctors and have my insurance pay for my visit. Parking is valet and life is pretty cushy.
For me.
Not for the Vietnam vet with a sign hanging out on the corner of Cambridge Street. […]

Recently, I was thinking about the “good ole days”. I’m not one to spend a lot of time living in the past, but I had a thought… and that thought has stuck with me.
Back when I was Susanne v2.0 (I’m now at Susanne v4.0), I was living it large in the “go-go” days of the […]