Finally, someone has captured the full scope of the sustainability issue and resolved some of the inner conflict I have been experiencing lately.  Protecting the natural environment isn’t the whole story: companies must consider their social, economic, and cultural impact as well.  Sustainability is good business and therefore corporate social responsibility makes good sense to [...]

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Wednesday April 22nd was Earth Day and to be honest, I didn’t do anything particular to celebrate or honour it. I was too busy blogging, driving kids from activities, fixing meals, doing laundry, changing light bulbs and arranging my next trip to Canada. So when this video crossed my desk this morning via Twitter, [...]

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Jacqueline Novogratz, Acumen Fund’s CEO, shares lessons in leadership from her work in venture philanthropy. This interview was conducted by Bill Javetski, an editor with the McKinsey Quarterly, in February 2009.  This video is about what it really means to be a leader today and our social responsibility.
Ms. Novogratz  talks about humility (“I had to learn to have the humility myself [...]

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Just going live today, Barry Schwartz, on TED Talks, makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will helprebuild our world. You can view the 20 minute video below.
Barry Schwartz shows [...]

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While we at 1-Focus International are concerned about organizational change that is sustainable, we also have a commitment to sustainability in general. In our view, both are only possible if we learn a new way to be collaborative. This is why Social Networks are exciting to me and I am very pleased to tell [...]

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The National Crime Prevention Council has a program on Cyberbullying. Why is this relevant to businesses and organizations? Where do you think bullies learn to be bullies?  First the playground and then they graduate as teens to cyberbullying and that is one step away from workplace bullying.
In today’s Diversity Executive, Deanna Hartley reports [...]

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I am being interviewed this evening by Kim Nishida and the information is below.  While this is very short notice, I hope to post the recording info here later.  Kim is a coach who works with service professionals who struggle with being their own boss.  Kim also runs a series of free teleclasses that I [...]

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This video follows the path of a $25 loan from London, England to Preak Tamao village, Cambodia. Kiva.org is a website that allows internet users like you or I to lend money to people that need it in developing countries, with the aim of empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.

A Fistful Of Dollars: [...]

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On this last day of the year, we at 1-Focus would like to pay tribute to all the individuals out there who are working to make this planet and healthy and safe place for everyone of us.  As a team supporter of Kiva we hope you will consider joining us.
I want to recruit you to [...]

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Kiva is an amazing program and one that 1-Focus International has chosen to support. At t his time of year when many of us give thanks, I want to recruit you to our new lending team, Sustaining Change, on Kiva. This non-profit website allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific [...]

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