The Realist Idealist

Why and how have banks made half-million dollar loans to people without jobs or income?
In keeping with the recent Realist Idealist theme of sharing information that has been incredibly useful in my understanding of the world, its history, its processes, and how things have unfolded (so that we can do something about it [...]

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The buying power of the casual consumer can be harnessed to impact the environmental actions of business. We can get companies to make choices that are sustainable and transformative. And we can do it with the carrot …not the stick.
Watch this video (highly recommend the longer version) to see exactly how it works.

CarrotMob is [...]

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As I’ve worked overseas for the better part of the last decade, one of the things I’ve always been disheartened by is the amount of high-potential talent in many countries that is simply too under-nurtured or under-developed to be able to tackle the country’s or local community’s problems.
What is often even more frustrating though is [...]

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