The Vital Edge by Gideon Rosenblatt Work, society and the human experience in an era of machine intelligence.
Reading Time: 5 minutes McDonough and Braungart have been saying for years, that "waste equals food." Or, put into business terms, "waste equals opportunity."
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Read More »Building Mission-Driven Technology
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mission-driven technology delivers a powerful impact, while redeeming technology from its darker story.
Read More »Going Deep in User Experience Design
Reading Time: 2 minutes Marrying art and tool, wisdom of Soul and intelligence of mind, we brighten the future of our technological progeny.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes When users express themselves through a product or service in unimagined, creative ways, what emerges is the art of our works.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Bad design and an absence of customer empathy fuel an Internet of Frivolous Things, but there's still hope.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes 3 tips for weaving mission and money into a more powerful form of social entrepreneurship.
Read More »Being of Service: The Bridge to Meaning and Mission in Business
Reading Time: 4 minutes Being of service means becoming bigger than our normal selves and turning our focus to others - and it works the same way in business.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Internet of Things now allows your car to talk to your furnace. That's good, but what will it truly cost you?
Read More »Mission Statement Definition: Linking Customer Mission and Social Mission
Reading Time: 6 minutes The most powerful missions create synergy between the customer mission and the social mission of a business.
Read More »Why a Sense of Purpose Matters
Reading Time: 1 minute Employees who feel a strong sense of purpose see their firms as financially stronger, more competitive, and better at customer and employee satisfaction.
Read More »The Six Levels of the Engagement Pyramid
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Engagement Pyramid is a framework for building relationships and engagement for mission-driven organizations.
Read More »How Organizations Create Intrinsic Value
Reading Time: 5 minutes Organizations create intrinsic value by building meaning for customers and employees.
Read More »Soulful Organizations
Reading Time: 5 minutes Soulful organizations connect us to people and to missions, but more than that, they connect us to ourselves.
Read More »How a Service Tether Turns a Product into a Service
Reading Time: 7 minutes A "service tether" connects a product to the cloud; it transforms products into services and helps companies hone their impact with customers.
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