After attending a talk on homelessness in Los Angeles six years ago, Rachel Sunday felt that she needed to help. “I wanted to do something,” she says, “but I didn’t know what.” Sunday, a resident of LA’s Westchester neighborhood, thought about it for a couple of...
It is hard enough to watch the horrors of war unfolding in a country that you have visited. It is even harder knowing that people you know are still there, dealing with the disruption and chaos of war. It had been more than eight years since I was last in contact with...
“Capitalism cannot function in a world that lives beyond its environmental means and creates massive inequalities.” Matthew Forti, Managing Director at One Acre Fund and a Strategic Advisory Board member at Lebec Consulting, shared this statement with me last week as...
Subscribe: SpotifyWhat does it take to create a more equitable workplace? How can we harness the talents of people on the autism spectrum or with similar neurodiversities toward meaningful employment? Those are the questions that internationally recognized social...
What happens to all the stuff we throw out when they’ve outgrown their need or use? Do those items – and the intricate, interconnected parts at their heart – retain any utility or meaning once discarded? According to the fascinating subjects...