The future of MBAs
Charmian Love
January 19, 2010
I was impressed by a recent report by McKinsey Quarterly which looks at how MBA programs are responding to the changing landscape of business... More...
WEF’s Facebook Survey Sees Financial Crisis As Crisis of Values
John Elkington
January 18, 2010
Over two-thirds of people believe the current economic crisis is also a crisis of ethics and values. But only 50% think universal values exist. These... More...
This Is Not An Airplane
John Elkington
January 17, 2010
Thanks to a Facebook response to a blog entry I did on James Cameron’s Avatar, I watched Bertrand Piccard’s 2009 TED talk this... More...
Carbon Trading: The new anti-globalization battle?
Alejandro Litovsky
January 16, 2010
This week, activists protested outside a Carbon Trading Summit in New York, as evidence emerges of wrongdoing against indigenous peoples around... More...
Back to my old life – same problems but new hope!
Sam Lakha
January 9, 2010
Volans’ Alumni Network member Juliana Velloso refects on life post-London After spending a year in London, I feel re-empowered: the power of the academic... More...
Lessons Britain’s Health Service Could Learn From Third World
John Elkington
January 8, 2010
An interesting article on what Britain’s National Health Service could learn from health care innovation in developing countries can be found here. The basic... More...
The Methuselah Generation
John Elkington
January 4, 2010
I was born in 1949, which landed me squarely in the Baby Boom generation. Having celebrated my sixtieth birthday in June, I find my mind... More...
When will a Pope call for birth control?
John Elkington
January 2, 2010
Given the reality that is the Catholic Church, it’s encouraging that Pope Benedict used yesterday’s New Year address to underline the need for environmental... More...
BRAC Founder Fazle Hasan Abed Honoured
John Elkington
January 1, 2010
Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and Chairperson of BRAC, is to be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor... More...
