What makes Being Generous, by Ted Malloch, especially powerful is his description of his own journey from self-described narcissism to compassion.
Lys Anzia | Posted 11.18.2009 | Impact
"During my most difficult moments and complex situations I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future," Menchu Tum says with conviction.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact
Chris Anderson, Curator of TED, said at the launch of the Charter for Compassion, "This is not about kumbaya
Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact
The greatest impact would come from empowering beneficiaries to have a much more direct say in what they want and how well projects are being run.
medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding 76 projects using innovative ideas from chewing gum to chocolate to improve global health, and that of ...
Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact
"Growth is innovation, and you can't know in advance how to do the innovative thing, or else it wouldn't be an innovation. Development is BOTTOM-UP ...
Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.07.2009 | Technology
Crowdsourcing does have a role when you need to get feedback on a concept from potential users to see if it is is marketable. But that is different from coming up with the breakthrough ideas.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living
A powerful example of contagion that I have seen (or tasted, actually) is the restaurant scene in Portland, Maine.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green
I highly recommend Marc's blog if you are interested in the intersection of environment and business.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living
Marc Gunther's father died -- and the appreciation by Marc is well worth reading.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.31.2009 | World
The whole global philanthropy report is worth reading, but here are my takeaways.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
Many of these self-motivational books are recipes for major disappointment and backlash down the road, because they fail to set expectations: success and failure have a random component.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business
There are many areas where there is no clear right answer or no clear best practice. And it is precisely in these fields that we must be careful of a "tyranny of the experts."
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.22.2009 | World
The aid industry has spent over $2 trillion since World War II to help spur the development of poorer countries, with not enough to show for it.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business
Behavioral economics has been successful at exposing the fallacies of rational expectations, but it has not succeeded in creating a new framework.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.17.2009 | World
There is a very good post over at Philanthrocapitalism, a blog by Matthew Bishop and Michael Green. It is worth reading the whole thing.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business
When large numbers of entrepreneurs, financiers, engineers, and other smart, creative people are constantly bumping into one another, business ideas are formed, sharpened and executed.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.08.2009 | World
Some interventions can make things worse, via the law of unintended consequences. The larger the intervention, the more severe the possible negative consequences.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green
The job of the World Bank and other aid agencies is to promote innovation, and to do so in a way that helps rather than harms the environment.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business
Economic growth and opportunity usually require a lot of different things that reinforce and promote each other.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business
It 's surprisingly difficult to make a compelling case for more mergers among non-profits.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business
Mario Morino posted a nice piece recently about the need to nurture "coral reefs" for innovation in the US. I like his metaphor very much, and he not...
Dennis Whittle | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
Microcredit is not a silver bullet for poverty alleviation. But Kiva has done an exceptional job in advancing the popular understanding of the role that credit can play in raising people out of poverty.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living
Participating in the American Open makes nonprofits in the US eligible to leverage our network of donors, our technology and partner relationships.
Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green
All of us are accountable for some level of emissions--begging the question, how can you account for what your organization produces?
Dennis Whittle | Posted 11.17.2009 | Impact