Category: COOL IDEAS

Are You Happy? Get the App

| December 28, 2012 | Comments (0)
Are You Happy? Get the App

The H(app)athon Project is an Initiative that is crowdsourcing a digitally focused Happiness Indicator and is creating an app/methodology that lets people measure and improve their well-being. Happiness Indicators or Indexes like Gross National Happiness from Bhutan reflect a fuller picture of value for a country beyond the GDP. We (our Committee) want the value of people reflected by technologies/groups like Quantified Self and the Internet of Things to be a part of our metrics so we can ‘give Big Data a direction.’

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Diana Ayton-Shenker: Blazing Trails Forward

| September 21, 2012 | Comments (7)
Diana Ayton-Shenker: Blazing Trails Forward

Diana Ayton-Shenker is one of this year’s Good Business Leading Women. She is a passionate change agent and champion for women everywhere. In this brief interview that took place at the Wall Street Green Summit earlier this year, Diana speaks with Good-b’s Monika Mitchell about the valuable contribution women make in our communities. A professor of social entrepreneurship, Diana emphasizes the importance of inspiring women to step into leaderships roles to affect change on the planet.

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Taking Risks: Are You An Edgewalker?

| April 10, 2012 | Comments (3)
Taking Risks: Are You An Edgewalker?

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Jack Kerouac, ON THE ROAD

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Gender Equality and Clean Tech

| March 7, 2012 | Comments (2)
Ursula Burns, CEO Xerox

Not only is she a woman, but a woman of color and the first African-American female CEO of a Fortune 500 Company…Native New Yorker Ursula Burns breaks all barriers and brings Renewable Energy into the 21st Century.  Gender Equality at Xerox and MIT By Sandra Kwak Human capital is a crucial aspect of the triple bottom [...]

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Women’s Economic Empowerment & Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

| October 23, 2011 | Comments (0)
Women’s Economic Empowerment & Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

After previously serving in the House of Representatives since 2006, Kirsten Gillibrand was sworn in as Hillary Clinton’s replacement as New York State Senator in January 2009, and was later re-elected in November 2010 with 63% of the vote. Since her days as a lawyer taking on pro bono cases defending battered women, to working with Hillary Clinton to encourage women to enter politics and leadership, Gillibrand has always taken a strong stance towards the advancement of women and girls.

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Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Discuss the World

| October 5, 2011 | Comments (0)
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Discuss the World

  Hillary & Chelsea Clinton at Clinton Global Initiative 2011 in NYC

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Power Ladies Who Lunch

| September 25, 2011 | Comments (2)
Power Ladies Who Lunch

At the Park Avenue Armory on September 19, 2011, the “most powerful women in New York” assembled for a light lunch of peppered chicken salad and a petit portion of chocolate mousse with raspberries.

Seated at the elegant luncheon tables were 45 of the 50 “Most Powerful Women in New York” named by Crain’s earlier this year and about 500 more powerful women colleagues.

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Hazel Henderson – Sustainable Economics (audio)

| August 8, 2011 | Comments (12)
Hazel Henderson – Sustainable Economics (audio)

  For four decades, Hazel Henderson has led the movement for environmental sustainability in business. As CEO of Ethical Markets, a new media company dedicated to “cleaner, greener 21st century economies,” Hazel Henderson continues to lead the efforts for global financial reform. In a fascinating conversation with Good-b CEO Monika Mitchell, Hazel details the amazing [...]

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International Women’s Day: Progress and Challenge

| March 10, 2011 | Comments (0)
International Women’s Day: Progress and Challenge

Update by Good-b Associate Editor: Debby Almonte UN Women Director Bachelet Notes “Remarkable Progress” “UN Women” is a newly formed agency at the UN merging many other organizations under one umbrella. Its first Executive Director, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, acknowledged the “remarkable progress” women have made over the past 100 years. Ms. Bachelet also [...]

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Charlene Li: Social Sustainability

| October 8, 2010 | Comments (2)
Charlene Li: Social Sustainability

One of the highlights in this year’s powerhouse World Business Forum was the presentation by Social Media Maverick Charlene Li. Business mogul, thought leader and mother of two—Charlene Li represents the new wave in business innovation—women as titans of industry.

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