Last night, and this afternoon, I had a bit of a scare. A donor to one of the organizations I have been working with, a long time friend, sent me a message that she was pulling her donation because of an error I had made.  It was a simple error in failing to recognize her [...]

One of the main concerns for many firms, and donors in general, over the last few years has been the ability to identify and scale up partners that will provide for the highest report on their program investments in China. In part, this is a result of the various scandals and difficulties many have faced [...]

The other night while speaking with my wife about achieving goals, she made the comment that I needed to think more like a rocket than fireworks. That, in the interest of achieving my “goals”, I needed to have a trajectory with a goal as the destination… versus shooting straight up in the air, looking pretty, [...]

Last week, GIGA China invited in the partner of Design Li3 to speak about greening contractors. With a large group of architects and planners in the room (roughly 40), the night was set for an interesting discussion, and GIGA’s highly interactive culture provided just that. Lily’s speak, contrary to the title, was actually pretty focused [...]