5 Steps to Developing a Successful Corporate Philanthropy Program Through my work, working with firms looking to develop “CSR” programs in China, more often than not the conversations I have revolved around donating money. For many firms, even those experienced in philanthropy, China can be a difficult place. The groups who are able to accept [...]

For the last three years, I have been fortunate to be working at the China Europe International Business school as an Adjunct Professor of Sustainability and Responsible Leadership. In this time I have facilitated a course that over 600 students have been required to take, and why it is different (and so much fun) is [...]

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, [...]

For many startups organizations, particularly those in the non-profit sector, finding support from volunteers can be vital. Website developers working in their spare time… An accountant to help close the monthly books… an HR Director willing to help develop HR structures and hiring practices… are all (at times) necessary engagements that can have a profound [...]

In the field of socially minded enterprises (my new term for the commonly abused term “Social enterprise”), there is a lot of passion. Some in the field come preloaded with massive does of passion and are fixated on their cause from day one, while others have found themselves full of consumed items and looking for [...]

Anyone who is interested in sustainability, and based in China, will attest to the fact that there are a lot of events dedicated to the topics at hand.  Green Drinks, Cleantech conferences, and the like are occurring on a near weekly basis in Beijing and Shanghai, and one might be fooled into thinking that through [...]