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Michael Dan - Responding to H1N1

The issue of the H1N1 influenza pandemic remains a hot topic internationally as confirmed cases are reported daily and concerns about access to the H1N1 vaccine increase. In this audio interview from the Business Roundtable's Partnership for Disaster Response, Executive Director Larry Burton talks with The Brink's Company Chairman, President and CEO and Partnership Chairman Michael Dan. The two discuss the Partnership's recent responses to the H1N1 influenza pandemic.

Does Generation Y Discriminate Against Baby Boomers? Or Is It the Other Way Around?

By Rosetta Thurman 5

Addressing inter-generational tensions in the nonprofit work sphere.

Review

An Environmental Provocateur

Review By Denis Hayes 2

Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand

Winter 2010

THE DESIGN
OF BUSINESS:
Why Design
Thinking Is the
Next Competitive
Advantage
Roger L. Martin

Review

How Scale and Innovation Can Coexist

Review By Debra Dunn 2

The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking Is the Next Competitive Advantage by Roger L. Martin

Winter 2010

Research: Strong Women, Strong Sector

By Alana Conner

The more empowered a country's women, the more vibrant its nonprofit sector.

Global Issues

Research: Urban Emissionscapes

By Alana Conner

The mystery is over: A 10-city comparison of greenhouse gas emissions per capita pinpoints the sources of those emissions.

Nonprofits

Research: Shareholders Nudge Companies

By Alana Conner

What happens when large companies receive resolutions from their shareholders pressing them to take better care of the environment?

Design Thinking for Social Innovation

By Tim Brown & Jocelyn Wyatt 43

By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.

Philanthropy

Real Stories Critical for Giving

By Todd Cohen 1

A powerful tool to engage givers is storytelling – telling stories about people, the problems they face, and the role philanthropy can play in addressing the symptoms and causes of those problems.

Q&A: Jeff Raikes

By Eric Nee 4

Jeff Raikes takes over the Gates Foundation at a turbulent time when philanthropic resources are down and social needs are up.