Jen PahlkaFisher StudiosJennifer Pahlka founded Code for America to enhance government services with technology and design expertise. She served as deputy chief technology officer under President Obama and has advised
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Attracting and retaining colleagues is one thing, but having them engaged is the difference between going to a party and dancing at the party. Engaging employees is the secret sauce
Sabotaging her job. Refusing to work. Demanding she accounts for every cent. Destroying her credit. Restricting food, shelter, transportation, and medicine. These are just a few examples of economic abuse.
Peace-builder and Ashoka Fellow Helena Puig Larrauri co-founded Build Up to transform conflict in the digital age–in places from the U.S. to Iraq. With the exponential growth of viral polarizing
60 million Latinos in the U.S. consume news in Spanish – but efforts to fact-check articles, clips, and social media snippets focus almost exclusively on content in English. Two leaders
Over the last five years, more than 300 journalists worldwide have been tragically killed. Ashoka Fellow and investigative reporter Laurent Richard founded Forbidden Stories, a global journalist network that collaborates
We all have an innate thirst for cultivating our growth and development. It’s a natural desire to want to improve our skills, talents, and geniuses. However, in a world where
On a daily basis in the U.S., too many parents are forced to make hard choices about whether to go to work or care for their young children – and
In the back corner of a council estate in south London once occupied by dingy rows of lock-up garages next to a playground, there now stands a gleaming white brick
Brittany Young, Founder of B-360B-360An engineer, social entrepreneur, and Baltimore native, Brittany Young is on a mission to show young people how brilliant they are, so that they can be
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Have you heard about planned obsolescence? It’s an industry practice of designing products with limited lifespans (thus driving sales). It explains why electronics are now the fastest growing source of
Respect is a feeling we all seek, especially in a work environment where we spend most of our waking hours. To earn respect, we need to give it. Organizations can
The concept of care may seem out of place in a competitive organization, but it should be a cornerstone practice. Care impacts the work environment and meets the highest need