These days, when people talk about innovation, it’s almost inevitable that the word “failure” isn’t far behind.
From what I’ve seen, failure and its role as a necessary ingredient for innovation is getting quite a bit of buzz these days, with everyone from design thinkers to social change agents to Warren Buffet saying that failure should [...]

It’s been a few weeks since my last post – and coincidentally it’s also been a few weeks since I started my new job as community manager for OpenIDEO.
While I’ve had many “bloggable” moments recently, I’ll admit I just haven’t quite gotten around to it. Too much new stuff to learn, too many new people [...]

Back in December, when my family was handing out holiday gifts, my mom gave me and my husband Dan an incredible present.
About ten years ago, my mom bought this etching of a couple, rowing their boat in fast waters.
At the time, she wasn’t quite sure why the painting spoke to her, but she saw it [...]

Boy how time flies! Incredibly, we’ve made it through another year.
2010 was an interesting year for me, comprised of what I see as two separate phases: the last six months of business school, and the first six months of the rest of my life.
Anyone who’s gone to business school can speak to how intense the [...]

This past week I was fortunate to attend a West Coast Sustainability Summit hosted by the Women’s Network for a Sustainable Future.
WNSF is a national association of women professionals who are passionate about integrating sustainability principles into their organizations and businesses.
This year’s second annual West Coast Businesswomen’s Sustainability Summit, hosted by IBM at the company’s [...]

Imagine the following scenario:
A young woman is at home, getting ready for a first date on a Saturday night. She’s picked out her outfit and just jumped out of the shower, about to put on her makeup.
As she gets dressed, her thoughts drift to who she’s meeting – what he will look like, what questions [...]

One topic that comes up often in CSR discussions is social intrapreneurship (in fact, it’s something I’ve written about previously on The Changebase).
Lots of people want to do CSR work, but not everyone is lucky enough to be in the right place, at the right time to land that perfect CSR job.
Thankfully that doesn’t mean [...]

One of the best things about being in grad school and conducting a job search is getting to do informational interviews.
As an MBA student I had the opportunity to connect with and ask questions of professionals in CSR, philanthropy, social enterprise and sustainable business. Luckily, even though business school is over, I’m still able to [...]

I’m thrilled to announce that in two weeks I’ll be graduating from business school!
As unbelievable as it sounds (even when I say it), the end of my MBA program is amazingly just around the corner. While it hasn’t always been fun – derivative equations in economics class come to mind – it has been an [...]

This weekend I was lucky enough to be featured as a panelist at the third annual Boston University 85 Broads conference. The theme of the event was “Rising to the Top,” and it brought together an incredible group of professional and undergraduate women to learn from each other and network.
If you aren’t familiar with 85 [...]