This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When President Trump promised to bring coal jobs back, he may have hedged a bit. Jobs in coal production have ticked up temporarily, but jobs in the renewable energy sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The foundation for our purpose is our moral view of the world. We are each driven in our work to drive progress toward achieving what we view as a moral…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Who are you? You were born in a country. You have a gender and race, even it isn’t clear on your face. You had parents, at least when you took…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I met with Erika Karp, is the founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital. Erika is a former UBS executive who created her new firm to accelerate the velocity of capital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most of what we understand about purpose at work comes from Hollywood. Stories are a powerful way to learn, but most of the stories we see on a screen give…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most companies believe that those who’ve spent time locked up “might be unstable or just unemployable–and all of that is untrue,” Gretchen Peterson, the director of human resources at Dave’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, Africa’s Industrialization Day focused on raising awareness of the importance of African industrial development in implementing a successful Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), fostering economic growth, and alleviating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coal isn’t coming back, although with real investment in carbon capture and sequestration, it could continue to contribute to a clean energy economy. A decade ago, coal accounted for nearly half…
The focus of this paper is the increase in earnings inequality over the last 30-plus years.1 Economists have well-developed theories that explain differences in wage levels among different categories of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late August, the White House rolled back an Obama-era equal pay rule meant to shrink the gender wage gap by requiring large companies to report what they pay employees by gender…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Georgia’s returning citizens — individuals who are returning to their families and the community after incarceration — are experiencing a smoother transition thanks to the Georgia Justice Project, which receives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, policymakers and practitioners have searched for program models that can increase employment rates and earnings for adults who are considered “hard to employ”: those with limited work experience,…