This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My journey to Headwaters has been a long and windy path. I went to school to become a lawyer, and, instead, I became a philanthropist. In my work, I ask…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Fourth Industrial Revolution evolves, frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping our economies, societies and the environment. AI is opening up economic opportunities with companies large…
For the first time in history, the number of people aged 65 and over outnumber children five and under. By 2024, older workers will represent the largest single segment—25%—of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “It should be fun to work with artificial intelligence tools,” says Nancye Blair Black, Project Lead for AI Explorations and Their Practical Use in School Environments. It’s a simple credo but…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As COVID-19 threatened jails and prisons in March, the Connecticut Department of Corrections decided to waive the $3 fee it charged prisoners for a medical visit. “We didn’t want the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From a food and traditional medicine market with hundreds of exotic wildlife packed in cages, a new and deadly respiratory virus emerges. An unprecedented lockdown of Chinese society fails to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A vaccine for Covid-19 is not yet available but many rich countries and some middle-income ones have entered partnerships to reserve vaccine doses. This shopping spree means that there will…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit leaders are exhausted. Many were planning to leave even before 2020 happened. There were the white boomers trying to retire, the young leaders of color trying to navigate cultures not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black Americans pursue more intensive treatments than white Americans in the last six months of life, researchers report. White people are also more likely to use hospice care, according to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Companies with strong reputations as corporate citizens are respected for providing value to society in a comprehensive way – through their products and services, their operational excellence, and their support…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here are some of the lessons we have taken with us from the past decade: Believe in people and communities. We had to push Arkansas toward a vision of justice, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is growing in popularity, from the largest multinational companies like Procter & Gamble or Unilever to small firms like Give Realty or Hotels for Hope. In…