Topic: Grameen Bank Ltd.

Women in Corporate Leadership Today - More About Necessity Than Equality

Over the past few years, I have been watching the role of women increase at the global level. Corporate initiatives such as that of Cisco, Nike, and The Cola Cola Company have embraced the position of women not only within the ...READ»

For-Profit Microfinance Matures, India and Africa Lead the Way

Microfinance is maturing, with record numbers of borrowers, loan amounts, new international partnerships, and a focus on transparent reporting.READ»

Creating the Sustainable Bank

Our banking system has suffered a major setback. Meanwhile, smaller banks with environmental and social sustainbility at their core are flourishing. What can we learn?READ»

Playing Kings: The CEO and President

In the third post of their 7-part series, John Elkington and Charmian Love look at how CEOs are coping with the new wild cards dealt by environmental, social and governance challenges.READ»

Bhagwan Chowdhry's FAB Campaign Aims to Put $100 in Bank Account for Every Baby

Bhagwan Chowdhry, a Professor of Finance at UCLA's Anderson School, outlines his organization's mission to give every newborn in the world access to financial legitimacy.READ»

Groupon & Kiva: Building on the Crowd

The phrase “following the crowd” has always had a negative connotation. Nobody wants to think of themselves as a lemming or, that their efforts are an inconsequential “drop in the bucket.” With the advent of the internet, though, crowdsourcing has changed the way we look at the “crowd.” Though still in its infancy, crowdsourcing...READ»

Conscious Capitalists Focus on the Ideals of Businesses

Mackey says a Conscious Capitalist focuses on one or more of four ideals -- the good, the true, the beautiful, and the heroic -- and on aligning the interests of all "stakeholders." But just what business should emulate is unclear.READ»

• John Mackey's Vision to Reshape Capitalism

Laptops for Kids and Shared Village-wide Cell Phones can Fight Systemic Deep Poverty

Negroponte and Quadir: How Laptops and Cell Phones Attack Systemic Poverty in Developing CountriesREAD»

Questions for Dambisa Moyo

Tweeting Fast Company readers take on the Zambian economist and author of the book "Dead Aid", who talks about making chocolate, fighting AIDS, and her friend Chris HughesREAD»

Jack Welch, A Proponent of Conscious Capitalism?

Right now, denizens of young corporate leaders and entrepreneurs who are fighting the good fight –getting investors and their corporate leaders on board with new and more sustainable ways to view business – are perking up at the recent words from former GE Chairman and CEO, Jack Welch. If you have been reading my blog, you have followed my discussions of sustainability as a part of corporate consciousness for the past months. Today, I was pointed towards the latest word from Mr. Welch, publically stating that it was “a dumb idea” for executives to focus so heavily on quarterly profits and share price gains. Wait, wasn’t it Welch who originally created the “shareholder value movement” in the early 80s? READ»

How Innovations from Developing Nations Trickle-Up to the West

A funny thing has happened on the way to globalization: Innovation now trickles up from emerging to advanced economies. And it may be the way of the future.READ»

• Trickle-Up Trends

Creating a world without Poverty

  I had the distinct priviledge of attending a recent luncheon hosted by Scotiabank. The special guest presenter was Professor Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and founder of the world renown, Grameen Bank in ...READ»

U.S. City of the Year: Chicago

Skyscrapers, green roofs, and house music -- a very American metropolis. READ»

• Five Things You Don't Know About Chicago
• Fast Cities 2008

Building Strong Networks: Part One

It’s crystal clear that having a strong network is critical to personal and professional success for leaders these days. I just interviewed Mike Dulworth, author of a great new book called The Connect Effect: Building Strong ...READ»

Feedback

Savior or Sellout? Some of Adam Werbach's old friends in the environmental movement may not be talking to him since he signed on with Wal-Mart, but Fast Company readers had plenty to say about September's cover story. Responses ...READ»

Unplanned Obsolescence

Grameen's famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty-- and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It's not working anymore.READ»

Business 3.0

The oblivious capitalist's days are numbered.READ»

Digging Out

The idea of putting people to work was largely neglected after the invasion of Iraq. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one strategy might help fill the void.READ»

A More Powerful Path

Changing the way we think about change--and bringing business into the act.READ»

Amateur Revolution

From astronomy to computing, networks of amateurs are displacing the pros and spawning some of the greatest innovations.READ»

Amateur Revolution

From astronomy to computing, networks of amateurs are displacing the pros and spawning some of the greatest innovations.READ»

Next Stop - The 21st Century

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Wealth and Poverty

Muhammed Yunus's share-the-wealth business model.READ»

Here's a Business Plan to Fight Poverty

The social entrepreneur who pioneered 'microlending' has launched a new company. Its goal: a cell-phone in every village.READ»

Live from Pop!Tech: Today's Social Capitalist Assignment

Overwhelmed by the thought of tackling world poverty? Join the club. When you hear that three billion people live on less than $2 a day, it's hard to know where to begin. Enter Kiva, a super convenient microfinancing nonprofit ...READ»