Catching the sharing economy wave: Office space
This is the first post in a three-part series examining nonconsumption as a strategy for maximizing the sharing economy. The series addresses three areas of opportunity: rooms, rides, and recreation.
Nonconsumption
This is the first post in a three-part series examining nonconsumption as a strategy for maximizing the sharing economy. The series addresses three areas of opportunity: rooms, rides, and recreation.
Feb 7, 2017
Nonconsumption
Policy
Fears are mounting that technology will automate and displace jobs on a scale never before seen. That means we may need to start paying for adults’ living expenses as they learn and retool.
Jan 12, 2017
Policy
There really is no panacea for a majority of the many complex issues that will face the UN's next Secretary General. However, good theory has the potential to demystify complex situations.
Oct 26, 2016
While more than a billion people have “escaped” poverty, their present-day vulnerabilities are still stark. For this reason, programs that create prosperity should be the standard towards which countries aspire.
Oct 19, 2016
It's tempting to think that one form of innovation is better than another; unfortunately that's not the case. Depending on the circumstance, each form of innovation has a role to play in creating prosperity.
Oct 12, 2016
The capabilities of every community, organization, and country are made up of resources, processes, and priorities. To understand the cause of, and solution to, poverty, it is important to understand the RPP framework.
Oct 5, 2016
Today efforts continue to alleviate global poverty, and while they have been largely successful, a majority of people are still unable to live comfortably and prosper.
Sept 28, 2016
The idea behind Google's Project Ara was simple: when an improvement in a phone component became available, instead of having to buy a new phone, users could swap in a new module. But, as Google learned, modularity only ...
Sept 27, 2016
How is it that an industry that is filled with some of the brightest minds in the world and spends hundreds of billions of US dollars a year on global development is unable to have more of an impact?
Sept 21, 2016
From logistics to energy, by taking ownership of other links in the value chain, Tolaram was able to access swathes of Nigerian consumers who had previously been out of reach and create a new market.
Sept 14, 2016