A few days ago (Day 29), I shared about an encounter I had with one of the members of the team who had decided that he no longer wanted to pursue business in favor of a retreat back to the NGO world.  Today, it seems he has had a change of heart.  My friend sat [...]

Most corporate change initiatives fail.  The fact of the matter is that change is difficult and can be sidetracked in so many ways.  At Thunderbird, I studied change under the tutelage of Dr. Caren Siehl, an expert in corporate change.  As part of our curriculum, we learned Dan Cohen’s and John Kotter’s change framework, [...]

Ever since I was accepted as an Acumen Fund Fellow, I have wondered where on earth I was going to be placed.  As the days have gotten closer to September 2nd, I have been on pins and needles waiting for the clouds to clear.  Several weeks ago, I got some clarity after reading Greg Mortenson’s [...]

Today, I had an interesting discussion with one of the members of the cooperative.  He came to me and said that he had decided that he didn’t want to be a businessman.  He mentioned to me how the whole process of writing a business plan was too complex for the local market and that he [...]

At 7:45am, Leonel the taxi driver gave a honk in front of the house to let me know that he had arrived.  I grabbed my bag and jumped in the backseat.  We sped through the city streets this early Sunday morning, whizzing past bottlenecks that usually deterred us during the week.  Upon arriving at work, [...]