My Huffington Post Articles

• Causecast Makes It Easy for Companies to Give Back February 2, 2012
  Just as consumers have come to expect brands to support causes, employees now expect their companies to engage them in serious and meaningful ways around the causes they care about. […]
• A Revolution of Attention January 30, 2012
  The top billion of us, of which you are certainly one, have lived for too long in a silo -- a silo of attention. We have focused on quarterly earnings, and consumption, and material desire, at the expense of a forgotten population that is equal to us in that core human way. […]
• An Evolved Take on Psychology, Brands and Poverty January 16, 2012
  I want people to understand how they are exactly the same as the person in the slum. In that uniquely human way, they are no better and no worse than them -- they are the same. […]
• The Defining Role of Business in Ending Poverty January 4, 2012
  Business is the most powerful force on the planet, in terms of its capability to move resources, money, and people. When it comes to fighting poverty, businesses have a defining role to play in working to end it. […]
• Your Power As a Citizen Consumer December 19, 2011
  You are a citizen consumer. You participate in the economy every day with your purchases. And you most certainly have a voice. Companies are starting to fear you, and even more importantly, they are starting to take you more fully into account. […]
• At Detroit Soup, A City Comes Alive December 12, 2011
  This experiment in micro-funding was already interesting before they served the soup. Then we all lined up and before too long, my wooden-crafted bowl was filled with a spicy vegan squash stew. […]
• Capitalism You Can Fall in Love With December 10, 2011
  Capitalism is changing. It is evolving. And big companies are going to start to realize that when the cause is the brand, the consumer cannot get enough. That means two things: 1. More profits and 2. more good. […]
• 94% of Consumers Would Switch Brands to Support a Cause December 4, 2011
  If you're like the vast majority of people out there, you are a citizen consumer - you just might not know it yet.... […]
• How to Solve the World Water Crisis Today November 21, 2011
  The LifeStraw is a life-saving technology that allows any individual to insert the straw into water, no matter how dirty, and an advanced filtration system ensures that the only liquid coming out the other end is clean, potable drinking water. […]
• How Cause-Integrated Businesses are Working to End Poverty December 1, 2010
  As the movements of social enterprise and cause-integrated business mature, a new funding model is proving that scaling innovations for poverty alleviation in the developing world can be both possible and profitable. […]