By Emily Weiner | January 23, 2014
Tomorrow is the first Good Business Friday of the semester! Students have returned from winter break, there’s a great buzz on campus and I’m thrilled that Cheryl’s back to be part of these conversations. What better way to kick off the series than to have Phil Mirvis, Babson Senior Fellow in Social Innovation be part…
By Emily Weiner | December 4, 2013
Though it feels like we were getting ready for From Day One just yesterday, this Friday we’re hosting the last Good Business Friday of 2013. This is always an exciting time with FME businesses starting to take shape and students all over campus working on their ventures. So it seems only fitting that we would…
By The Institute for Social Innovation | November 7, 2013
By Macy Horton, Babson Undergraduate Student and Founder of Rock Dust Soil Solutions. This post is the last in a 4 part series building on the conversations at Good Business Fridays by providing a platform for Babson Undergraduate students to reflect on what “Good Business” means or has come to mean to them. The more…
By The Institute for Social Innovation | October 16, 2013
By Michael Kliska, Babson Undergraduate student. This post is the first in a 4 part series building on the conversations at Good Business Fridays by providing a platform for Babson Undergraduate students to reflect on what “Good Business” means or has come to mean to them. Good business…what does that mean? Is it being ethical?…
By The Institute for Social Innovation | September 27, 2013
By Jennifer-Trisha Kuhanga, Babson Undergraduate Student and Intern at The Lewis Institute. Leading up to Seth Goldman’s (cofounder of Honest Tea) fireside chat with Heidi Heck we gave out free copies of his book “Mission in a Bottle” at Good Business Fridays (GBF). According to the founders of Honest Tea, this book is “the honest…
By Cheryl Kiser | September 19, 2013
Tomorrow marks our second Good Business Friday of the school year. These weekly conversations are a way to accelerate your journey around social value creation and amplify your impact in the space. There’s something very special and almost counter-intuitive about the model. So much of our work at Babson is about purposeful, strategic action, It’s…
By Emily Weiner | August 30, 2013
This is such an exciting time to be on campus, and reinforces why I love my job. Full time MBA orientation started earlier this week, and first year undergraduates arrive today. Consistently, I’ve been meeting students who tell me about their passions, interests, and desire to make lasting positive change. At Babson, we work to…