Archive of the category: "Weekly Inspiration"
Weekly Inspiration #26: Making Ideas Happen
Last week, Sandbox gave a keynote address and hosted a ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ workshop at the Ivy Leadership Summit at Yale University. Preparing for the conference, we wanted to do things a little different. We were asked to share our thoughts on ‘Fearless leadership.’ Instead, we argued the term is misleading. Observing the Sandbox community, [...]
Weekly inspiration #25: Brainstorming
source: Brainstore.com
Last Thursday, I was invited to Paris to participate to a workshop organized by our friends from Brainstore. Over the last 20 years, they have developed and standardized a creative process, which I was very impressed to see in action. Brainstore has created a real idea machine (see schema above), a system allowing to [...]
Weekly inspiration #24: The ABC of inspirational links
What kind of online content do people enjoy sharing most? Researchers who have analyzed the New York Times’ list of most e-mailed articles over the course of six months have found that it’s the news that inspires awe that is shared the most. We can certainly relate to that - here at Sandbox, we love [...]
Weekly inspiration #23: Internet Lovin’
Sunday being Valentines and the Chinese New Year, I tried to find a theme somehow connecting the two – ultimately settling on our love affair with the internet. Google’s first TV advertisement in the US captures the sentiment quite well. The internet enables and initiates almost everything, from information sharing to something potentially much more.
Ironically, [...]
Weekly inspiration #22: Attracting the best and the brightest
This year, I had the privilege to follow World Economic Forum Annual Meeting from the inside. The week I spent in the Swiss mountains was totally inspiring, both for the people I met as for the discussions going on.
A session that especially passioned me was a dinner with Mexican President Felipe Calderón among other prominent [...]
Weekly Inspiration #21: Financial Innovations from the Crowd
In 2009, over-leveraged creativity in global financial markets proved disastrous. At the same time, financial innovations on the micro level have been quite successful: think mobile banking and crowdfunding. Mobile phone penetrations and manifestation of the social web have been central to micro financial innovations. At Sandbox, we’re fascinated by the collective [...]
Our Big Topics for 2010 - and Beyond
At Sandbox we’re fortunate to interact every day with some of the most inspiring young innovators around the world. Our members are constantly driving new ideas and exploring untouched opportunities. Observing patterns within our community and studying trends of our clients, we identified six major themes to watch out for in 2010 and beyond:
1. Unique [...]
Weekly inspiration #20: What was and what will be
So the year 2009 is over and with it the first decade of the new millennium. A perfect moment to look back and ahead to assess what was and what will be. We already did this for Sandbox with our Year in Review and Roadmap for 2010 blog posts.
But of course, it’s not just about [...]
Weekly Inspiration #19: What is your higher purpose?
At LeWeb last week in Paris, Tony Hsieh delivered a very inspiring speech about his company - Zappos - and the importance of company culture. We have highlighted below the main points of his message and explained why we think that these ideas are very relevant to Sandbox.
Define your core values
A company that has a good [...]
Weekly inspiration #18: Constant learning
When I was in school, people often told me: “You’re not learning for school, but for life.” As annoying as that sounded at the time, it is undoubtedly true. And today, we’re not just learning in school anymore - life-long learning becomes more and more common and important. Luckily, learning and teaching has never been [...]
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