Real Social Innovation Comes From Within
Perspectives from Middlebury student Toby Israel “Real change must come from within.” “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” I worry sometimes that these classic words, so oft parroted by...
View ArticleCultivating Tribes
We’re in the middle of developing our newest Babson Board Fellows cohort and I’m starting to notice a trend as I meet with MBAs who are interested in joining the program. Whether in one-on-one...
View ArticleNot Your Average Summer School
My first class with the 2013 Babson Entrepreneurial Development Experience kicks off tomorrow. I just returned from meeting this year’s class of 71 students and am so excited for the session to come....
View ArticleFrom Day One: Make a Difference
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...
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This Friday: Is a Good Business a Successful Business?
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...
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Good Business Friday Tomorrow with Phil Mirvis
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...
View ArticleCompassion and Kinship at Homeboy Industries
I’m so grateful to my colleague, Rachel Greenberger, for sharing this incredible TED talk with our team. We’ve profiled Babson alumni business Innercity Weightlifting and their significant work helping...
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On Our Way to CGI U
This Friday, I have the great privilege of accompanying 12 Babson students to the 7th Annual Clinton Global Initiative University Meeting. (You can read all about the Babson team here.) I get to see...
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InnerCity Weightlifting Summer Workout Series
This summer, InnerCity Weightlifting (ICW) is bringing their training out of the gym and onto the Greenway with a series of 10 free summer workout sessions. The Lewis Institute, Graduate Admissions,...
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Supporting a Vision for Everyone to See
This past weekend, I had the great pleasure and privilege of being one of five judges to determine the 2014 Gifted Citizen Prize winner at La Ciudad de las Ideas in Puebla, Mexico. As I boarded the...
View ArticleOur Students Re-Imagining Business
In my four years here at Babson, I’ve noticed a sea change in our students and their commitment to challenging the status quo. To be sure, Babson students have always been wired differently and can be...
View ArticleEmpowering Emerging Female Leaders
Each year I look forward to the day that 100 young women from Women2Women International (W2W) arrive on campus to cultivate the tools, relationships, and opportunities required to be leaders in their...
View ArticleSocial Innovation Has No Borders
When we first started The Lewis Institute, Cheryl and I would joke around and tell people that “we’re an institute without walls”. This was really just our way of signifying that we are boundary...
View ArticleThe Young Entrepreneur’s New Business Value
I’ve had the great pleasure of being involved with Babson’s Summer Study for High School Students in some capacity for the last six years, ranging from co-teaching modules about social responsibility...
View ArticleThe Power of Relationships to Enhance Learning
The power of community and networks is something Cheryl and I talk and write about quite a bit. Both of us are “collectors of people and relationships” and are constantly working to connect dots for...
View ArticleSoloCoco: Utilizing Fair Trade to Create Economic and Social Value
Following the 2016 Lewis Institute Changemaker Award reception, I had the chance to sit down with our Alumni award winner Daniel Dalet ‘03. I was interested in learning more about Daniel’s path: from...
View ArticleLeading for Social Value: Dave Stangis Puts Theory into Practice
By Emily Weiner, Associate Director of The Lewis Institute and the Babson Social Innovation Lab. One week ago, we kicked off our seven-week intensive elective MBA course, Leading for Social Value. This...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Babson Summer Study
By Emily Weiner, Associate Director of The Lewis Institute and the Babson Social Innovation Lab. When Cheryl and I first became involved with Babson’s Summer Study for High School Students program, I...
View ArticleSummertime and the Living is Abundant
By Emily Weiner, Associate Director of The Lewis Institute and the Babson Social Innovation Lab. There’s a big misconception that staff and faculty in academic institutions slow down over the summer....
View ArticleBabson and Boston Change Leaders at the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange
Babson College is excited to co-host the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange, the largest convening of social innovators and changemakers in higher education, April 5-7 in downtown Boston. The Exchange will bring...
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