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Leadership
At Stanford, Al Gore Connects Climate Change Inaction to Political Dysfunction
Speaking to a capacity crowd at Stanford's Memorial Auditorium, former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore calls for passionate action to reverse "degraded" state of democracy.
![[photo - Mandy O'Neill]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/oneill_0.jpg "[photo - Mandy O'Neill]")
A researcher says at least part of the answer is that people are more than their potential.
![[photo - Akaya Windwood]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/podcast_img/Akaya%20Windwood%201.jpg "[photo - Akaya Windwood]")
In an increasingly polarized and complex world, leaders can no longer afford to work in isolation. In this audio lecture from the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s Nonprofit Management Institute, Rockwood Leadership Institute president Akaya Windwood discusses how we can get our movements and sectors to work together to advance the common good. Windwood discusses specific tools that we can utilize to build communities of interconnected leaders in order to make social movements more effective.
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![[photo - Liberty & Justice sewing]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/liberty_justice_sewing.jpg "[photo - sewing at Liberty & Justice garment factory]")
Building a fair-trade manufacturing business in Liberia is helping entrepreneur Chid Liberty realize a goal. "You can make money and do good at the same time," he told a Stanford University audience.
Resource: News Article
As Japan shifts from disaster relief to rebuilding, GSB alumni see opportunities for change and renewal.
Resource: News Article
Public education that prepares a workforce for tomorrow's needs is the cause that most challenges her, said Penny Pritzker, JD/MBA '84, the 2011 recipient of the business school's Arbuckle Award.
Resource: News Article
When oil began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico last year, scientists, engineers, and operations workers all had different ideas about what to do. The biggest lesson may have been getting these different groups to work together, Marcia McNutt of the USGS told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.
Resource: News Article
The United States has recovered from high debt in the past but there are no easy solutions to today's estimated $14 trillion bill, panelists told a business school audience.
Resource: News Article
Building a fair-trade manufacturing business in Liberia is helping entrepreneur Chid Liberty realize a goal. "You can make money and do good at the same time," he told a Stanford University audience.
Resource: News Article
As Japan shifts from disaster relief to rebuilding, GSB alumni see opportunities for change and renewal.
Resource: News Article
Public education that prepares a workforce for tomorrow's needs is the cause that most challenges her, said Penny Pritzker, JD/MBA '84, the 2011 recipient of the business school's Arbuckle Award.
Resource: News Article
When oil began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico last year, scientists, engineers, and operations workers all had different ideas about what to do. The biggest lesson may have been getting these different groups to work together, Marcia McNutt of the USGS told a Stanford Graduate School of Business audience.
Resource: News Article
The United States has recovered from high debt in the past but there are no easy solutions to today's estimated $14 trillion bill, panelists told a business school audience.
Resource: News Article
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"Every year, I say 'Never again,' but I do, and I love it." Does this sound familiar to you? Volunteer organizations enhance the quality of life, usually locally. But anyone who has been involved in a volunteer organization understands their fragility. BigTent, a platform for social groups, hosts 20,000 free, online forums with controls specifically for the needs of volunteer groups. Sheela Sethuraman talks with Laney Whitcanack, COO of BigTent.
Resource: Audio
![[Video-New York Excellence in Leadership Award Dinner Honoring Jacqueline Novogratz]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/gH3sU1kLzso/0.jpg "[Video-New York Excellence in Leadership Award Dinner Honoring Jacqueline Novogratz]")
Jacqueline Novogratz, MBA '91, wins the 2011 Excellence in Leadership Award from the Stanford GSB.
Resource: Video
![[Video-Leading an Industry Turnaround: Lessons from Government Interventions at GM and Chrysler]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/nwra7zXOsAM/0.jpg "[Video-Leading an Industry Turnaround: Lessons from Government Interventions at GM and Chrysler]")
How did an Obama administration task force turn around the auto industry?
Resource: Video
![[Video-What It Takes to Be a Remarkable Leader: John Doerr, Venture Capitalist]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/LDWURusr02k/0.jpg "[Video-What It Takes to Be a Remarkable Leader: John Doerr, Venture Capitalist]")
What are the ingredients for great leadership and entrepreneurship today?
Resource: Video
![[Video-Keeping Talent on Road to Success-Panel]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/vUhgTh_iJTU/0.jpg "[Video-Keeping Talent on Road to Success-Panel]")
How can major companies keep senior women in the workforce?
Resource: Video
![[Video-Entrepreneurship From a Woman's Perspective]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/UuBtgc0thok/0.jpg "[Video-Entrepreneurship From a Woman's Perspective]")
To be a successful entrepreneur you need to ignore your naysayers and have a passion bordering on obsession.
Resource: Video
Can business be a power for good? Jean Oelwang, CEO of Virgin Unite, would argue yes. Virgin Unite is the nonprofit foundation of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, a conglomerate of more than 400 world-wide companies. In this audio lecture, Oelwang discusses the need to address root causes of social and environmental issues, the unsustainable nature of the growing disparity between rich and poor, and the potential to make a difference by adapting existing product and service innovations.
Resource: Audio
![[Video-Solutions for Extreme Need ]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/RF-dOt1oLF4/0.jpg "[Video-Solutions for Extreme Need ]")
What if visiting the doctor to get a CT scan was as fun as sailing on a pirate ship? asked Doug Dietz, veteran designer of MRI and CT scan machines. Dietz had seen the widespread anxiety of children who came into the hospital and wanted to change that negative experience.
Resource: Video
![[Video-GSB Black Business Student Association Award Winner Jim Shelton]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/YyJeVSGbbts/0.jpg "[Video-GSB Black Business Student Association Award Winner Jim Shelton]")
James H. Shelton of the Office of Innovation and Improvement at the U.S. Department of Education won the prestigious Tapesty Award for 2011.
Resource: Video
![[photo - Marcia McNutt]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/podcast_img/Marcia%20McNutt%201.jpg "[photo - Marcia McNutt]")
The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was one of the most disastrous and costly environmental sustainability crises on the planet. How were cultures affected, how were decisions made to address the situation, and what leadership lessons can be drawn from this unprecedented event? In this university podcast, expert Marcia McNutt offers her insights. The event, part of the Von Gugelberg Memorial Lecture on the Environment, was hosted by the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Resource: Audio
What if you could influence people to act on their best intentions? Professor Jennifer Aaker has spent most of her career researching the science of getting people to do the right thing.
Resource: Audio
Research Papers : All
Lofty principles matter much less than we think in determining our moral behavior says Professor Benoît Monin. We're more likely to be guided by whether we feel we are a good or bad person or whether we feel others around us are good or bad.
Resource: Research Paper
![[photo - S. Christian Wheeler]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/wheeler_christian.jpg "[photo - S. Christian Wheeler]")
One benefit of knowing you're in the minority is a clearer sense of self, says marketing Professor S. Christian Wheeler. Business organizations, which have been shown to improve their decision making when diverse ideas are present, may therefore want to think about more structured ways for encouraging naysayers to speak up.
Resource: Research Paper
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![[photo - Daryn Dodson]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/social_innovator_picture/Daryn%20Dodson_0.jpg "[photo - Daryn Dodson]")
Daryn Dodson is passionate about identifying and developing leaders with a social conscience. He has turned that passion into action by promoting entrepreneurship in post-Katrina New Orleans and in his current impact investment consulting role.
Resource: Alumni
![[photo - Michael DeLapa]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/social_innovator_picture/Michael%20DeLapa.jpg "[photo - Michael DeLapa]")
Michael DeLapa is heavily involved in environmental, land use, and energy issues. He has launched several non-profits in the Bay Area as well as the California Fisheries Fund.
Resource: Alumni
Military leaders, Stanford scholars and government officials contribute to a congressional report on how the humanities factor into international relations and national security.
Resource: News Article
![[Video-Cory Booker's 2012 Commencement Address]](http://img.youtube.com/vi/dZ39FswOyFk/0.jpg "[Video-Cory Booker's 2012 Commencement Address]")
Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark, New Jersey, challenges Stanford graduates to be courageous, never lose faith and always work together during Stanford's 121st Commencement. He extolls lessons from his own father and grandfather through stories of hardship, hope, and humor. Booker encourages graduates to find and join their own "conspiracy of love" -- people who will help lift them up in times of need, provide a community and challenge them to go beyond what they think is possible.
Resource: Video
![[photo - Guilt]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/Sorry-Post-It.jpg "[photo - Guilt]")
Stanford GSB researchers find that how people respond to mistakes can be a "clue to who they are.”
Resource: News Article
Jenny Shilling Stein reflects on lessons learned as executive director of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, and discusses how leadership and vision for scale are key ingredients for success in tackling some of the world’s toughest problems.
Resource: Innovators
![[photo - Kenji Tateiwa]](http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/csi.gsb.stanford.edu/files/imagecache/img75x75/Kenji_Tateiwa_CSI.jpg "[photo - Kenji Tateiwa]")
Tokyo Electric’s manager of nuclear power, Kenji Tateiwa, MBA ’04, cites the value of cross-border sharing of crisis management knowledge through his experiences in the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami – and event that, according to Tateiwa, "almost shattered my belief in nuclear" .
Resource: News Article
