Sep 29 2014
Six years into impact sourcing, Deloitte achieves its goals of a diverse workforce and lower costs in South Africa—with the added benefit of providing employment to disadvantaged individuals.
U.S. Economic Opportunity
Sep 26 2014
Perspective
A version of this post also appeared on The Everest Group blog. This blog is the second in a series of three on impact sourcing. In my first post, I gave …
Sep 26 2014
Perspective
In the wake of the Great Recession, the longstanding challenges faced by young American job-seekers reached a peak, with unemployment rates for 16-24 year olds hitting over 19 percent. Yet …
Sep 24 2014
Press Releases
The Rockefeller Foundation and African Union Commission Join Hands to Catalyze Development in Africa 
New York—The Rockefeller Foundation and the African Union Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote increased cooperation between them in their efforts towards Africa's progress. The MoU was …
Sep 22 2014
Perspective
"The acidity of the water in some stretches is now so strong that it will soon be unusable."
In an era of climate change, weather around the world is becoming more …
Sep 19 2014
Speeches
Good morning. This morning, like many of you, I took a stroll through the innovation marketplace. It struck me that, to understand just how far we've come in terms of the …
Sep 18 2014
Perspective
A version of this post also appeared on The Everest Group blog. I recently concluded an engagement on impact sourcing. Did you say, what? That was my first reaction as well …
Sep 12 2014
Perspective
"Some of the poorest regions in the world are the ones that are going to suffer the most. It is going to become a problem for the whole global community."
In …
Sep 12 2014
Perspective
Over the last few years, an array of climate-related disasters around the world have resulted in massive human and economic costs, with huge loss of lives and hundreds-of-billions of dollars …
Sep 10 2014
A leading call center in South Africa overcomes its talent shortage by setting up a training organization to provide skilled labor from an alternative talent pool.
U.S. Economic Opportunity