From Problems to Possibilities: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Action Presented by Babson College

If you live in the U.S., chances are you have a lot of stuff. Or at least you want to have a lot of stuff. As the MIT Press Reader notes in their brief history of consumer culture 'consumption is now frequently seen as our principal role in the world.'

We've been trained in a way to want more stuff, and that stuff takes a lot of resources to make, to ship, and then at the end of its life, to dispose of. And as sustainability become...

Even though the advertising and entertainment industries have made strides in trying to be more inclusive and speak more directly to different consumer groups, work remains to be done.

Research done by the Geena Davis Institute shows that representation for women, LGBTQIA+ race, disability, age and body size was actually shrinking for some audiences in recent years.

So why does representation in media matter? 

How does it affect ...

The way leaders are problem solving in the world we live in today is changing.  

The World Economic Forum has been touting the practice of systems thinking for years, which you can loosely define as a way of viewing problems and the path to their solutions in a multi-dimensional approach, as opposed to a linear path.  

Similarly, the concept of biomimicry, or analyzing a problem and evaluating solutions based on how nature would ap...

According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s 2023/24 Women’s Entrepreneurship Report, startup activity among women has risen steadily over the past 25 years, even as they face headwinds related to cultural perceptions of women in business and limited access to capital.

One of the effects of this activity is women entrepreneurs who are taking problems affecting women in healthcare and creating business solutions to address the...

What is entrepreneurial leadership? And how can entrepreneurial leaders solve the problems that have perplexed so many others?

New research from Babson College faculty proposes that entrepreneurial leadership is a paradigm-shifting model that could have a long-term impacts for businesses and organizations of all kinds.

To outline how entrepreneurial leadership actually works, we’ve got two of ...

The world is evolving. The problems we’re facing are too big to be solved by any organization alone. A lot is uncertain, but one thing is for sure: change is coming. And the people driving it are entrepreneurial leaders.

Welcome to From Problems to Possibilities: Entrepreneurial Leadership in Action, presented by Babson College. On this podcast we’ll meet the entrepreneurial leaders in the Babson community and beyond who are workin...