2. CURIOUS ABOUT... HOME - For all my third culture friends. Paul works here at IDEO and it's his story about being a military kid growing up in Asia and now traveling more than he's home. It's a great story on finding "home" as an individual of many cultures.
3. COLONIALISM IN AFRICA HELPED LAUNCH THE HIV EPIDEMIC A CENTURY AGO - Living in San Francisco, the on-going HIV/AIDS epidemic is an ever present reality. There are bill-boards raising awareness, free clinics in every neighborhood, and annual bike rides to LA to raise money and support. I thought this article was particularly interesting for its scientific and historical context to this epidemic. A little on the nerdy side, but still fascinating!
4. THE MISFIT ECONOMY & YIWU, THE GREAT MALL OF SMALL COMMODITIES - The misfit economy is just an interesting blog highlighting black markets, or non-traditional economies. I found it quite fun to peruse. The Great mall of Small Commodities, builds on that. As, the author concludes "Riding the train home at 250 km/hr I realized we had glimpsed something special, a frontier town that is a major player inside a new global economy - and I had never heard of it before."
5. SAVING AN ICONIC BRAND: FIVE WAYS ALAN MULALLY CHANGED FORD'S CULTURE - J.'s grandfather worked at a Ford plant in Ohio most of his life. So there is great pride (even in it's darkest hour) for Ford, and Ford vehicles. One of the things I hear regularly is that Ford didn't take a bail out. They are (as far as I know) the only U.S. auto maker to do so. How cool is that??! And now, they're the among the most profitable automakers.
*I have big news to share this weekend, so stay tuned!!*
Happy Friday, my friends.
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