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Innovation on Campus: USC

You’d think that universities would be one of the places where imagination and innovation are most treasured in our culture, but, sadly, that often isn’t true. In its own way, academia is a conservative world, where learning is often perceived … Continue reading

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Re-Imagining the Starving Artist

Several years ago, I had the honor (and absolute delight) of being invited by Nobel Poet Laureate Derek Walcott to study writing with him at Boston University’s Playwright Theatre. It was a life-changing experience on many levels, and Derek shared many … Continue reading

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For Benefit Corporations

We’re discovering, intimately and painfully, in the US, what happens when greed takes over. There has been a prevailing wisdom (or at least assumption…wisdom is perhaps the least appropriate word possible) in this country that business is solely about making … Continue reading

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