Companies exist to make money. They also should be responsible contributors to the community. Besides creating jobs and contributing to the economy, companies should have a social component to their existence. Some ways for companies to start contributing to the local community/city are to ask themselves a few questions first: What local problems can the…
Tag: Purpose
Making a difference in the world
Bill and Melinda Gates were asked by a reader What would your advice be to young people who want to make a difference in the world for the better? Here’s what they had to say: Bill: Choose a cause that’s important to you and get involved. Whether you can donate your money, your time, or…
Perhaps, sir, you will someday come back with books…
That’s what the headmaster of a local school told John Wood, a Microsoft executive in 1998 after he had just completed the eighteen day, two-hundred mile trek of Nepal’s Annapurna mountain range. John did return to Nepal with books and started Room to Read. Today over 20,000 communities in 15 countries have Room to Read…
Purpose, Incorporated
Purpose, Incorporated is the new book from Room to Read Founder and author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, John Wood. The book will be launching in February 2018. Profit should not be the only purpose for a company’s existence. It has to equally have a purpose – a responsibility to serve its people…