Late last week, Congress awarded the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) the Congressional Gold Medal, its highest civilian award. Better late than never. The latter part of WWII, 1943-44, 1074 women flew non-combat missions in support of the war. I’m embarrassed to admit that until they were honored, I had not heard of this group Read the full article…
Great question- posed by Claire Cain Miller of the NY Times to start a group interview of Gina Bianchini (Co-Founder & CEO, Ning), Monica Morse (Board member, Astia), Rashmi Sinha (Co-Founder & CEO, Slideshare), Cindy Padnos (Founder & CEO. Illuminate Ventures and author of the well-researched white paper High Performance Entrepreneurs: Women in High Tech), Read the full article…
During a 2001 company workshop, Volvo employees heard an expert on marketing to women say that women wanted the same things men wanted in a car- and more. According to an article in Edmunds, the consultant said “When you meet the expectations of women, you exceed the expectations of men.” The fact that women influenced Read the full article…
According to the just released White House Project: Benchmarking Women’s Leadership, despite women’s education qualifications, acceptance of women as leaders by 89% of the population, and plenty of women in the pipeline, they continue to be underrepresented in the top ranks of the 10 industry sectors studied. They also are systematically underpaid. The basic question Read the full article…
The 2009 Nobel Prize winners have just been announced. Most years, winners have all been men. A few years there was one woman, a couple had 2 women, and in 1999, three women were given the honor: one each for the categories of Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. This year, there were 5 women Read the full article…
This morning I received an email from my friend Almaz Negash, CEO of Entwine Global, announcing that her colleague Dr. Laura Stachel, an obstetrician and founder of the volunteer organization WE CARE Solar, was one of the winners of Nicholas Kristof’s Half the Sky Contest. WE CARE “promotes safe motherhood and reduces maternal mortality in Read the full article…
This is going to be my collection of thoughts, tips, questions and references on innovation (techniques, personal barriers, group dynamics, supportive environment/corporate culture), leadership, organizations, and women leaders. For me, these are all integrally related. In particular, Womennovation is the juncture of my interests in women, innovation, organizations, and teams. (I’m preparing to do a Read the full article…