Are women better philanthropists than men? new report from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI) finds that women’s foundations and funds donors—the vast majority of whom are women—are doing more with less, getting more impact with their philanthropy, and are less likely to be doing it for religious or tax shelter reasons.

In this podcast, JP Kuehlwein and Sangeet Paul Choudary discuss what is driving the seemingly unstoppable growth of platform businesses across industry sectors. What drives the success of an Amazon, Uber or Facebook? How can traditional ‘pipeline businesses’ compete? What are the vulnerabilities and downsides of this business models when it comes to branding, financials, operations and organization?

Are internal and external communications the same thing? In this interview, Leslie Quinton, Vice President of Global Corporate Communications, and Events, at Canadian recreational products company BRP, argues that there are almost always reasons to target your communications differently according to the audience.

Is organized philanthropy really in a position to influence democracy, or does it need to get its own house in order first? A new book by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) posits that for foundations to make lasting progress towards the goals they share with their nonprofit partners and communities, they need to be learning all the time, discovering what is happening in their communities and how change is affecting the ability of nonprofits to do their work and reach their own goals.

Is your business's online community optimized? Online communities can yield substantial business results for organizations that do them well. But, like all dynamic systems, they need a check up, so you can identify and implement the right changes to keep your community on track.

In the coming months, global executives could find themselves trying to navigate an international currency market wherein both the USD and the RMB are competing in a ‘how low can you go’ devaluation game. This new battleground, if it fully manifests, could be more detrimental and problematic for global businesses than anything we’ve seen from the tariffs to date.

Are millennials misunderstood? Over a decade of research from the Case Foundation has found that the characteristics with which millennials were previously branded—a quiet, inactive, insular group that did not engage with social causes and were often considered self-centered, lazy, and too concerned with their devices to think about anyone else—are false. Instead, millennials are thinking, acting, and living their lives like no other generation before them.

A Conversation With... features a discussion with the leader of our Human Capital Center, Dr. Rebecca Ray, and thought leaders in the Human Capital field. In June, Rebecca will be speaking with renown HR experts, Dr. Jack Phillips, Co-Founder and Chairman, and Dr. Patti Phillips, President and CEO, of ROI Institute Inc.

Join Julian Guthrie as she discusses her new book, Alpha Girls, which delves into the unforgettable stories of four remarkable women who became stars in the high-stakes, male-dominated world of venture capital in Silicon Valley.