by Jackie Acho | Sep 16, 2013 | Changemaker, Education, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership
It is good that HBS acknowledges it has a problem developing women – students and faculty alike. It is also good that they take this issue seriously, as well as their stewardship responsibility. HBS is a springboard to the C-suite and Board Rooms which control so much...
by Jackie Acho | Aug 13, 2013 | Culture, Empathy, Inclusion, Intrapraneurship, Parenting, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
Fear-based motivation is powerful. It focuses our brains and readies us for battle. It hones us in on priorities for self-preservation. It’s all around us and is exhausting. This is why Judith Warner’s feature article, “Ready to Rejoin the Rat Race?”, in the New York...
by Jackie Acho | Jun 14, 2013 | Empathy, Intrapraneurship, Parenting, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
We are constantly reminded that research is only as good as the questions we ask and as imperfect as any other human endeavor. Research design is prone to misleading reductionism as well. The research highlighted in this blog post by Polly Toynbee in The Guardian is...
by Jackie Acho | Jun 3, 2013 | Empathy, Intrapraneurship, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
http://youtu.be/4X4inLUWfAk I had the pleasure and honor of attending and speaking at the 2013 Ashoka Future Forum http://www.ashokafutureforum.com/ in Washington, D.C. last week. Amazing, humbling, inspiring. View slides here: jacho_Currency (FINAL –...
by Jackie Acho | Apr 12, 2013 | Women in Leadership, Women in Science
Nature recently dedicated an entire issue to exploring how we can get more women in science. As an MIT chemistry PhD and former McKinsey partner with 2 decades of experience helping scientific and other clients grow and innovate, I have a slightly different view on...
by Jackie Acho | Mar 21, 2013 | Intrapraneurship, Parenting, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
Part I: What I Have Learned from My Children Part I is being published simultaneously by Whitney Johnson, author of Dare, Dream, Do. Click HERE to read Part I, then continue… *** Part II: Who are Our Leaders Now? Within current organizational constructs, is it...