by Jackie Acho | Aug 30, 2015 | Conscious Capitalism, Leading with a Conscience
I love Whole Foods for so many reasons: I love that they screen out not just GMOs (genetically modified organisms) but also the food additives long thought to be innocuous which are anything but – MSG, food coloring, BHT and other preservatives, etc. As one of their...
by Jackie Acho | Jun 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
“It’s the Grit Squad we have,’’ James said. “It’s not cute at all. If you’re looking for us to play sexy, cute basketball, it’s not us. Nothing comes easy.’’ NYPost We’re 3 games into the NBA finals and the Cleveland Cavaliers are up 2 to 1 over the Golden State...
by Jackie Acho | Jun 7, 2015 | chemistry, Innovation with a soul, Marketing with a conscience
I love science. Specifically, I love how studying science helps us understand the world. I love it so much that I studied chemistry for a very long time. The world is beautifully designed. It’s all far more clever than anything we humans can make. Therein lies the...
by Jackie Acho | Nov 10, 2014 | Creative disruption, Empathy, Parenting, Silicon Valley, Social media, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership
Facebook and Apple recently announced plans to pay for their female employees to freeze their eggs for non-medical reasons. It sounds so friendly to women, doesn’t it? – a triumph of technology over biology, relieving us from the pressure of child bearing...
by Jackie Acho | Jul 5, 2014 | CEO, Changemaker, Empathy, Feminist revolution, Innovation with a soul, Motherhood, Mothers, Parenting, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership, Work Family Balance
Thank you Indra Nooyi, President and CEO of PepsiCo, for your refreshingly brutal honesty about the tradeoffs between business leadership and parenting. “You know, you have to cope, because you die with guilt. You just die with guilt. My observation is that the...
