The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism

Introduction

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

—Bob Dylan, “Subterranean Homesick Blues”

There was probably no point in history when life was truly simple and uncomplicated. Every age, every time, every life has its challenges, its complexities, its moments of uncertainty and change. Yet, in the midst of each age's challenges comes a moment of clarity: the need to engage in the Civil War, the ultimate validity of battling the Axis powers, the compelling righteousness of the civil rights movement.

Our moment is no different than others that have come before, save that the clarion call is for a new generation—figuratively and literally, as the Millennials step into new leadership roles—to advance new thinking with ...