Passion & purpose: stories from the best and brightest young business leaders

Foreword / Bill George

Introduction

1. Convergence: Creating Opportunities Across Sectors

Floating Above the Boxes: Business, Nonprofit, and the Age of Falling Boundaries / Umaimah Mendhro

Learning from Kibera: Nonprofit Lessons for Business from East Africa's Largest Slum / Rye Barcott

Commerce and Culture: Combining Business and the Arts / Christina Wallace

Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Business of Peace / Jake Cusack

Business in the World: How Corporations Can Be Change Agents / Kelli Wolf Moles

Interview with David Gergen, adviser to four presidents, Director of Harvard's Center for Public Leadership, and senior political analyst for CNN

2. Globalization: Embracing the Global Generation

Bridging Two Worlds: An India Story / Sanyogita Aggarwal

QatarDebate: Education, Civic Engagement, and Leadership in the Arabian Gulf / Andrew Goodman

Emerging Social Enterprise: Learning the Business of Agriculture in Tanzania / Katie Laidlaw

Global Citizen Year: Learning from the World / Abigail Falik

The Business of Reconciliation: How Cows and Co-ops Are Paving the Way for Genuine Reconciliation in Rwanda / Chris Maloney

Interview with Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company

3. People: Leading in a Diverse World

Nonconforming Culture: How to Feel Comfortable in Who You Are No Matter Where You Are / Kimberly Carter

Diversity Day: Whole People, Whole Organizations, and a Whole New Approach to Diversity / Josh Bronstein

Women and the Workplace: Tasneem Dohadwala

Joyful on the Job: A Generation Pursuing Happiness at Work / Benjamin Schumacher

People Leadership from Baghdad to Boston / Seth Moulton

Interview with Deb Henretta, CEO, P&G Asia

4. Sustainability: Integrating Preservation and Profits

A Sustainable Career / Annie Fishman

From Safety Nets to Trampolines / Valerie Bockstette

The Value of Community Partnerships in Addressing Climate Change / Charley Cummings

Interview with Carter Roberts, CEO, World Wildlife Fund

5. Technology: Competing by Connecting

Building an Online Marketplace / James Reinhart

Technology and Social Good: Loans, Relays and the Power of Community / Shelby Clark

Mobile Millennial / Jason Gurwin

Interview with Joe Kennedy, CEO and President of Pandora

6. Learning: Educating Tomorrow's Leaders

The Leadership Boot Camp: Training the Next Generation of Corporate Leaders / Kishan Madamala

The MBA of Hard Knocks: Why Fast Failure Is the Best Thing for Business Education / Patrick Chun

The New Corporate Classrooms: Training's Tectonic Technological Shift / Michael B. Horn

Tackling Financial Illiteracy / Alexa Leigh Marie Von Tobel

The Education of a Millennial Leader / Jonathan Doochin

Interview with Rich Lyons, Dean, Haas Business School University of California-Berkeley

Moving Forward

Capstone Interview with HBS Dean, Nitin Nohria

Appendix: About the Passion and Purpose MBA Student Survey

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Contributors

About the Authors