Alan Baker's blog: Wellness


Is the Answer to Fixing Health Care in Impoverished Nations? // 06.05.2009

Physician and anthropologist, Dr. Paul Farmer has dedicated his life to curing infectious diseases in some of the most destitute places in the world. It's his crusade, to transform and reinvent the global health care model by finding a solution that works in the world's poorest and consequently sickest countries.

Farmer has been making significant progress in countries like Haiti, Peru, Russia,... More »

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Philanthropy: When Economics Don't Work and You Don't Care // 06.04.2009

People engage in philanthropic endeavors because it's the right thing to do, and sometimes when we're lucky, the causes we care deeply about have an economic incentive.  But what about when philanthropy doesn't work economically?  Should we abandon the endeavor, or should we go forward anyway?

Obviously this is a difficult question only you can answer.  The keys of course are if you... More »

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Being a Good Boss in Bad Times // 05.28.2009

I found this great article in the Harvard Business Review written by Robert Sutton called "How to be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy".  He was also interviewed and has a video featured in the McKinsey Quarterly.  He describes what he calls a "Toxic Tandem" which describes the relationship of people with power over those without:

"People who gain authority over others tend to become more... More »

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