http://www.careeracceleration.net/personal-marketing-branding/wsj-view-of-second-act-served-up-like-cold-mashed-potatoes/ Career Counseling and Resume Services Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.careeracceleration.net/personal-marketing-branding/wsj-view-of-second-act-served-up-like-cold-mashed-potatoes/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Rob Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:20:32 +0000 http://careeracceleration.info/http:/careeracceleration.info/uncategorized/wsj-view-of-second-act-served-up-like-cold-mashed-potatoes/#comment-22 Maybe the WSJ's coverage of "second acts" is colored by the fact that the vast majority of their subscribers are rich, Wall Street types. Play to the audience, I suppose. Not that I disagree with you here, especially about the non-profit stuff. There was a great article recently in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (MBAs Gone Wild) which debunks the myth that MBAs can jump into a non-profit and make everything better right away. Worth reading in this context. http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/mbas_gone_wild/ Maybe the WSJ’s coverage of “second acts” is colored by the fact that the vast majority of their subscribers are rich, Wall Street types. Play to the audience, I suppose.
Not that I disagree with you here, especially about the non-profit stuff. There was a great article recently in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (MBAs Gone Wild) which debunks the myth that MBAs can jump into a non-profit and make everything better right away. Worth reading in this context.
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/mbas_gone_wild/

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