Deborah Mills-Scofield - Founder at Mills-Scofield, LLC

Me In Three

Challenging the status quo is what has driven me since I could crawl - "just say no" drives me to find the "Yes, And..."
Maine (Pemaquid) is my haven - the dependence on the tides, the total immersion in all senses helps me look at things from multiple perspectives
My passion is helping others create wealth and give back ... that is then shared with others to create wealth and give back ...that is then shared to help others create wealth and give back...

myMIX

I propose that the transformation of the 20th century into the 21st be the Age of Answers to the Age of Questions. While answers are important, it’s more important to know what... Read more

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield of Mills-Scofield, LLC on March 27, 2011 6 Comments

The Amazon Rainforest, 3 College Kids & a B-Corp

What do kids know about creating a company anyway? Well, 3 24-yr old Brown University ('08) grads didn't know how to do it the "right" way, so they did it their way. They started Runa, a Fair Trade... Read more

Story by Deborah Mills-Scofield of Mills-Scofield, LLC on January 30, 2011 4 Comments

Packaging up Management Innovation

A 163yr old privately held 7th generation 19th & 20th Century industrial “brown box” packaging company transforms itself into a 21st Century Consumer and Design focused company by innovating the... Read more

Story by Deborah Mills-Scofield of Mills-Scofield, LLC on January 31, 2012 11 Comments

Energize and Sustain Communities of Passion (CoPs) by Building Virtues into the Organization’s DNA

CoP's are "a group of people organized for a specific purpose around a shared set of values; who collectively care deeply about the purpose, adhere to the shared values and are selfless in their... Read more

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield of Mills-Scofield, LLC on June 27, 2011 5 Comments

Using Lean to Create Innovation Culture (or another initiative)

Use previous initiatives to create a culture of innovation, leveraging from those learnings, failings & successes Read more

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield of Mills-Scofield, LLC on February 3, 2011 0 Comments

Using HR strategically for Innovation

We’re all finally recognizing that management and innovation are social activities – people activities. So it has struck me as rather odd that HR is hardly mentioned in the conversation.... Read more

Hack by Deborah Mills-Scofield of Mills-Scofield, LLC on February 2, 2011 2 Comments