How many of us have kids? Do you find it somewhat ironic that we are raising kids in a region in which most of them will not be able to afford to live in? Our housing crisis has been decades in the making. In fact, it was 1989 that California last consistently met its annual …
As we celebrate the 15th year of trotting, we asked the founder, a volunteer, beneficiaries and a long-time runner what the Applied Materials “Silicon Valley Turkey Trot” means to them. Here’s what they said… [vcex_divider color=”#dddddd” width=”100%” height=”1px” margin_top=”20″ margin_bottom=”20″] Carl Guardino Silicon Valley Leadership Group, CEO and President (& race founder) “Build Community. Help …
At the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, we focus on three principles to guide our work to enhance our impact: We set ambitious, even audacious, stretch goals; we work to build bridges, to bring people and communities together; and we never forget those less fortunate than we are, knowing as we lift up others, we can …
The Business of Building Community: The Leadership Group’s new blog series is dedicated to the community and how we, and our member companies, are serving it for the better. More than one million Californians do not have access to clean water for bathing, drinking, and other basic needs. Instead, our fellow residents must rely on …
Invest in Change My personal motto is “invest in the change you want to see in the world.” To be frank, it sprouted out of my frustration with the endless griping I found myself surrounded by back in 2009, when I was president of a global network for women and interacting with both those incredible …
When Faced With Times Like These, Turn to Impact Investing At present, in a time when truth and transparency seem ever elusive, when divisiveness appears a way of life, and social and environmental threats loom large, a bright spot has emerged. That bright spot – Impact Investing – curates both financial and social return, accepts …
Inclusion, Innovation, Infrastructure, Imagination For generations, America’s leadership, strength and entrepreneurial spirit have been the envy of the world. Through investments in our children and their education, in cutting-edge infrastructure, and in life-saving science and transformational technology, we built an economy, and a middle class, that were second to none. Yet, for years, the promise …
The Future Workforce in the World of Al The explosion of data in recent years has raised a number of ethical issues, from personal privacy to the integrity of our information architecture. The continued advancements in machine learning (and eventually artificial intelligence), fueled by this wealth of data, raises even more issues. Chief among them …
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group looks ahead to California’s March 2020 primary election with excitement. In preparation for this election, the Leadership Group provided questionnaires to candidates running for local, county, and state offices on the 2020 ballot. The races are among Silicon Valley’s most prominent. 29 candidates running in 10 different races responded to …
Mobility Trends Improving the Quality of Life for All Improving the quality of life and reducing the cost of living is an oft missed side effect of the pursuit of autonomous drive, clean inexpensive energy, and the electrification of transportation. These technology arcs are evolving roughly in parallel and their confluence will result in dramatic …
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