This weekend, I visited San Jose for work and to celebrate a friend’s birthday. While I was there, my friend Stephanie Sparks created an excellent example of how you can use your social capital to help others. I’d like to share her story with you. It’s really pretty cool.
Stephanie works in San Jose as an [...]
Archive for July 21st, 2008
Social Capital Example: Stephanie’s Story
Written by: Bill Sherman on Monday, 21 July 2008, 1:09 PM







Eroding Social Capital
Written by: Bill Sherman on Monday, 21 July 2008, 7:39 AM
You may have heard about the recent purchase of Anheuser-Busch by Belgian-Brazilian brewer InBev.
On June 17th, the The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating account how eroded social capital can have lasting effects.
In the early 1990’s August Busch III invited executives from Modelo (a Mexican brewer) to join him deep-sea fishing near Cabo San Lucas. [...]







2008/09/25: Layoffs, Loneliness, and the Decay of Social Capital
by Bill Sherman
2008/09/24: Globalization Mindsets: Investing in Social Capital
by Bill Sherman
2008/09/22: Smart Phones vs. People
by Bill Sherman
2008/09/19: Recovering from a Break-In: A Social Capital Story
by Bill Sherman
2008/09/18: Crises of Confidence and Social Capital
by Bill Sherman

