Media

Videos

ALTRUISTIC CAPITAL: HOW WE CAN MAKE WORK MORE FULFILLING

A short introduction video to the concept of Altruistic Capital

HUMAN NATURE AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Keynote lecture at the World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (WCERE 2018)

FLIPPING THE LADDER – A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY GANT

This documentary follows three potential career switchers on their journey toward a new direction in life. Professor Nava Ashraf brings her expertise on Altruistic Capital to explain how serving others can create personal fulfilment and meaning in work and career.

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ALTRUISTIC CAPITAL

Part of the Marshall Institute Lecture Series on Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship 2017/18

SELF-INTEREST OF ECONOMICS AND THE NEED TO CREATE HAPPINESS

Keynote lecture at the ebbf UK conference 2019: Collaborative Business: How organisations & people can transform each other?

Articles

Tips Rise as Locked-In Customers Show Their Appreciation (18 Apr 2020, The Wall Street Journal)

How to get people to behave better? Use carrots, not sticks (21 Sep 2018, The Guardian)

The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity (29 Jun 2016, Forbes)

Cynicism about purpose is a disease that needs fighting (4 Apr 2016, Financial Times)

How to Increase Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill (22 Jan 2013, Forbes)

Volunteers on the frontline of services delivery (11 Dec 2012, The Guardian)

No margin, no mission? Motivating agents in the social sector (13 Mar 2012, CEPRs Policy Portal)