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The bakery that supplies Ben & Jerry's brownies pioneered Open Hiring—no interviews, no background checks, no resumes. Just show up ready to work.

An economics professor lent $27 to 42 families during a famine and discovered that the poor were the most creditworthy customers banks had ever ignored. 50 years later: $39 billion disbursed, 10 million borrowers, Nobel Peace Prize.

A college in rural India trains illiterate grandmothers from 96 countries to become solar engineers—using sign language, color-coded circuits, and no textbooks. They return home to electrify their villages.