Leadbeater and Miller's article discusses the power of Pro-Am and how it is not confined to the high-tech developed world. I particularly benefitted from the example of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. I find that it is very easy to take advantage of the freedoms and luxuries we have access to every day. I don't think twice about having a checking account, a bank account, a credit card, a mortgage, and a car loan. However, Grameen bank noted how traditional banks found providing small loans to poor people was unprofitable.
The explanation of Grameen's "barefoot bankers" is a great way to describe a Pro-Am workforce. It stresses the importance of Pro-Am by explaining that had Grameen used traditional models, it would have only reached a very small proportion of the population, rather than 2.8 million people.
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