When you are invited to talk in great events about CHANGE, you need to pick one of the two primary options:Option A- be smart, be safe, and tell: The infusion of new disruptive practices will be great, and moving forward it will be greater.Option B- take risks, listen your gut, expose and embrace the uncertainties, and tell:Disruptions empower us to...
"Today, we are faced with many challenges. Some of those are: seeing human dignity in the faces of the poor, the migrant and the elderly; seeing our responsibility for many of whom live in abject poverty; seeing our responsibility for educating our children. So long as one, marginalized human being is considered a “problem” to be solved, we will continue to...
The landscape of today’s problems is rapidly changing. While we’ve made significant progress, many existing social challenges continue to grow in magnitude and complexity, and each year new problems arise. That dramatic change will not be driven by traditional thinking. Designing solutions for today’s social problems requires an entrepreneurial approach, a mindset that embodies the characteristics of bold thinkers with...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TNgiGhBcFQ Social Change Needs Our Soul! We are all leaders. If we want to be a leader in the area of social change, we need to appreciate that learning leadership skills alone will not be enough to make a positive impact. If you want to be a leader of change that has a positive social impact, pause and put the books down,...
Welcome on board Heroes behind the Shield! The project - Faceshield Nova Friburgo - was developed by professors of UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense) and UERJ (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) in Nova Friburgo along side with Persona 3D company, in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The chief researcher of the project Edgard Poiate (Professor at UERJ/IPRJ) tells: « In the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tluIuF4SiKo “Our world needs more heroes” Albert Einstein. Heroes come in many forms, young and old, male and female, who are mostly ordinary, everyday people whose acts of heroism qualify as extra-ordinary. The defining qualities of heroism are: intentional action in service to others in need, or to humanity by defending a moral cause, aware of potential risks and personal costs. Anyone...
2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife! As in many other countries, people have been applauding to demonstrate their respect for medical staff. Nurses should not be “Heroes, just for one day”. Nurses are suddenly called heroes, though their work has always been meaningful and saved lives, not just during the COVID-19 crisis. Even before the COVID-19...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgyBIBXqUd4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1iCEokYzCYFlVe3FCzVAUAR0pUv1niKcgYHI0epuKYmG_ihhJdH84V8ds The power of words should never be underestimated. Words have power and deeply influence our lives. They seep into our consciousness and influence our emotions and our behaviour. They shape how we see the world. Words consist of vibration and sound. It is these vibrations that create the very reality that surrounds us. Words are the creator; the creator of...
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Dear Readers, If there is one thread linking the greatest challenges facing our society, economy and planet it’s the tension between short-term and long-term thinking. Across the public and private sectors, that is now changing, with more and more decision-makers working to make the shift to what we are calling a sustainable future. Much has been written about the increasingly urgent...