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Maybe the poor won’t always be with us – Global GoalsCast series 2 episode 3
Way before I knew about the SDGs (and before they - or their predecessors the Millennium…
Why we should care who makes vegan food…
Why should we care who makes vegan food? Sure, vegans should - but does it matter to the rest…
New Global GoalsCast podcast lands – is the tide turning on climate change action?
Really excited to say that the new episode of Global GoalsCast - the podcast on…
Four things I learned on my trip to UNGA (also known as Global Goals Week / Climate Week)
Last week I returned to the US, mainly to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, but also to…
Season three of Global Goals Cast lands
This week I am in New York for UNGA which lands in between the #ClimateStrike and the…
In favor of #ClimateAction – a response to Jonathan Franzen
On Friday 20th September, millions of young people across the globe will participate in massive…
Is it time for a meat tax?
In the last month there have been two big stories about diet and climate change. The one was that…
Some surprising stats about the future of transport
At the end of June at the Transition Forum conference in Monaco it was my pleasure to meet up again…
The innovative food based startups that are inspiring me
From Silicon Valley companies working on the next generation of meat free burgers through to local…
What I learned at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2019
I was in Cannes for the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity last week. I worked with Hub Culture,…
Five things I learnt about the future for global health
I recently spent some time at the 72nd World Health Assembly in Geneva mainly recording interviews…
Talking Smart Cities – innovation, purpose and profit
I am fascinated by Smart Cities and how we can attach electronic Internet of Things (IoT) sensors…
National Geographic Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Susan Goldberg on plastics in the ocean
National Geographic is not only one of the most beautifully crafted and highly respected…
Podcast: How girls in tech are building a new world
Global GoalsCast, the podcast which I co-host Claudia Romo Edelman, regularly highlights the…
Hub Culture Davos 2019 – Keith Weed, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Unilever on brand purpose, sustainable goals and the impact of Millennials on companies
“Companies with purpose last. Brands with purpose grow and people with purpose thrive.” From being…
Hub Culture Davos 2019 – Greta Thunberg, Swedish Student Climate Change Activist on the school strike movement, and her passion for environmental issues
Everyone now knows who Greta Thunberg is. The student climate change activist from Sweden whose…
Hub Culture Davos 2019 – Jean TODT, President of the FIA on road safety and what individuals and countries can do to make driving safer
Jean Todt is a very busy guy. His day job is President of the FIA - the Federation Internationale…
Moisés Naím – Power in the 21st century is not achieved through the barrel of a gun – it is the power to persuade & motivate.
The great paradox - Davos must be one of the highest concentrations of the most powerful people in…
Dmitri Alperovitch of Crowdstrike “The reality is that there isn’t a cyber air force – it is up to companies to protect themselves.”
Dmitri, Alperovitch, Co-founder and CTO of Crowdstrike on cyber-attacks…
Harvard Kennedy School’s Iris Bohnet – companies can learn from orchestras who audition people behind curtains!
I love the example Iris told me about how orchestras in the United States in the 1970s increased…
Susan Goldberg, Editor of National Geographic, “We turned the keys of Instagram to our photographers”
National Geographic turned the social media keys directly to its photographers - they follow basic…
Devin Wenig, CEO of eBay, “the future doesn’t have to be Drones and Robots!” Davos 2016
The fourth industrial revolution means the next phase of technological disruption. What is the…
My interview with Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University in Davos 2016
Every year in Davos I catch up with Ricardo Hausmann, Director of the Center for International…
Here’s what a public speaking workshop with me is like!
Article by YCN - You Can Now - on a workshop I did for them on public speaking in December 2016 In…
How To Speak with Confidence in Public Book Review from Dante Magazine
Speaking Out: Sound Good in Public In our second book review, broadcaster and public speaker…
Spectator Article: How to deliver the perfect pitch
You’ve got a brilliant business idea: here’s how to sell it to venture capitalists in five minutes…
2015 WEF LatAm Hub Culture Interview – Jose F Nava of DHL
2015 WEF LatAm Hub Culture Interview - Jose F Nava of DHL with Hub Culture Executive Editor Edie…
2015 WEF LatAm Hub Culture
2015 WEF LatAm Hub Culture Interview with Ricardo Avila, Editor in Chief of Portafolio…
Get ready for Singularity: it’s closer to reality than we think
Hooked to a computer, your brain will be able to answer a question before you even knew to ask it I…
Rainbow Loom: the craze that makes the internet look good
The rubber-band bracelet craze: ‘somehow digital feels better when it produces something real’ I…
