UPCOMING | 10 July 2023 | People First Talk with Martín Burt
In this Talk, we’ll hear from Martín about his work to shift the development paradigm and how we measure poverty from a top-down approach, to one that recognizes that agency…
Events
10 May 2023 | People First Talk with José Zaglul
In this Talk, we heard from José about his work to build a university that cultivates ethical leaders for sustainable development to create a just and prosperous society.
21 March 2023 | People First Talk with Adria Goodson
In this talk, Adria Goodson, Director of the Ford Foundation Global Fellowship Program, shared her lessons learned on the leadership we need now and how to cultivate it. We’ll explore…
31 January 2023 | People First Talk with Wendy Kopp and Khadija Bakhtiar
In this talk, Wendy & Khadija shared lessons learned from across the Teach For All network about developing collective leadership.
29 November 2022 | People First Talk with Heather Anderson
In this talk, Heather surfaced learnings from Global Health Corps, and shared their experience in mobilizing a diverse community of leaders to build the movement for global health equity.
20 Sept 2022 | Putting People, Agency and Leadership First: Developing Collective Leadership as a Path to Sustainable Development
Please join our livestream for a conversation featuring Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former President of Liberia and Founder, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development; Darren Walker,…
7 Sept 2022 | People First Talk with Mauricio Miller
In this talk, Mauricio shared his thoughts on how to foster agency and leadership from within communities themselves, and the power of peer-driven change to further activate leadership from within.
28 July 2022 | People First Talk: Jacqueline Novogratz
In this talk, Jacqueline will reflect on what she’s learned through building Acumen and share her insights on cultivating moral leadership as a new model of leadership for today’s world.
28 June 2022 | People First Talk: Vishal Talreja
Vishal Talreja reflected on his own journey to build Dream a Dream, and shared what he's learned about empowering young people to overcome adversity and thrive in a fast changing…
12 May 2022 | Catalyzing Change Week: Investing in leadership and management to catalyze progress against the SDGs
We believe that a better world is possible, a world with universal access to essential healthcare, reduced inequality, more sustainable food supplies, transformed educational systems, and a greater emphasis on…
12 April 2022 | People First Talk: Fred Swaniker
In this inaugural talk, Fred reflected on his deepest learnings from building the African Leadership Group, how it’s shaped his beliefs about what kind of leaders we need, and what…
8 April 2022 | Skoll Ecosystem Event | Learning from the past to move forward: Systems don’t have agency, people do
From HIV to Ebola to COVID, the history of pandemics has shown that a powerful tool for systems change is cultivating the individual and collective potential of proximate leaders. This…
8 April 2022 | Skoll Ecosystem Event | Advancing Equity through Networks and Collective Leadership
Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice uprisings have moved us to reflect on the type of society and world we want to share. These upheavals…
