TEACHING CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Tina Seelig, Executive Director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program, speaks about the lesson that is the crux of entrepreneurship: All problems are opportunities, and the larger the problem, the grander the opportunity. Furthermore, she talks about the challenges that arise in the methods for teaching these concepts, and the necessity to get people out of their comfort zone  in order to encourage creative problem-solving. This clip also includes a video quote from Vinod Khosla.

THE ENTREPRENEUR AND THE FAMILY

Female Stanford students of entrepreneurship ask serial entrepreneur Steve Blank: "How can one balance family life with the demands of the start-up?" Blank advises single people to stay single, and suggests that those with family ties set strict schedules to insure time together. Start-ups can easily take over one's life, he says, and one must be equally diligent in taking time off as working

Social media as a business tool is in a constant state of evolution - how to become savvy on social media?

Social media as a business tool is in a constant state of evolution. What works today isn't going to be good enough for tomorrow. Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso shares her experience growing alongside social media as an entrepreneur, and how brands should approach these tools in the future.

Solving problems in Africa for the rest of the world

Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones, Africa is developing useful SMS-based solutions to everyday needs, says journalist Toby Shapshak. In this eye-opening talk, Shapshak explores the frontiers of mobile invention in Africa as he asks us to reconsider our preconceived notions of innovation.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL EXPANSIUS FOLLOWERS

P - FOR PEACE
L-  FOR LOVE
H - FOR HEALTH
S - FOR SMILE
E - FOR ENJOY
M - FOR MERCY
C  - FOR CHARITY
L - LIVE


AND YOU CAN ADD ANYONE I MISSED !!!!!

EGYPT: Egyptian e-payment company gets $100M from foreign investors

Egypt's largest e-payment network, Fawry has received 100 million dollars in fresh capital to bolster internal operations and fund regional expansion. Egyptian American Enterprise Fund, Helios International Partners and the MENA Long Term Value Fund bought the shares.

AFRICA: small loans to small entrepreneurs — is the best way to drive growth in developing countries?

In this short, provocative talk, financier Sangu Delle questions whether microfinance — small loans to small entrepreneurs — is the best way to drive growth in developing countries. "We seem to be fixated on this romanticized idea that every poor person in Africa is an entrepreneur,” he says. "Yet, my work has taught me that most people want jobs.” Delle, a TED Fellow, makes the case for supporting large companies and factories — and clearing away the obstacles to pan-African trade.

Lessons learned from first aquisition --- Aquisition is not an exit

Jeff Seibert, reflecting on the acquisition of his first startup by the content-management platform Box, shares lessons learned from the experience: First, save more time for negotiating better terms. Second, leaders must protect their team from the stress of uncertainty. Third, insisting on continued investment in the startup after acquisition can benefit both parties down the road.

IDEALISM MAKES THE BEST MARKETING

But even if you don't succeed, the world will be in a better place and that's what you should think of as an entrepreneur and you should think about working on things that are hard. Remember that what we fight with is so small and when we win it makes us small. Find hard problems. 

When we started working on the open source movement, it was because we said, hey, this is a really important thing that nobody is paying attention to it. But we sold a lot of books because we told the big story that mattered to all those communities that we made them proud of who they were, we made the world know who they were, and it was great marketing for us, it was great because we were helping others and we helped our own business. Web 2.0, a lot of people don't realize this, null but the reason why we started that marketing campaign was because after the dot-com bust a lot of our customers were out of work and we actually had our strategic goal in 2003 to reignite enthusiasm in the computer business. We basically - we went out there and we told a big story that was designed to help other people and, sure, it helped us build our business as well. Clearly I have been doing that in areas like open government, I'm looking at healthcare, I'm really interested in that. But there is another element of that idealism that I want to share and I want to start with a talk I gave in 2008 called "Why I love hackers" and that was at our EmergingTechnology Conference and in that talk I gave, I read a poem and you can't really see in the background, it's a painting by Delacroix in the background of Jacob wrestling with the Angel. It's a biblical story. And the poem by Rilke is about how the wrestlers of the Old Testament would go wrestle with the Angel and they knew they couldn't win. But they got stronger by wrestling with the Angel and it's a wonderful line from Rilke he says, what we fight with is so small, and when we win it makes us small. What we want is to be defeated decisively by successively greater beings. And I love that and I said - so I told this and it was funny because the reaction from the audience was people love to be challenged with idealism. They love to be challenged to do stuff that matters and so in the last - ever since I gave that talk I've really just been focusing on that just like I don't care what you do something that matters to you more than money. That's a great way to succeed. But even if you don't succeed, the world will be in a better place and that's what you should think of as an entrepreneur and you should think about working on things that are hard. Remember that what we fight with is so small and when we win it makes us small. Find hard problems. 

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Stanford Start.Home: The Green Home of Tomorrow

An enterprising team of Stanford students has designed a low-cost, solar-powered home that could lead the home-building industry to a more sustainable future and guide homeowners toward greener behavior.

Why 'Multiple Intelligence' Is a Better Way to Think About Having Smarts?

Howard Gardner is a developmental psychologist and the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He holds positions as Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero.

"When it comes to leaders of organizations they not only need to have some blend of intelligence as themselves but it’s very, very important for them to realize that not everybody who they work with is going to think the same way."Revered developmental psychologist Howard Gardner offers an informed take on the clearest path to efficiency and engagement in the workplace.

Leadership Series: Rhetoric vs. Reality, segment 3

YOU CAN MANAGE AND LEADER
THE LEADER MAY NOT HAVE THE INSPIRATION BUT SOMEBODY IN THE GROUP CAN HAVE IT
OPPORTUNITIES ARE IN FRONT OF US
OUR WEAKNESSES AND LIMITITATIONS IS WHAT MAKES POSSIBLE PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION

Leadership is a hot topic in a variety of settings - universities, businesses, conferences and the workplace. A number of theories and opinions exist about how to do it well. Drs. David Berg and Betsy Bradley engage us in a thoughtful conversation about the myths and realities of leadership, the need to emphasize relationships and the many opportunities for strengthening current academic education. 

Leadership Series: Rhetoric vs. Reality, segment 2 " I DO NOT DO THIS ALONE"

Leadership is a hot topic in a variety of settings - universities, businesses, conferences and the workplace. A number of theories and opinions exist about how to do it well. Drs. David Berg and Betsy Bradley engage us in a thoughtful conversation about the myths and realities of leadership, the need to emphasize relationships and the many opportunities for strengthening current academic education.




" I do not do this alone" 
"Who else do I do it with? "
What do I need to do to create those relationships?
"Nobody is perfect"



"TAKE A VERY HARD LOOK AT YOUR OWN LIMITATIONS AND WEAKNESSES"

"Complementarity so to compensate your weaknesses"

"Do not hire people like you" 

"Take a look at your own prejudices, preconceptions, and prospect other groups" 


Leadership is a tough work to do and cannot be reduced to specific techniques !!!!! 

LEADERSHIP, ARE YOU A LEADER OR A FOLLOWER ?

ARE YOU A LEADER OR A FOLLOWER?




"Leadership is not a trait of a person, but a social setting"
"Leadership is not done only for one person"
"There is not only one way to act with leadership"

The Engagement Paradox: I Love My Job and I'm Leaving It Anyway

So the successful work relationship of the future between employer and employee depends upon the trifecta of health, wealth, and career — and the flexibility that you offer in order to make the employment relationship of the future what the employee is looking for. 



Just because a former employee has moved on in their career doesn't mean they can't still be useful to the firm. Mercer business leader Pat Tomlinson explains a phenomenon called the Engagement Paradox and how companies can turn downsides into upsides. All it takes is a realization of what the company and the employee really offer to one another. As Tomlinson notes, it's about time companies started to rethink how they engage with their employees.

3 Clear Steps to Collaborate with People You Strongly Disagree with

The current state of social/political debate and discourse leaves a lot to be desired. In this Big Think Edge preview, Islamic reform activist Maajid Nawaz describes how to build a successful, respectful dialogue that can serve an actual purpose and spur progress. Nawaz is the co-author (with neuroscientist Sam Harris) of a new book called Islam and the Future of Tolerance.

MAAJID NAWAZ

Maajid Usman Nawaz is a British activist, author, columnist and politician. He was the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for London's Hampstead and Kilburn constituency in the 2015 General Election. He is also the co-founder and chairman of Quilliam, a counter-extremism think tank that seeks to challenge the narratives of Islamist extremists.

The leaders we follow are the ones that we know would sacrifice their interests to take care of us

Simon O. Sinek is an author best known for popularizing the concept of "the golden circle" and to "Start With Why," described by TED as "a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership all starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?"'. He joined the RAND Corporation in 2010 as an adjunct staff member, where he advises on matters of military innovation and planning. His first TEDx Talk on "How Great Leaders Inspire Action" is the 3rd most viewed video on TED.com. His 2009 book on the same subject, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (2009) delves into what he says is a naturally occurring pattern, grounded in the biology of human decision-making, that explains why we are inspired by some people, leaders, messages and organizations over others.

He has commented for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Houston Chronicle, FastCompany, CMO Magazine, NPR, and BusinessWeek, and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, BrandWeek, and IncBizNet.

The leaders we admire, the leaders we follow are the ones that we know would sacrifice their interests to take care of us. That's the deal. That's the anthropological definition of leadership. It is always balanced. The perks of leadership are not free. They come at the cost of self-interest. They come at the cost of taking care of those in our charge.

The Straightest Road to Success - Gary Vaynerchuk --- WORK HARD AND SMART !!!!

Gary Vaynerchuk is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author, self-taught wine expert, and innovative entrepreneur. Find more at http://garyvaynerchuk.com

What would you say is the the biggest obstacle to your success right now? A lack of time? Maybe a lack of capital? Or maybe a lack of good employees?

Work hard and smart !!!!! 

Creating Diversity in the Workplace Means Hiring for a Diversity of Ages

Dr. Elissa L. Perry is Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University. She specializes in the field of social-organizational psychology.

Today we have members of four generations working side by side. That's great for diversity, inclusion, perspective, and innovation. It also produces new challenges with regard to communication. Employers need to be sure everyone's on the same page while simultaneously making sure they're not stepping on any toes while promoting synergy.

Big Think is proud to partner with Mercer on Inside Employees' Minds, a series that examines employees' changing mindsets and the ways workplaces are responding to them.

Mercer’s new Inside Employees’ Minds™ research reveals what more than 4,000 workers in Canada and the US think about their jobs, their employers, and the changing work experience. It explores trends in employee engagement and the evolving employee value proposition, highlighting key differences by generation, job level, and more. The research confirms that, as business needs and the workforce composition continue to evolve — with the boomer generation moving toward retirement and the preferences of the younger generations starting to dominate — employers need to rethink and reshape their value propositions to lay the foundation for future success. In this compelling video series, Mercer business leaders and other noted experts share their thoughts on the transforming work experience and what it means for both employers and employees.

Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours

Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.



Laurie Santos studies primate psychology and monkeynomics — testing problems in human psychology on primates, who (not so surprisingly) have many of the same predictable irrationalities we do. 

PROVE THEM WRONG

The most inspirational talks came from people that told me I could not do it !!!!
Keep Working !!! Do not Quit !!!
Just because you failed does not mean you are a failure !!!!

Connecting Brands with Freelancers

Tech journalist Shane Snow introduces you to Contently, the company he co-founded with the intention of connecting brands with freelancers. As Contently began to take shape, Snow and his business partner realized that they had stumbled upon an opportunity to create systems and software dedicated to content management.

Snow is author of the book Smartcuts.

The Visionaries series is brought to you by Big Think in collaboration with Founder Collective. In it, we profile remarkable entrepreneurs and the ideas and practices that make them great.

The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power

Why you should listen

Benedetta Berti is an expert on political violence, civil war and security — especially in the Middle East. She has spent a decade researching non-state armed groups — from terrorists to insurgents to militias — and works with governments and NGOs to offer new approaches for conflict resolution. In her book, Armed Political Organizations: From Conflict to Integration, Berti looks at Hezbollah, Hamas, the Irish Republican Army and other groups that have their roots in insurgency but moved into the political sphere. She offers surprising answers on why this happens and what it means. 

Berti’s current projects include leading an effort to design new parameters for Israeli-Palestinian peace, and conducting a policy study on how to effectively deliver humanitarian aid to cut-off areas in Syria and Iraq. She recently completed a study on Gaza’s security infrastructure. And her writing has appeared in Foreign Policy andForeign Affairs.

The New Employee: Creative. Adaptive. Temporary AND how to maximize employee egangement

Ben Casnocha is an American writer and entrepreneur, based out of San Francisco, California. He is founder of Comcate, an e-government technology firm, and the author of three books, including the New York Times bestseller The Start-Up of You.Casnocha's latest book is The Alliance.

That’s what the alliance is all about. Mutual investment and mutual benefit. Both sides get ahead if both sides can trust each other enough to invest in each other for a realistic period of time

Ttry to do what’s really meaningful to you !! Follow your Instinct and Persevere !!

         FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT AND PERSEVERE 

Maira Kalman is an illustrator, author, and designer. She has created many covers forThe New Yorker, including the famous map of Newyorkistan (created with Rick Meyerowitz). Ms. Kalman's twelve children's books include Max Makes a Million, Stay Up Late, Swami on Rye, and What Pete Ate. She also has designed fabric for Isaac Mizrahi, accessories for Kate Spade, sets for the Mark Morris Dance Company, and, with her late husband Tibor Kalman under the M&Co. label, clocks, umbrellas, and other accessories for the Museum of Modern Art. Ms. Kalman's work is shown at the Julie Saul Gallery in Manhattan. Her latest book is Beloved Dog.

FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT AND PERSEVERE 

Steve Jobs - Inspirational Speech "If today were the last day of my life"

"If today were the last day of my life" 

what would I like to do? 

 

Wanna Do What I Want and I Wanna Get Paid – How Millennials are Changing the Workplace

JAMIE NOTTER

Jamie Nutter is a consultant with twenty years of experience in conflict resolution, diversity, leadership, and management. He is co-author of the new book When Millennials Take Over.

As they come into their own professionally, millennials are shifting corporate culture and the way companies are organized. In this video, Jamie Notter, co-author of When Millennials Take Over digs deeply into common millennial values and how they're changing the ways top companies compete for premium talent. Unlike previous generations, millennials aren't satisfied with years of "paying their dues" in positions of low responsibility. They want autonomy, transparency, and a sense of mission. Expect to see the tides continue to shift in this direction as the emerging generation takes the reins in the coming decade.

Big Think is proud to partner with Mercer on Inside Employees' Minds, a series that examines employees' changing mindsets and the ways workplaces are responding to them.

Mercer’s new Inside Employees’ Minds™ research reveals what more than 4,000 workers in Canada and the US think about their jobs, their employers, and the changing work experience. It explores trends in employee engagement and the evolving employee-value proposition, highlighting key differences by generation, job level, and more. The research confirms that, as business needs and the workforce composition continue to evolve — with the boomer generation moving toward retirement and the preferences of the younger generations starting to dominate — employers need to rethink and reshape their value propositions to lay the foundation for future success. In this compelling video series, Mercer business leaders and other noted experts share their thoughts on the transforming work experience and what it means for both employers and employees.

Rita Pierson: Every kid needs a champion

Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don’t like.’” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.

Why you should listen

Rita F. Pierson, a professional educator since 1972, taught elementary school, junior high and special education. She was a counselor, a testing coordinator and an assistant principal. In each of these roles, she brought a special energy to the role -- a desire to get to know her students, show them how much they matter and support them in their growth, even if it was modest.

For the past decade, Pierson conducted professional development workshops and seminars for thousands of educators. Focusing on the students who are too often under-served, she lectured on topics like “Helping Under-Resourced Learners,”“Meeting the Educational Needs of African American Boys" and "Engage and Graduate your Secondary Students: Preventing Dropouts."

Pierson passed away in June 2013.

What others say

“Parents make decisions for their children based on what they know, what they feel will make them safe. And it is not our place [as educators] to say what they do is 'wrong.' It's our place to say maybe we can add a set of rules that they don't know about.” — Rita Pierson

Kiran Sethi: Kids, take charge

Kiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: "I can." Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents. http://schoolriverside.com/ 

Why you should listen

Kiran Bir Sethi's early training as a designer is clear in her work as an educator -- she looks beyond what exists, to ask, "could we do this a better way?" In 2001, she founded the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, designing the primary school's curriculum (and its building) from the ground up. Based around six "Beacons of Learning," the school's lesson plan focuses on creating curious, competent future citizens. The school now enrolls almost 300 children and has franchised its curriculum widely.

Sethi's latest project, inspired by dialogue with the children of Riverside, is called AProCh -- which stands for "A Protagonist in every Child." Fighting the stereotype of modern kids as rude and delinquent, AProCh looks for ways to engage Ahmedabad's children in modern city life, and to revamp our cities to make room for kids to learn, both actively and by example.

What others say

“It is possible to organize cities to teach usefulness, social responsibility, ecological skill, the values of good work, and the higher possibilities of adulthood.” — aproch.org

How to Free Your Brain: Time-Management Tips from a Neuroscientist

Daniel Levitin is an award-winning neuroscientist, musician, author and record producer. He is the author of three consecutive #1 bestselling books: This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs and The Organized Mind. He is also the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal, where he runs the Laboratory for Music Cognition, Perception and Expertise.



According to neuroscientist Daniel Levitin, the key to effective time management is to maintain a level of organization that allows you to dedicate less and less neural resources to running your life. This means making good use of a calendar and developing routines. It also means having the courage not to overschedule yourself. Know your limits. Assess your priorities. Embrace a system.

Bill and Melinda Gates: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we've ever done

In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates took a walk on the beach and made a big decision: to give their Microsoft wealth back to society. In conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks about their work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as their marriage, their children, their failures and the satisfaction of giving most of their money away.

Jeffrey Sachs on the Millenium Development Goals

Jeffrey Sachs, UN Special Adviser on the Millennium Development Goals, explains why 2015 is a critical year for global sustainable development.

Muhammad Yunus - Banker to the Poor

This brief documentary provides a quick overview of one of the greatest humanitarians of modern times. A Nobel Prize-winning Social Entrepreneur, Muhammad Yunus invented the idea of micro-finance to help combat global poverty.



"Poverty is created by the system"

TACKLING THE SHAME OF POVERTY - PEOPLE GLOBALLY HAVE VERY SIMILAR ASPIRATIONS

Success is the product of each individual attitude, not a result of society collectively working together
PEOPLE GLOBALLY HAVE VERY SIMILAR ASPIRATIONS
We are making the lives of our fellow citizens much worse, contributing to the perpetration of poverty, collective responsibility and understanding is the challenge we face



The work of Professor Robert Walker and his collaborators investigates the day-to-day experiences of low-income families living in societies as diverse as Norway and Uganda, Britain and India, China, South Korea, and Pakistan, and confirms the role of shame in their lives – which has already shaped how policymakers deal with poverty, in a way that tries to retain the dignity of the individual.

TALES OF PASSION BY ISABEL ALLENDE - WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE WANT?

Why you should listen

As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s—an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism; her stories are romantic, in the very best sense of the word. Her novels include The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna, and her latest, Maya's Notebook and Ripper. And don't forget her adventure trilogy for young readers— City of the Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies.

As a memoirist, she has written about her vision of her lost Chile, in My Invented Country,and movingly tells the story of her life to her own daughter, in Paula. Her book Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses memorably linked two sections of the bookstore that don't see much crossover: Erotica and Cookbooks. Just as vital is her community work: The Isabel Allende Foundation works with nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chile to empower and protect women and girls—understanding that empowering women is the only true route to social and economic justice.

What others say

“Allende can spin a funny, sensual yarn, but she can also use her narrative skills to remind us that parallel to our placid and comfortable existence is another, invisible universe, one where poverty, misery and torture are all too real.” — Patricia Hart, The Nation

I think that the time is ripe to make fundamental changes in our civilization. But for real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men. I'm talking about men with young minds, of course. Old guys are hopeless; we have to wait for them to die off. (Laughter) Yes, I would love to have Sophia Loren's long legs and legendary breasts. But given a choice, I would rather have the warrior hearts of Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny and Rose Mapendo. I want to make this world good. Not better, but to make it good. Why not? It is possible. Look around in this room -- all this knowledge, energy, talent and technology. Let's get off our fannies, roll up our sleeves and get to work, passionately,in creating an almost perfect world. Thank you.

SHAQ SCHOOL: How to Build and Lead a Kickass Team !!!! Hire people smarter than you !!!

Dwight Eisenhower said, "The greatest of leaders are the ones smart enough to hire people smarter than them."
But when you're on a team you have to do everything collaboratively
One of my favorite books is The One Minute Manager.

Shaquille O'Neal is a retired American professional basketball player who is currently an analyst on the television program Inside the NBA. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall,Shaq was one of the most dominant centers in the league throughout his 19-year NBA career. O'Neal holds both an MBA and an Ed.D. in Human Resource Development.

Following his career at Louisiana State University, O'Neal was drafted by the Orlando Magic with the first overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. He quickly became one of the best centers in the league, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992–93 and later leading his team to the 1995 NBA Finals. After four years with the Magic, O'Neal signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers. They won three consecutive championships in 2000, 2001, and 2002. He was traded to the Miami Heat in 2004; his fourth NBA championship followed in 2006. O'Neal also played for the Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics before retiring.

O'Neal's individual accolades include the 1999–2000 MVP award, the 1992–93 NBA Rookie of the Year award, 15 All-Star game selections, three All-Star Game MVP awards, three Finals MVP awards, two scoring titles, 14 All-NBA team selections, and three NBA All-Defensive Team selections. He is one of only three players to win NBA MVP, All-Star game MVP and Finals MVP awards in the same year (2000); the other players are Willis Reed in 1970 and Michael Jordan in 1996and 1998. He ranks 6th all-time in points scored, 5th in field goals, 13th in rebounds, 7th in blocks, and 3rd in field goal percentage.

In addition to his basketball career, O'Neal has released four rap albums and appeared in numerous films, plus his own reality shows, Shaq's Big Challenge and Shaq Vs.

O'Neal will be eligible for induction into the Ba

THE FIGHT AGAINST SEX SLAVERY

Why you should listen

Each year, some two million women and children, many younger than 10 years old, are bought and sold around the globe. Impassioned by the silence surrounding the sex-trafficking epidemic, Sunitha Krishnan co-founded Prajwala, or "eternal flame," a group in Hyderabad that rescues women from brothels and educates their childrento prevent second-generation prostitution. Prajwala runs 17 schools throughout Hyderabad for 5,000 children and has rescued more than 2,500 women from prostitution, 1,500 of whom Krishnan personally liberated. At its Asha Niketan center, Prajwala helps young victims prepare for a self-sufficient future.

Krishnan has sparked India's anti-trafficking movement by coordinating government, corporations and NGOs. She forged NGO-corporate partnerships with companies like Amul India, Taj Group of Hotels and Heritage Hospitals to find jobs for rehabilitated women. In collaboration with UN agencies and other NGOs, she established printing and furniture shops that have rehabilitated some 300 survivors. Krishnan works closely with the government to define anti-trafficking policy, and her recommendations for rehabilitating sex victims have been passed into state legislation.

What others say

“The sense that thousands and millions of children and young people are being sexually violated and that there’s this huge silence about it around me angers me.” — Sunitha Krishnan

BOYD VARTY: WHAT I LEARNED FROM NELSON MANDELA

Everyone has felt that connection with nature. Through the Good Work Foundation, Boyd Varty is building a movement around it. The fourth-generation custodian of the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa calls it a psychology of restoration. “We would like to be pioneers of the age of restoration,” says Varty. “Restoration of land, people and the human spirit."

By providing environmental, English and computer education to the people who live and work in Londolozi, he’s also creating an economically and socially sustainable model for conservation.

UBUNTU= I am because of you