“I've seen the Boston Red Sox win the World Series. Twice. So don't tell me this is impossible, it's just hard”
Joe Cirincione
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Victor Hugo once remarked that "you cannot resist an idea whose time has come". We seek to capture and share that inspiration with our community as avenues to recharge and refuel, all the while being exposed to new ideas and experiences.
Inspiring content and media can also lead to breakthrough approaches, connections and innovations to further our collective efforts toward social change.
Apr 29 - May 5, 2013
Editor's Pick
Muhammad Yunus: 'Put poverty in the museum'
Deutsche Welle
In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work.
In interview with DW, former Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus says that social business organizations need to take on a more important role in international development aid work.
Editor's Pick
Forum 2013
Video: What will the world look like in 50 years?
The problems facing our world are so large that they demand disruptive thinking. We don't have time to think in incremental terms. It's time to challenge the status quo, and dare to imagine what we can do. Click here to watch the video from Skoll World Forum 2013!
The problems facing our world are so large that they demand disruptive thinking. We don't have time to think in incremental terms. It's time to challenge the status quo, and dare to imagine what we can do. Click here to watch the video from Skoll World Forum 2013!
Apr 22 - 28, 2013
Debate
Forum 2013
Skoll Original
How to Create a Food Revolution
It’s 2013, and we live in a world where the majority of us have a broken relationship with food. There are around two billion undernourished people but also more than one billion who are dangerously overweight or obese, and that number is going up. If you’re reading this in the United States or the United Kingdom, then congratulations: you live in one of the unhealthiest nations in the world.
Apr 15 - 21, 2013
Article
Skoll Original
Skoll Original
Exclusive: Excerpt from However Long the Night by Aimee Molloy
In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose experience as an exchange student in Senegal led her to found Tostan and dedicate almost four decades of her life to the girls and women of Africa.
Article
Forum 2013
Forum 2013
Disruption: Dare to Imagine - Photos by Robert X. Fogarty
Robert X. Fogarty’s portrait project, Dear World, began in New Orleans as photographic love notes to the city. He now uses his distinct message-on-skin-style to tell stories of subjects regardless of religion, race or language. Thousands have shared their hopes, fears and dreams. His work has been featured by the Washington Post, PBS and CNN.
Apr 8 - 14, 2013
Article
Forum 2013
Skoll Original
Eyes Wide Open: Innovation in Unexpected Places
Do we know where to look for a development solution? At USAID, we commit ourselves daily to finding solutions for the challenges faced by the world’s poor. We start by listening to the wisdom and needs of the government, community, and local organizations and people.
Article
Forum 2013
Skoll Original
Exclusive Interview with Lisa Fruchtman, Director of "Sweet Dreams"
What we knew of Rwanda was the devastation of 1994 Genocide – 800,000 minority Tutsis killed in one hundred days, many by those they knew, neighbors and friends. How, we asked ourselves, was it possible for Rwandans to move forward from that? And how did drumming and ice cream fit in?
Article
Forum 2013
Forum 2013
Leadership Renewal: From Good to Great
Nelson Mandela embodies the core elements of great leadership, even as he remains a fully human character with flaws and shadows. And he illustrates a profound truth, that we are great not despite our failings, but including them. We cannot pretend to be someone other than who we are, and much of the controlling, rigid leadership we see in the world today is armour against a sense of failure and weakness.
