Annie Faulkner, The DO School’s Director of Impact Entrepreneurship, reflects on the challenges posed by the new Hybrid Work environment and shares some potential means of navigating them. A key concern mentioned by the 1,000 global leaders during We Emerge Week was managing productivity and outcomes in a hybrid work environment. Workforces across …
Writer and researcher Beatrice Francesca Orante shares her thoughts on what public sector innovation looks like during times of crisis. Find more from Beatrice on LinkedIn and Twitter. One of the more interesting responses I have seen to the COVID-19 pandemic were mobile markets, which reduced the trips people made to purchase basic necessities. Local …
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Multidisciplinary researcher Laurence Heijbroek shares his [UK-based] perspective on shaping the “new normal”, the drawbacks of digitalisation, and building social resilience for the future. Some sights live long in the memory. I don’t think I will ever forget watching the news report on the start of lockdown in Wuhan. The featured videos of neighbours …
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Silvia Hernandez, GSA Future of Work Now Leader at EY, highlights the value and impact of human capital as #WeEmerge from this crisis and begin to embrace the ‘new normal’. The world changed in March 2020. Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic strained healthcare systems to the breaking point, put much of the global economy …
Amy DeTavis, Director of Innovation at The DO School, poses the question: How can #WeEmerge from this crisis and operate from a place of purpose rather than simply just profit? Read on to find out more. “Brands with purpose grow, companies with purpose last, and people with purpose thrive.” – Alan Jope, Chief Executive …
Dear DO School community, We offer this statement humbly after a period of sustained and deep reflection amongst our team. The last few weeks have made abundantly clear what has been a lived reality for far too many, for far too long: we live in a world that still bears racism and injustice. As the …
Victoria Soelle, our Director of Partnerships at The DO School, shares her personal perspective on the impact this pandemic is having on SMEs, her family’s multigenerational business, and her growing sense of purpose. According to multiple psychological studies we know that there are basic patterns of how people deal with crises. The common journey …
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The DO School Founder Florian Hoffmann shares his thoughts on the novel COVID-19 pandemic, how this will change the way we live and work as a global community in the future, and how The DO School aims to empower community during this challenging time. The COVID-19 pandemic is dramatically changing our lives. These changes will …
As the Challenges We Face Are Changing – so Will Our Ways of Solving Them Read More »
Scott Goldner, Director of Individual at The DO School, reflects on how over the past 25 years in leadership and training he’s learned that the key ingredient of effective leadership is culture – particularly a culture of quality collaboration and ongoing learning. Reflecting on my experiences working with global and local leaders across sectors and …
Leadership That Develops A Culture of Quality Collaboration and Ongoing Learning Read More »
Heading up DOx Hong Kong, Desh Deepak Dwivedi aims to make the Asian hub a center for bringing together tech and public policy communities in order to help fight Hong Kong brain drain and bring life to innovative ideas. Hong Kong attracts some of the best talent from around the world, especially for academic reasons. …
