The Path from Innovation to Impact in Global Health

Nora Petty Current Skoll Scholar and Oxford MBA student Nora Petty gives her perspective on the Skoll World Forum seminar session ‘The Path from Innovation to Impact in Global Health’. Our approach to scaling-up healthcare pilots has been similar to how many people approach having their first child. As one participant at the delegate-run discussion ‘The Path from […]

Unleashing Girls’ Power

Nidhi Thachankary Current Oxford MBA student Nidhi Thachankary gives her perspective on the Skoll World Forum seminar session ‘Unleashing Girls’ Power’. If I had to pick one thing to work toward for the rest of my life, it would be to ensure that every child, both girl and boy has the access, means and support to pursue […]

The Age Before Impossible: Young Voices, Big Dreams

Elina Naydenova Current Oxford MBA student Elina Naydenova gives her perspective on the Skoll World Forum seminar session ‘The Age Before Impossible: Young Voices, Big DreamsChange’. “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” – Albert Einstein. The problem space is changing – global challenges today are different from […]

What’s So Funny? The Role of Comedy in Social Change

Current Oxford MBA student Marina Nuri gives her perspective on the Skoll World Forum seminar session ‘What’s So Funny? The Role of Comedy in Social Change’. Marina Nuri The last day of the Skoll World Forum treated the audience to likely the most fun (and yes, funny!) session this year. The session started off as a comedy show with all four […]

Beyond Better: How Do We Know We’re Changing The Status Quo?

Nikhil Nair Current Skoll Scholar and Oxford MBA student Nikhil Nair gives his perspective on the Skoll World Forum seminar session ‘Beyond Better: How Do We Know We’re Changing The Status Quo?’. “We cannot stop at changing a pattern, we need to change the mind-set” said Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka. Entrepreneurs are going beyond just fixing a […]