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In our fourth episode, Kirsten Dunlop and Dominic Hofstetter discuss why adopting a systems thinking perspective is key to tackling the climate crisis.

Technology should serve the people, requiring trust that our core values will be protected in this new domain.

In our third episode, Marta Zaccagnini and Ben Wrobel discuss power dynamics in funding within the impact investing space and in philanthropy.

In our second episode, Aunnie Patton Power and Julia Winkler discuss the challenges associated with funding purpose-driven organizations and how to overcome them.

In our first episode, Stephen Muers and Antonis Schwarz discuss how dormant assets can be leveraged to finance impact.

The COVID pandemic has underscored how access to and use of technological tools can be vital in the success of diverse economies and governments, as well as the citizens navigating both.

“Financial inclusion is positioned prominently as an enabler of other developmental goals in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, where it is featured as a target in eight of the seventeen goals,” states the UNCDF. 

“Businesses can play a major role in contributing to economic, environmental, and social progress, especially when they minimize the adverse impacts of their operations, supply chains, and other business relationships,” states the OECD.

Much has been documented about the role of sexism and racism in reducing opportunities for women and people of color in the corporate world – whether in hiring, compensation, or in advancement to the C-suite and board-level positions or, in the entrepreneurial space, in access to project investments.

What does the business cybersecurity landscape look like today? Were you to believe Hollywood, you would imagine a pimply-faced teen hacker working from a dark basement for a stylish but likeable band of thieves. 

We hear a lot about “disruption” these days, especially as technologies like AI and machine learning transform traditional sectors like manufacturing. Can disruption be learned?

In an online meeting earlier this year, a high-level executive at KPMG UK said employees should “stop moaning” about the pandemic and dismissed staff fears about proposed salary and pension cuts as “playing the victim.”