We need to talk about Love. Love as the defining force of our lives, and of the world. Love as the driver of the higher order thinking we need to effect change in this world. Love as the only foundation of all the issues our world is confronting right now. …

The dictionary defines an ‘entrepreneur’ as: ‘a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so’ (Oxford American Dictionaries). It’s interesting to note the connection with risk. As an entrepreneur myself, I’ve never really considered myself a ‘risk-taker’…

In his celebrated TED talk, Ken Robinson maintains that education is a subject that we are all equally passionate about. …

I studied French right up until university, wrestling with great works of literature from the likes of Jean Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, François Mauriac and Gustave Flaubert. But when I arrived to live in Paris 11 years ago, I struggled to negotiate simple transactions at the market, failed to…

As a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, I have privileged access to many of the leading minds in education today. …

I have watched with sadness the events of these past weeks in my adopted home country, concerning the question over France’s defense of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons and their role in stoking the anger of Muslim’s around the world. I have lived in France for 10 years and have struggled…

In a recent conversation with some peers, the subject of different leadership styles between men and women were brought up. One woman was perplexed as to why her own demand to finalise the details of a contract in her company had been met with apathy, only to have the necessary…

When I first became a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, I was thrust into the corporate world after having lived for many years as a social entrepreneur in China. I remember being curious as to what a consultant really did, as there were so many floating around…

In 2003, as a young graduate, I embarked on a journey that would change my life. …