David Beckham: Work Hard and Have a Passion for What you do
Football star and Unicef ambassador David Beckham has the following advice for young people – work hard, be dedicated, stay grounded and have a passion for what you do. In an interview at the Discovery Leadership Summit in Johannesburg yesterday, the 41-year-old former England soccer captain said his greatest sporting achievement was leading his national […]
International Children’s Peace Prize 2016 Finalists
Children’s rights organisation KidsRights has announced the three finalists for the International Children’s Peace Prize 2016. The prize is awarded annually to a child who fights courageously for children’s rights. Every year, the message of the new young winner has enormous impact and demonstrates to millions of people globally that change is possible. The International Children’s […]
Arianna Huffington: Digital Revolution Creating Burnout
The world lives under the ‘collective delusion’ that in order to succeed we have to burn out, while multi-tasking is a scientifically disproved myth, says Arianna Huffington, founder of Thrive Global and co-founder of The Huffington Post. Speaking at the Discovery Leadership Summit in Johannesburg recently, Huffington, who this August changed jobs from running the […]
Don’t Even Think About Littering at This Colorado Stadium
Eco-Products and the University of Colorado have teamed up to make Folsom Field one of the nation’s greenest stadiums – on the outside as well as on the inside. The university has expanded its zero-waste efforts from inside the stadium — where virtually all food and drink packaging is refillable, recyclable or compostable – to outside the […]
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo
Born in Madras, India, the future CEO of PepsiCo grew up conservative and middle-class, studying physics, chemistry, and math. Her determination to study in the U.S. brought her to Yale University’s Graduate School of Management in 1978. Despite financial aid from Yale, Nooyi worked nights as a receptionist. She went in for interviews wearing a sari […]
Hamdi Ulukaya: The Turkish Immigrant Who Just Made Americans Richer
Hamdi Ulukaya is an immigrant from Turkey who came to the USA with nothing and within 10 years is running a Yogurt company worth billions. He just gave 10% of the company to his employees – worth 100,000’s of dollars for each employee. He also gave $700m to Syrian refugees. Ulukaya is the owner, founder, Chairman, […]
Be Good For Goodness Sake
Written in parable by Kristin Andress, Be Good For Goodness Sake transports you from the buzz of life to a tranquil setting where strangers convene and have unique experience. In the characters, you will see a piece of yourself, and through the experience you will tell your own story. This is OUR World. The distinction […]
Zaha Mohammad Hadid: From Iraq to Redefining Global Cities
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid (31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi-born British architect. She was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 2004. Hadid was born in Baghdad, Iraq. Her father, Muhammad al-Hajj Husayn Hadid, was a wealthy industrialist from Mosul, Iraq. He co-founded the left-liberal al-Ahali group in Iraq in […]
The World’s First Self-Charging Electric Folding Bike is Here
Vello Bike+, the world’s first self-charging electric folding bike which allows users to ride forever without needing to plug it in to a socket for a recharge, is a breakout hit on Kickstarter and trending fast having already raised more than €100,000 on the crowdfunding platform. The bike is the first self-charging electric folding bike […]
US$2.3 Trillion by 2030 From New Business Models in Food & Agriculture
New research shows sustainable business models could generate 80 million jobs by unlocking opportunities across 14 areas, including food waste, low-income markets, aquaculture and urban agriculture. There’s a reason why Real Leaders is a signatory to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals – it makes financial and ethical sense. The 17 goals to transform our world […]
