Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is an international pioneer in the fields of innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. In 2014 he was named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” – by Fortune Magazine.  Dr. Diamandis is Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation set up to bring about exponential change by incentivizing Grand Challenges […]
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Here is Part 1 of 3 of my plenary presentation to the Leading Learning Symposium of 2015.
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Christina Economos is a researcher and activist. She led the research in 2001 that documented 10 key attributes of a national movement (documented in this paper). Her city-wide intervention, Shape Up Somerville, was studied as a key success and helped form the Collective Impact model. Today she directs ChildObesity180, with a mission to reverse the
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This article by myself and Julie Jordan Avritt tells the story of Chris Economos, a co-founder and co-executive director of ChildObesity180. Chris is a university profesor, research and social activist. Her work has been studied extensively and used to formulate effective interventions including the Collective Impact methodology. She led research in 2001 which identified 10
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Click this sentence to download the PPT. Feb 1, 2016, I presented for Michelle Popowitz, executive director of UCLA Grand Challenges, and many of her colleagues. Feb 5, I gave same presentation to staff at the XPrize Foundation.
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The American Nurses Assocation’s CEO, Marla Weston, and president, Pam Cipriano, explain their Grand Challenge. They discuss how Healthy Nurse Healthy Nation™ will close the knowing-doing gap for America’s 3.4 million nurses.
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What’s overhead and what’s essential? Find out!
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I helped build 120 Communities of Practice at the World Bank around the globe. A Community of Practice is a group of professionals who share a profession and work together to raise the bar on their collective and individual performance. In 2016 I will extend my current effort working with CEOs to begin a new
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Chris Economos did groundbreaking research in 2001 to learn what it took for a successful national movement. I am applying what she learned to help my leaders turn the world’s toughest problems into their greatest opportunities. My recent article about Chris lists the 10 elements. Find it at http://bitly.com/CEconomos
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“The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.” – Peter Diamandis In 2013, I worked with Barbara Byrd Keenan while she was CEO of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). These are the researchers and scientists who create astronaut food, designer desserts like Twinkies, and who make sure your cabbage isn’t crawling with
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