Tag Archives: Hans Rosling

Running for a cause

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

People run for many reasons. Among the most common reasons are: (1) because they can, (2) because of the feeling of freedom, (3) because they get to challenge themselves, and (4) just for the enjoyment of it all. More recently, … Continue reading →

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Change your thinking: it is a matter of perspective

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

The avuncular Hans Rosling joins us again to explain where the focus on child mortality ought to be placed across the world’s 7 billion people, and whether tackling this issue will make a difference. In his idiosyncratic way to craft … Continue reading →

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Africa- A Difficult Place to Do Business

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Extreme poverty and business development strangely enough go hand-in-hand. Effective business development can help to replace the burden on aid, but it is by no means a silver bullet. Writing in the Financial Times, Michael Keating last week provided a … Continue reading →

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How much is enough? Are there no limits?

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

There were the two big questions which David Suzuki led with when he spoke at the Sydney Opera House last night. Thanks to my dear friend Virginia for taking me along. It was a talk called ‘Legacy’ based on the … Continue reading →

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Black Africa

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

Hans Rosling argues that the time has come to stop thinking of Sub-Saharan Africa as one place. They are such diverse countries. If we are going to change our perspective on extreme poverty, maybe we should first get better fidelity … Continue reading →

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Winning the war against child mortality

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

The Loveable and Avuncular Hans Rosling returns to give another outstanding TED Talk about how we are winning the war against child mortality. Hans is a brilliant communicator and makes the complex simple. This 15 minute is worth watch to … Continue reading →

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The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

My friend Tiffany sent me a wonderful link from The Girl Effect called The Clock is Ticking. Watch it for yourself- it is its own explanation. Tomorrow I will put focus on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3: Eliminate gender disparity … Continue reading →

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Impossible

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

    Hans Rosling, the intellectual heavyweight and Professor of Global Health at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute, wrote a really encouraging comment a few weeks ago on this blog. I thought I would share it here: I wish you good luck Matt. The … Continue reading →

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Impossibly possible!

Posted on September 16, 2010 by

Thanks to my mate Scott Thompson in New York from Intersections International who gave me this perspective of something, like a crazy global endurance challenge being “impossibly possible”. But let’s go back to the data and see how reframing a … Continue reading →

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Hans Rosling provides proof! The seemingly impossible is possible.

Posted on August 31, 2010 by

Now and again you come across one of those people who somehow makes the complex simple, and in doing so can turn our assumptions on their head. Hans Rosling, hailing from Sweden makes an interesting twist to how we might … Continue reading →

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