Let's Fix It

Feb 28 2023 29 mins 12

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This special podcast series from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship hears from leading social innovators who are fixing some of the world’s biggest problems.
In candid conversations with host Pavitra Raja, changemakers describe their experiences tackling challenges like the digital divide, climate change and racial inequity.
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Teaching a love of learning is transforming education systems

Feb 28 2023 38 mins

On this episode of Let's Fix It, hear how two social innovators are redefining what it means to teach and to learn.Kyle Zimmer is a lawyer, social entrepreneur and leader who became passionate about the power of books when volunteering in a soup kitchen. Zimmer is the founder of First Book, an organization dedicated to providing affordable books and other resources to people in nee

Intrapreneurship: changing the world from within organizations

Feb 15 2023 38 mins

In this episode of Let's Fix It, host Pavitra Raja speaks to two social intrapreneurs who are making a difference within large organizations. First, she interviews Jonathan Wong, the chief of technology innovation at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Wong talks about his experience as a public social intrapreneur and how he leverage

Making our societies more equal

Jan 27 2023 37 mins

On this episode of Let’s Fix It, two social innovators Cheryl Dorsey, President of Echoing Green and Phillip Atiba Goff, Co-Founder of Centre for Policing Equity, Co-Founder of Justice Rx, and Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology at Yale University are dismantling inequitable systems in policing to philanthropy. Learn from some of

Harnessing the collective power of social innovators

Dec 20 2022 19 mins

On this special episode of Let’s Fix It, Hilde Schwab, Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, chronicles her journey from being the first employee of the World Economic Forum to co-founding the world’s leading platform on social innovation, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.Today the Schwab Foundation consists of a commu

Combating climate change by putting our planet first

Dec 14 2022 33 mins

Social innovators are finding new ways to combat greenhouse gas emissions and climate change with speed and scale.In this episode of Let's Fix It, we hear from two social innovators who are putting our planet first and fighting global warming. Gonzalo Muñoz co-founded and led TriCiclos, a leading Latin American company when it comes to circular economy and recycling. Between

Fixing digital literacy and access to the web

Dec 07 2022 34 mins

Can you imagine what your life would be like without the internet? How would you get around? How would you keep in touch with your friends and family? Well, 37% of the world's population have never used the internet. That's nearly 3 billion people.In this episode of Lets Fix It, we hear from two social innovators who are tearing down digital divides and bringing emerging technologi

Let’s Fix It: Season 1 Trailer

Dec 01 2022 2 mins

This special podcast series from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship hears from leading social innovators who are fixing some of the world’s biggest problems.In candid conversations with host Pavitra Raja, changemakers describe their experiences tackling challenges like the digital divide, climate change and racial inequity.Find all our podcasts at wef.ch/podcasts.S