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by Mike Peirce
What are the most important questions we need to focus on so that we thrive together in the future?
A good answer needs a good question. The Cambridge 100 Questions Project was launched in May 2009 at the St. James’s Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium, with the aim of asking some of the finest creative minds of our time to identify the most pressing questions facing the world today.
From Systems Failure to Renewal / January 2009
by Raffi Cavoukian , C.M., O.B.C, D.Mus, D.Litt
“Could this not be the single thought that steers us through the dangerous passage—a world that honours all its children?” Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer, MIT
The upside of systems meltdown in the financial sector is that it offers the opportunity to think systemically about the global family and envision bold paths to restoration and renewal.
Exactly one year ago, your statement, “Yak head, sheep body – you going to create funny animal!”, generated much laughter amongst the 60 corporate executives and 60 social sector leaders participating in the Connecting for Change Dialogue here in Vancouver.
I am not sure if we created a new animal, but since that day there have been many ripples of connection, that have led to building new, and enhancing existing, collaborations to help make a difference in the world.