Autofabricantes has designed and open-sourced dozens of prosthetic attachments, allowing children to ... [+] pursue the full range of activities they love.Secretaría General IberoamericanaAn estimated 10 million people in the
Mariana RuenesLynn Hertzner (@lynnhertznerMariana Ruenes has been working since she was 17 years old to end modern-day slavery. Now, her Mexico City-based organization partners with the private sector, helping businesses
Sascha Haselmayer, social entrepreneur and authorSascha Haselmayer Sascha Haselmayer is a social entrepreneur who has worked with communities and city governments in over 50 countries. An Ashoka Fellow, non-resident Fellow
As a leader, your responsibility is to pull people up and promote them to their potential. But sometimes, our natural inclination to surround ourselves with those who are like us
If colleagues don’t feel a sense of appreciation, you know what they do… what I did. The last time I was an employee, I witnessed a peculiar situation during our company
When it comes to conscious leadership practices, there are numerous ways to inspire employees and build a thriving organization. However, there are three practices that hold the key to unlocking
Jen PahlkaFisher StudiosJennifer Pahlka founded Code for America to enhance government services with technology and design expertise. She served as deputy chief technology officer under President Obama and has advised
Saket SoniResilience ForceBack in 2005, Hurricane Katrina was billed as a once-in-a-century event. Since then, over 200 disasters have each caused more than $1 billion in damage, says Saket Soni, the founder of Resilience
Attracting and retaining colleagues is one thing, but having them engaged is the difference between going to a party and dancing at the party. Engaging employees is the secret sauce
Sabotaging her job. Refusing to work. Demanding she accounts for every cent. Destroying her credit. Restricting food, shelter, transportation, and medicine. These are just a few examples of economic abuse.
Peace-builder and Ashoka Fellow Helena Puig Larrauri co-founded Build Up to transform conflict in the digital age–in places from the U.S. to Iraq. With the exponential growth of viral polarizing
60 million Latinos in the U.S. consume news in Spanish – but efforts to fact-check articles, clips, and social media snippets focus almost exclusively on content in English. Two leaders
Over the last five years, more than 300 journalists worldwide have been tragically killed. Ashoka Fellow and investigative reporter Laurent Richard founded Forbidden Stories, a global journalist network that collaborates
We all have an innate thirst for cultivating our growth and development. It’s a natural desire to want to improve our skills, talents, and geniuses. However, in a world where
On a daily basis in the U.S., too many parents are forced to make hard choices about whether to go to work or care for their young children – and