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Matthew Bishop

Matthew is an editorial consultant to Driving Change. An award-winning journalist, Matthew is an internationally recognized expert on the trends and innovations shaping global business, finance and politics, particularly the role of public policy and philanthropy. A graduate of the University of Oxford, Matthew is a former member of the faculty of London Business School. He is best known for his work on "philanthrocapitalism", a word he coined in The Economist to describe how businesses and philanthropists can make a big positive difference in the world. Matthew was a writer and editor at The Economist for over 25 years, including a decade as the magazine's New York Bureau Chief. He then led the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center. Matthew has authored several books, including Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World, and The Road from Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society. He co-founded the Social Progress Index, an increasingly influential new measure of how well a society serves its citizens, and the #GivingTuesday movement, which harnesses social media to celebrate giving and drive more effective charity. He launched the 17 Rooms partnership between the Rockefeller Foundation and the Brookings Institution and is a co-funder of the Catalyst 2030 network of proven social entrepreneurs. Matthew was honored by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader and was the official report author of the G8 Taskforce on Impact Investing.

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Books Driving Change: Sharath Jeevan and Intrinsic

Books Driving Change: Sharath Jeevan and Intrinsic

I don't think we've yet cracked the question of how do we, as an individual leader in public service, contribute to that purpose. So what tends to happen is we get hired into a job,

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Books Driving Change: Jonathan Greenblatt and It Could Happen Here

Books Driving Change: Jonathan Greenblatt and It Could Happen Here

It's a mind bending conversation to have the people who built something so sophisticated, so innovative, so powerful, tell us they can't remove swastikas. You know, for kicks Matthew, when this podcast is over, you

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Books Driving Change: Agustín Porres and Unfinished Business in Education

Books Driving Change: Agustín Porres and Unfinished Business in Education

The people that work in education and that take the responsibility of leading the education system are mainly optimists. If not, you cannot take the job. In the latest episode of Books Driving Change, Agustín

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Books Driving Change: Ron Gonen and The Waste-Free World

Books Driving Change: Ron Gonen and The Waste-Free World

“We have a challenge in the American economy -- I think this probably exists a little bit in the U.K. as well some other developed countries -- where the highest status in society goes sometimes

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Books Driving Change in 2021

Books Driving Change in 2021

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Books Driving Change: Anne-Marie Slaughter and Renewal

Books Driving Change: Anne-Marie Slaughter and Renewal

And for everybody who's in government, there are probably five to ten sitting in a Washington institution wishing they were in. So once again, I would urge people not to overlook the capital city of

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Books Driving Change: François Bonnici and The Systems Work of Social Change

Books Driving Change: François Bonnici and The Systems Work of Social Change

  And despite the narratives, it’s really hard for today's leaders to actually work out the radical changes we need, when their mandates and agendas are to stabilize, to continue as before. There are obviously

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Books Driving Change: Peter Coleman and The Way Out

Books Driving Change: Peter Coleman and The Way Out

So a movement is something that I'm calling for, is something that I'm envisioning the value of, but we're a long way from there. We have a lot of good work being done in communities.

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Books Driving Change: Paul Polman and Net Positive

Books Driving Change: Paul Polman and Net Positive

Well, I think frankly, we have a leadership deficit everywhere. It’s clear that the MBA programs, which have given us the leaders for business, are a version of Milton Friedman on steroids, and are in

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Books Driving Change: Paul Shoemaker and Taking Charge of Change

Books Driving Change: Paul Shoemaker and Taking Charge of Change

A good example of 24/7 authenticity, which is in bleak short supply these days in America. I have several examples in the book where standing up with integrity and honesty, and particularly with personal accountability,

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