SILENT NO MORE: THE BATTLE FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

Written by: JUAN CARLOS PASTOR @ IE Business School Women’s position in management and leadership has been prominently discussed in the business literature for over three decades. Yet there is increased frustration that the empowerment of women is not advancing quickly enough. Women continue to lag behind men at every career stage. A recent report…

Education 3.0: Why the education industry is ripe for blockchain

Your browser does not support the audio element. Almost everyone in the world has or will eventually be bestowed with a grade, certificate or honour that will at some future point need verification. Today’s episode has both Nic and Ahmed interacting with Educhain CEO Mark Balovnev on how to build scalable academic passporting systems. Focusing…

Aligning Education to the Fourth Industrial Revolution As a Mean to Achieve the Fourth SDG

Naida Kardas and Charif Hamidi  – October 21, 2018 An edtech social enterprise aspires to transform education and make ubiquitous equitable access to education a reality Although the world is becoming increasingly more intricate and divergent and technology even more powerful and disruptive, we continue to assume the industrial era model classroom, ‘sage on stage’…

PDSi Kids: When children learn to lead themselves, they can learn to lead in the future

Chantel Rijtma and Leandrie Pentz are the Dubai-based team behind PDSi Kids, a self-development programme supporting children in defining and achieving their ambitious goals. Later this month, they will travel to Ethiopia to support Naseba’s stretch programme, working with Rainbows4Children.   What is your professional background and how did PDSi Kids start? Chantel: My background…