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Last Sunday 28 October Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right and openly antidemocratic former congressman, was elected the next president of Brazil. He got 55,1% of the votes in the second round of elections, defeating Fernando Haddad, the candidate of the Wokers Party (PT), chosen to continue Lula’s legacy who, being in...
As Jair Bolsonaro wins the presidential elections in Brazil, fears or a military-like regime revival are spreading amongst its opponents, and the left more broadly. Groups of peasants and indigenous people fighting of their land, favelados, and black people’s movements are particularly under threat.
Design Thinking is all about having great conversations. A dozen years ago I was in the foothills of the Himalayas processing six months of incredible conversations for my masters thesis on Cultural Values in Non-Violent Political Movements.
How can we improve life for more than 3,000 HIV patients in Yangon, Myanmar? This is the pressing question that Pepal, a London based non-profit organization, asked Board of Innovation, an innovation consultancy, when they contacted the Antwerp based organization to help find an innovative solution for one of the country’s...
Design Thinking is an approach that has been evolving since the 1960’s and was popularised in the 1990’s when IDEO, a US based design consultancy, formed. It’s an approach to creative problem solving that private sector organisations have been using to design and sell products and services for decades
Imagine: you’re unemployed. You’ve been in and out of jobs, never really feeling valued or a sense of belonging. Responsibilities like rent, bills and groceries mean you have to work, but constantly moving between roles leaves you with uncertainty. Soon, family activities like a pizza or a cinema, decrease. One...
Since about 2014, and especially since 2016, Brazil has been experiencing an intense social, economic and political crisis. At the beginning of 2018, there were nearly 14 million unemployed individuals, or nearly double the number of four years earlier, whilst the share of informal employees and self-employed...
We do not necessarily need wide-ranging ends. Small things matter too. From local security, bus stop spacing and locating, dress codes and noise. Everyday problems, if objects of deliberation, can be occasion of reasons-giving. They encourage reciprocal acknowledgment while letting the debate going.
“If you are not willing to fail, you won’t innovate”. This is how Roshan Paul, Co-founder and Ceo of Amani Institute, addressed the crowd at the Open Days Dell’Innovazione, a two-day gathering of influential experts in innovation for development and start-uppers, held in Milan early this month. The receipt...
Malnourishment, particularly severe malnourishment, increases the risk of death from common childhood diseases such as diarrhea (WHO). In many poor countries malnourishment is chronic and generational. Rates of stunting which measures the weight of the child for its age are extremely high and in many cases so are rates...
