May 31, 2016 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
This is the first in a series of updates on GSNs that we have featured on the Employment and Prosperity Hub. CODE is a non-government organization [NGO] whose mission is to improve access to information and empower local communities in Africa. The following interview...
May 22, 2016 | Blog, Health & Human Security
The threats posed by infectious disease outbreaks of Ebola and Zika epidemics are demonstrating the need for collaborative programs and solutions that match the GSN four-part model: global issue digitally connected self-governed diverse stakeholders Head of the Gates...
May 12, 2016 | Blog, Health & Human Security
The first ever World Humanitarian Summit will convene this month in Istanbul. The cost of humanitarian finance and the global refugee crisis are key topics for the governments, agencies and private sector representatives in attendance. But some participants are...
Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
Today we were honored to host Mark Tiele Westra, the AkvoFLOW product manager who, with GSN research fellow Mike Dover, discussed AkvoFLOW and the new Akvo Caddisfly water monitoring product. They also discussed the complex challenges of developing a smartphone-based...
Apr 20, 2016 | Blog, News
One of the world’s most influential management thinkers discusses a new model for tackling the world’s ‘wicked problems’-issues such as poverty, inequality and climate change: Global Solution Networks (GSNs). Collaboration among nation...
Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Employment & Prosperity
It’s common knowledge that many of the jobs currently performed by humans will be taken over in the years to come by technology or robots. That’s the finding of a recent Pew research survey that showed that more than half of Americans are certain that...