THE BUZZ: On October 4th, 2012, I had the pleasure of speaking at the YES Conference in Slovenia. The event was held at the new Plaza hotel in the capital city of Ljubljana.
YES Conference in Slovenia
Tag Archive for Young Global Leaders
Global Shapers Conference
THE BUZZ: On Saturday, September 15th, 2012, I participated in the Global Shapers Conference in New York. I spoke about the importance of personal energy management for leaders (a module we call “Protecting the Asset”) – a key pillar of the Power Living System. I then taught a yoga class in Central Park while some of the Shapers went running.
YGL Silicon Valley Summit 2012
THE BUZZ: From July 25th through 28th, 2012, I attended the Young Global Leader Silicon Valley Summit in San Francisco. The event was brilliantly organized by YGLs Lila Ibrahim (Partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers) and Heather Fleming (CEO and Co-Founder of Catapult Design).
WEF Latin America 2012
THE BUZZ: From April 15th to 18th, 2012, I participated in the Young Global Leader (YGL) Summit and World Economic Forum on Latin America in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. At our YGL event, we had more than 250 leaders from business, government and civil society. It’s an impressive group making a difference around the world. We…
The Mumbai Spirit
POWER LIVING® TV: Come on a learning journey to Mumbai. It is the richest city in India and yet is home to one of the largest slums in Asia.
2011 YGLs Announced
THE BUZZ: Today, the World Economic Forum announced its Young Global Leaders (YGLs) for 2011.
Start a Social Enterprise
GIVE BACK: One way to get involved in improving the state of the world is to start a social enterprise. As management guru Peter Drucker said, Non-profits do something very different from either business or government.
Focus on… China
PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS: My family has a history with China. In the late 1980’s, my mom – Janie Sykes-Kennedy – was invited by the U.S. Housing & Urban Development and the Department of Commerce as one of 14 delegates to go to the People’s Republic of China on the first trade mission of American women. After that trip, she secured a contract from the China Building Technology Center and started a new company, China Today, Inc., which for five years, distributed a journal called Building in China.
Global Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School
THE BUZZ: From March 29th through April 8th, 2009, I participated in the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Program – Global Leadership and Public Policy in the 21st Century. It brought together over 60 Young Global Leaders for 10 days to better understand the most press global issues. The faculty was top-notch from David Gergen…
