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Social Innovation Conversations

Reinventing the world together one conversation at a time

Free audio programs on The Stanford School of Business podcasting channel! It offers: Social Innovation Conversations addressing some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.

The Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business is the initiator of Social Innovation Conversations. Their mission is "to expand the reach of important and valuable knowledge to people who otherwise wouldn't have access to it by recording and sharing the spoken words of thought leaders in all sectors and disciplines and offering listeners a multi stakeholder perspective on the world grand challenges and social issues."

The Social Innovation Podcasting Channel is an open and collaborative online platform to promote the mutual exchange of ideas and values for cross-sector and multidisciplinary learning for social change.

Thought leaders and social entrepreneurs from all over the world share their direct involvement in improving societies and the environment. You can hear the most interesting, important and innovative ideas from different areas (nonprofits, business and government) affecting the social sector. This way valuable knowledge and best practices can be shared with a wider international audience.

A few examples to warm you up: listen to Alice Tepper Marlin on setting the standard for humane workplaces throughout the global supply chain. Follow the heated discussion on the future of food between the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan and John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market. Have a cup of coffee whilst hearing how John Sage, co-founder of Pura Vida, one of the largest distributors of Fair Trade organic coffee in the world, combined his love of business with idealism. Other interesting podcasts include Transparency International's Peter Eigen, Founder of Grameen Bank Muhammed Yunus and President of the Monitor Institute Katherine Fulton.

Listen to the podcasts on: www.siconversations.org