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ces are shifting, technology is upending entrenched business models and climate change is altering production.

he age of digital disruption.

creasing rural-to-urban migration flows, the world is approaching a crisis of food production.

make on the world., Each time we offer or accept an accolade based on gender, race, or sexual orientation, we are feeding into the troublesome way of thinking that landed us with such inequality in the first place. , Until we stop focusing on attributes like gender and placing women in ranked competition, we will not truly level the playing field.

gger a small business crisis., As the pandemic forces us all to change the way we live and the way we work, perhaps we now have the opportunity to broadly adopt some of the great models created by innovators across philanthropy and finance., Let’s scale financial institutions committed to small businesses by providing them equity infusions and access to liquidity. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) held out hope, but it failed on many levels for MWBEs and the populations they represent.

nto older cohorts to reduce the risks of viruses such as COVID-19—and, potentially worse, deadly bacterial infections., Fixing the food supply chain would go a long way to reducing pandemic risks in the future, while massively advancing healthy aging., The area I want to touch on briefly relates to the work on food I have been doing during lockdown—specifically, the zoonotic origin of pandemics.

for others, our blinders fade, we welcome diverse perspectives, and we are able to make informed decisions rather than operating in silos.,

ven through adult life. It’s also been uttered during this current COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic., Has the pandemic caused all of this anti-Asian sentiment? No. Last I checked, racism wasn’t one of the symptoms of COVID-19. , Has the pandemic caused all of this anti-Asian sentiment? No. Last I checked, racism wasn’t one of the symptoms of COVID-19.

tem. , Designing for Adaptability and Trust

to put aside our racial and religious prejudices, what a wonderful world it would be. , We miss out when we dismiss others based on their cultural background or ethnicity. As a Eurasian girl from Hong Kong, I have seen firsthand how quickly others may make assumptions or reject a person based on their appearance, race