Unleashing the human entrepreneurial spirit

Extreme Poverty causes extreme death. It creates extreme need. It demands extreme urgency, extreme compassion and sustainable & scalable solutions that deliver extreme help. Global emergencies need the participation of the global business community.

It is crucial that global business performs with a sense of PURPOSE, and not just performs for short term shareholder interests.

We know that charity alone is not the answer in tackling poverty, nor is business. But great potential lies in the intersection of the two.

We need to change the way WE think, the way WE make decisions, OUR habits of the heart, and how WE do business.

We need creative approaches to reinvigorate capitalism and make it more inclusive.

The most important people in this process is the ‘up and coming’ generation. We have to make sure that what ever system we put in place does not stifle entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and innovation, that is what drives our system.

If we fail to activate youth in the global fight against extreme poverty and hunger (MDG#1), and fail to put business at the service of humanity, we will have failed in our collective responsibility.

Being a catalyst in the worldwide movement to end hunger and extreme poverty is perhaps the greatest opportunity zyOzy can bring to the ‘up and coming’ generation. From this perspective, we have discovered that ending hunger and extreme poverty is not fundamentally a problem to be solved, but a profound opportunity for unleashing the human entrepreneurial spirit.

Inspired by: Hildy Gottlieb, Jeff Olson, Dave Cabanban