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Disruptive Heroes
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Viewing Note: Audio/video: Via Skype… Hey, it is what it is.
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JESSICA SAGER, JANNA WAGNER, Disruptive Heroes Co-Founders, All Our Kin One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner are co-founders of All Our Kin: an organization that is changing childcare so that children and families have what they need to succeed in school and in life. Jessica and Janna share what they have learned in creating disruptive change in this area. For more… |
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ADAM BORELLI, Disruptive Hero Grad Student, Award-Winner as NonProfit Leader One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Adam Borelli is currently an MBA grad student. En route to MIT’s Sloan School, he was the Executive Director of New Leaders Council, worked as an Investments Researcher at Google.org, and received a Gerbode Fellowship, awarded to five nonprofit leaders each year. Adam shares his lessons learned about creating disruptive change. For more… |
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BEN BERKOWITZ, Disruptive Hero CEO, Co-Founder, SeeClickFix One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Ben Berkowitz is CEO and Co-Founder of SeeClickFix.com, which creates an environment for empowered citizens helping the local government track and fix their problems and needs. From getting potholes repaired to helping neighbors during natural disasters, SeeClickFix is changing the way citizens, governments and utilities work together. Ben shares his lessons learned about creating disruptive change. For more… |
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KENNETH NG, Disruptive Hero CEO, Asia Pacific, American Standard One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Ken Ng is CEO, Asia Pacific at American Standard. This native New Yorker found himself in China, learning firsthand about the disruptions built into the global economy. Ken shares his lessons learned about creating disruptive change. For more… |
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TONY TENICELA, Disruptive Hero Global Leader, Workforce Diversity Markets, IBM One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Tony Tenicela is a Business Development Executive and Global Leader for Workforce Diversity and LGBT Markets at IBM. Tony draws upon his childhood visits to Asia, his prior roles such as developing the prototype for Travelocity, and shares his lessons learned about creating disruptive change. For more… |
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FERIHA PERACHA, Disruptive Hero Supervising Psychologist, Sabaoon Project: Swat, Pakistan One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Feriha Nazir Aziz Peracha is Director and Supervising Psychologist for the Sabaoon Project, a school in Pakistan which uses academic and religious education, pyschology and other techniques to de-radicalize young boys from their Taliban indoctrination…Touching and freeing the hearts and minds of these youth. Fia says, modestly, that she’s no hero. Many would disagree with that assessment! For more… |
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LEAH BERGER JENSEN, Disruptive Hero Executive Director, Tulane School of Medicine, Community Affairs One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Leah Berger Jensen is Executive Director at Tulane School of Medicine’s Office of Community Affairs and Health Policy and Co-Executive Director at Tulane Community Health Center. Leah shares her lessons learned from dealing with the disruptive change thrust upon an entire community by Hurricane Katrina. (No relation to interviewer, Bill Jensen.) For more… |
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BETHANY HENDERSON, Disruptive Hero Founder, Executive Director, City Hall Fellows One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: Bethany Rubin Henderson, Founder and Executive Director, City Hall Fellows. Bethany shares her lessons learned about being a disruptive change agent within local governments, which can be stubbornly bureaucratic. For more… |
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JOHN DANNER, Disruptive Hero Co-Founder and CEO, Rocketship Education One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: John Danner is Co-Founder and CEO of Rocketship Education which is striving to eliminate the achievement gap in our lifetimes…changing the way education is done in America. John shares his lessons learned about being a disruptive change agent within education, which can be stubbornly bureaucratic. For more… |
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DR. DAVID SINCLAIR, Disruptive Hero Creator, Sinclair Method, Cure for Alcoholism One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: David Sinclair is the creator of the Sinclair Method, the cure for alcoholism. David shares how he came up with the “extinction” approach and how, as it is growing in acceptance around the world, it is disrupting the current wisdom about how to treat alcoholism. For more… |