Paranoid optimist, journalist, social entrepreneur. Author Philanthrocapitalism. Ex Economist/Bellagio. Cofounder Social Progress Index, 17 Rooms, GivingTuesday
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In #Davos where I’m excited to be cohosting a great new space for change makers, Social Innovation House, at 57 Promenade. I will mostly post in instagram this week. Follow me @realmattbish @Catalyst_2030
#philanthropy lost two giants this week, Dikembe Mutombo and Joel Fleishman. My reflections on their inspiring contributions (42) Post | Feed | LinkedIn
Check out my latest article: Building Infrastructure In The Sky With Impact linkedin.com/pulse/building-… via @LinkedIn
Congrats to my change maker friend @henrytimms on his intriguing new gig ft.com/content/91b7d3f9-9014…
Hearing new World Bank president Ajay Banja discuss how to rebuild trust, now minimal, between global south and north, with Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg #weforum
The FT grills Will Lewis about his plans for the Washington Post to “get back its mojo” #weforum
Check out my latest article on the global social progress recession: The World Is Falling Backwards linkedin.com/pulse/world-fal… via @LinkedIn
Next year is a big test of whether leaders and key institutions can regain our trust. Listen to this podcast in which I discuss why and what they can do differently open.spotify.com/episode/2EC…
Next year will be a crucial test of how much, or little, people around the world trust their leaders and key institutions. I have guest edited a fascinating series of essays by experts on the big challenges ahead, for Edelman Trust Institute. Read it here:
edelman.com/trust/edelman-tr…
For some light relief, my latest, about that time I discussed tech support with Barbara Streisand: linkedin.com/pulse/can-ai-pa…
Greetings from @SOCAPmarkets in San Francisco! 15 years after I attended the first SOCAP, days after Lehman collapsed, it is great to see how the movement to build a better capitalism has grown & is relishing the battle against those who like capitalism cruel & extractive
Many philanthropists have an “edifice complex”, wanting their name on a building to achieve a sort of immortality. As I explain in this article, Chuck Feeney, who just died, had huge philanthropic impact by funding buildings without his name on them. RIP layingfoundationsforchange.o…
In Paris to moderate a discussion of “circular infrastructure”, which should be the foundation of the hoped for circular economy the world urgently needs. As the saying goes, there will be no sustainability without circularity
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Sorenson Impact Institute Senior Fellow @mattbish shares his takeaways from UNGA and Climate Week in this article on @Forbes. buff.ly/3M38EMf
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Philanthropy has the least strings attached to it, the money can be used for anything. This should be liberating but the money is often used so unimaginatively with so many strings attached. But there is a push for a new way of doing philanthropy - @mattbish #WINGSForum2023
How can #philanthropy be transformed? Great discussions in Nairobi at #WingsForum2023
Why last week in New York gave me a few reasons for hope on climate change and the Global Goals forbes.com/sites/sorensonimp…
@ZainabSalbi at the launch of The Humming Bird Effect - a series of graphic novels telling the inspiring stories of women on the frontlines of the fight against climate change #hummingbirdeffect
