Society

When I was a journalist, you had to always have three sources, or they would not run the story. Now, according to 'sources', not even on-the-record, is good enough. Everyone wants to be first and often that leads to mistakes.

When we mask, conform, and hide aspects of who we are, it actually hurts and damages us in the end. But no one can be authentic 100% of the time because we are tribal, very social.

Canadian actress known for role in "Quantico" TV series

We often have this flawed, broken principle of perfection put on us from a very young age that we must be perfect as people. No-one is perfect. In fact, we are perfectly imperfect.

Canadian actress known for role in "Quantico" TV series

As children we experience a domestication process where rather than having our authenticity unlocked for us, instead we have put upon us layers and layers of rules about how we ought to behave and how we ought not to behave.

Canadian actress known for role in "Quantico" TV series

The hybrid model has lifted the covers of what was already existing. We already knew there was a growing blend of work life. It wasn't even balance anymore. It had to be a sense of integration.

Chief Happiness Officer & Author of "Delivering Happiness

Controlling strength takes a lifetime to learn – and young boys need to learn about physical strength, and how to employ it constructively not destructively. A male gorilla could easily kill a baby with his thumb but we see male adult gorillas playing gently, and tenderly with babies.

Primatologist & behavioral psychologist who studies animal cognition and emotions

The smallest male can be dominant based on his social skills. Think about it; nobody walks into a big store in London and assumes the biggest person is the boss! It might be the old man; it might be the young woman!

Primatologist & behavioral psychologist who studies animal cognition and emotions

The silver lining of this pandemic in the last couple of years is we have realised that culture is not relegated to an office, it's agnostic of a physical office. It is how we work with each other.

Education exponentially multiplies advancements in every other sector. And critically, it empowers communities with the skills to shape their own futures, build their own economies, and advocate for their own rights.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate

Empowering women to be decision-makers in their families and communities makes everyone safer, more successful, healthier, and more educated.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate

The truth is that stable societies are built on the backs of women. Attacking women has a crippling impact on communities.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate

Rape is one of the oldest weapons of war and it remains so to this day. For so long, it has been viewed as an 'unfortunate' side effect of war. But really, it is a tactic.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner & Yazidi Genocide Survivor Advocate

Philanthropy is very much like business, there's not such a huge difference. In business you have a mission statement, in philanthropy you have a vision. I believe in philanthropy we want to do things that give back as much as we give, otherwise it doesn't have permanence.

Pioneering Software Engineer & Founder of Freelance Programmers Ltd

I lived the change. My company was a way of, as they say, 'scratching my own itch.' I wanted to be able to go on working myself, and I realised that a lot of other women would have had comparable aims and desires.

Pioneering Software Engineer & Founder of Freelance Programmers Ltd

If you're doing anything for legacy, you might as well forget about it – even your great grandchildren will have no idea who you were or what you did. Legacy lasts 50 years maximum.

Co-Founder of Netflix & Former Redbox CEO

Social media has completely and seismically changed our industry in a way that is hard to express. Historically we would have largely been reliant on a few gatekeepers, but that has been completely flipped on its head with social media, in that anybody with a unique voice that is able to connect with an audience can be talent.