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And The Good News Is...: A View of Current Reality Through the Lens of Poss... : "What If’s: What if we regarded our planet sacred ground – and as good stewards, our decisions and behavior nurtures and sustains our p..."

What If’s: What if we regarded our planet sacred ground – and as good stewards, our decisions and behavior nurtures and sustains our planet for our children and generations to come? What if people placed a high value on products and services that worked in harmony with nature? Imagine the innovation that would result from that mindset. What if our societies valued people, families, and communities above money, status and things? What if we put our children first? Most societies around the world make decisions and take actions that are not consistent with valuing and respecting children. What if girls and women fully discovered, developed and lived their dreams? What would the world look like? I believe females have qualities and behaviors the world desperately needs. Most of us have a deep commitment to nurturing the growth and development of life.   When confronted with conflict, most women and girls seek peaceful solutions; violence is rarely their choice. Women...

And The Good News Is...: Compelling Reasons For DreamMakers : "Now more than ever we need to imagine our future - envision the world we want to create for our children, our future generations, and for o..."

Now more than ever we need to imagine our future - envision the world we want to create for our children, our future generations, and for ourselves.  The changes we have experienced over the last several decades: environmentally, technologically, economically, politically and socially, have shaken our sense of reality. The sea of change we are living in has lead many of us to ask some crucial questions: “What’s important in life? What values do we need to embrace and build into our future? What kinds of organizations, institutions, communities, and lives do we want create?” People are struggling with these questions all over our world and in all sectors of society. There seems to be a growing desire to live with a sense of purpose - to be deliberate about how we shape our lives. We are beginning to understand that a whole new level of accountability and responsibility is required of all of us. When I was growing up I thought that everything had already been discovered or invent...

My passion for spotlighting DreamMakers is born out of my belief that we all are extraordinary and together we can change the world. My upbringing, education, career choices and my personal journey have convinced me that we all have the capacity to become DreamMakers. My personal mission is to share these “pockets of hope” wherever and however I can, to inspire us to transform our lives, organizations, institutions, and our communities to create a better world. My Work: I work with leadership teams of organizations to help them to mobilize their people and stakeholders around a shared vision and shared values and to tap into the minds, hearts and imagination of their people to transform their vision and values into reality. I have seen them accomplish amazing results, by any measure. My First Book:  DreamMakers: Putting Vision & Values To Work was published in 1998. It was translated into Portuguese and published by Qualitymark in Brazil in 2002. It features 13 stories ...

The amazing emerging trend amongst the best, the brightest and the most passionate young geniuses of out time, is that they authentically want to make a difference. The big house, the fancy car, the title nor status - does very little for them. They want to innovate to create a better world. When I look at my daughter and their friends, they commit themselves to a different and higher standard in life – giving back and following their dreams. Dhaval Chadha’s story gives us some insights  into what really matters to the emerging leaders of our world! DHAVAL CHADHA               “I grew up right across the street from                what I am pretty sure was and continues to be                the second largest slum in India; it is gigantic ” My story begins in New Deli, India. I grew up in an apartment complex in a neighborhood called Janak Puri. It was ...

CDI’s magnetic vision attracted a team of highly competent, committed people. They came to CDI in search of doing something meaningful in life. They came from different states in Brazil and different countries around the world. They traveled from Mexico, India, Uruguay and New York City. They all left successful careers and opportunities to make a lot of money. They chose to follow the dream of Transforming Lives Through Digital Inclusion. I will introduce to Mauricio, Romi and Dhaval – wonderful people helping to create the CDI dream. MAURICIO DAVILA:  Director of Institutional and International Development                   “What is my purpose in life?”                     “What will make me happy?” I had 10 years of a very successful career in the private sector, working for a Proctor & Gamble in Mexico, Latin America then in London. P&G is a global compa...