Building a movement to restore our shared humanity
The dramatic events of the past few years have upended all of our certainties about how the world functions and our place in it. There is a fundamental questioning of the status quo and an anger and frustration that those in charge are incompetent at leadership. There is also an awareness that power is shifting, that new players are entering the world stage and that the very ground is shifting beneath our feet. And there is also an absolute certainty that we can’t leave the future of humanity in the hands of corrupt governments and corporations.
Bold thinking
We need a whole new way of thinking and acting in our world. In an age of deep disruption, we need to restore our humanity. To make our world a safer, more prosperous, fairer and more beautiful place for us all. We need leaders of integrity, humanity and accountability with a boldness and a courage, the confidence and commitment, to action that is compelled by a true understanding of what it means to enable human flourishing, ensuring equality, fairness and justice for all.
There is so much at stake, to ensure our world can recover from the shocks it has experienced, to face up to the risks of the future, and to move forward with radical new ways of thinking that disrupt the status quo and ensure we can create a more promising future for us all together.
We need to rebuild our world.
Caroline Watson
Award-winning visionary entrepreneur, humanitarian, social reformer, actress, inspirational speaker, coach and global thought leader
About
Caroline Watson is an award-winning visionary and entrepreneurial leader who first came to attention with her work in China with Hua Dan, where she built a social purpose organisation from scratch, at the coal face of China’s huge transition to a modern economy, transforming the lives of over 32,000 men, women and children across the country.
Not for her a vision of China from the air-conditioned corporate offices of Chaoyang, being chauffeured around the city. But working shoulder to shoulder, alongside some of the millions of migrant women and children moving to the city in search of economic opportunity and a brighter future for themselves and their families. Leadership of integrity, from the coal face, building together with those whose lives are most affected by the decisions made in the hallowed corridors of power. Leadership grounded in humanity.
Born in Hong Kong of British parents and having now lived and worked all over the world, with a passion for supporting leadership in emerging and transition economies, Caroline strongly believes that we need new ways of thinking, not just about our shared past, but about our individual and collective futures. And she believes that bold and disruptive thinking goes hand in hand with concrete and grounded action.
Caroline’s award-winning work in China, and the innovative way in which she has built a global career, have given her deep knowledge and expertise about some of the most challenging issues of our time
China and the Emerging World
Migration, Mobility and Movement
Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
Women’s Empowerment
Being human in the age of AI
Education and Learning for the 21st century
Spirituality and Transformative Leadership
Arts, Culture and Creativity
Global Governance and Systems Change