Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time - Rilegato

Janah, Leila

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ISBN 10: 0735211892 ISBN 13: 9780735211896

Casa editrice: Portfolio, 2017

Riassunto

Charity is not the answer. Work is. Leila Janah, social entrepreneur and founder of
Samasource, is shaping the future of business: give work and access to income,
and empower the world's most destitute citizens with the resources to change their
lives forever.

When asked if they'd rather receive aid or work, the world's poorest people
choose work every time. According to Leila Janah, giving dignified, steady,
fair-wage work is the most effective way to eradicate poverty. Samasource, a
nonprofit she founded with the express purpose of outsourcing work from the
tech industry to the bottom billions, has provided over $10 million in direct
income to tens of thousands of people the world had written off, changing the
trajectory of their lives for the better. Janah and her team go into the world's
poorest communities--from the refugee camps of Kenya to rural Arkansas to the
blighted neighborhoods of California--and train people to do digital work from
companies like Google, Walmart, and Microsoft.

Picking up where Dambisa Moyo's Dead Aid leaves off, Give Work debunks
traditional and cutting edge aid models and literature--and then, critically, offers
solutions. Based on Janah's firsthand experience, from a school for the blind in
Ghana to the World Bank, she has tested various Give Work business models in all
corners of the world, offering a blueprint to change it for good. A
Harvard-educated former management consultant, Janah shares her
entrepreneurial journey as well as the poignant stories of thousands who have
benefited from Samasource's work.

We can end extreme poverty. And in Give Work, Leila Janah shows readers that
the best way is to give people economic agency through work. Give work and you
give the poorest people on the planet a chance at happiness. Give work, and you
give people the freedom to choose how to develop their own communities. Give
work, and you create infinite possibilities.

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Recensione:

“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book about how to drive meaningful change. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty—not by giving them money but by giving them work. It’s required reading for anyone who’s passionate about solving real problems.”
—Adam Grant, author of Give and Take and Originals; coauthor (with Sheryl Sandberg) of Option B
 
“Living-wage digital work targeted to the world’s poorest people is a transformational force for good. Leila’s pioneering work in this realm is as instructive as it is inspiring. An essential read!”
—Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn; coauthor of The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age
 
“Leila Janah’s new book is a call to action to focus on the poor not as passive recipients waiting for charity but as full human beings wanting to solve their own problems. She reminds us through powerful examples that we can all do more to enable human flourishing. And so we must.”
—Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen
 
“Leila Janah’s journey shows how a passion for bringing people out of poverty, a focus on education and living-wage jobs, and an entrepreneurial spirit can change the world for the better. Give Work is an honest, inspirational guide that every business can follow to create positive social impact.”
—Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce
 
“Give Work is required reading for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world.”
—Chip Bergh, CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
 
“A provocative book that challenges while offering hope and a big vision for tapping the full potential of the poor in a globally interdependent world. In the process, Leila powerfully points to the possibility of overcoming poverty and unleashing an extraordinary force for good.”
—Michelle Nunn, CEO, CARE

L'autore:

Leila Janah is the founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI, both ventures focused on using new sourcing techniques to reduce poverty. A Harvard-educated former management consultant, she has been profiled in the New York Times, Fast Company, Wired, Forbes, and Inc. She was named one of Condé Nast’s Daring 25 and Elle’s 2016 Top Women in Tech, and Samasource was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2016. She lives in San Francisco.
 
www.leilajanah.com

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• Editore: Portfolio
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0735211892
• ISBN 13: 9780735211896
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 272