The humanitarian industry, effective altruism and the future of measuring impact | Fieldworks Podcast

Sharing a pint with Federico Motka (Co-founder of Fieldworks)

Federico has been on the ground tackling some of the worlds most pressing problems in the worlds most strained regions for years. He's worked all over the Middle East and Asia, everywhere from Haiti to Egypt. Now he is working to make the humanitarian industry more efficient and how to truly maximize the support they can offer to those in need. He shares his insights on the problems within the system and how we can rethink impact so it's less focused on whats most convenient for the company and more focused towards those who they're trying to serve. 

Questions: 
1. How can companies better integrate with local non-profits to identify and solve the real problems?
2. How can we make sure we're preserving the dignity of the people in need?
3. "Foreign Aid needs to be seen as a tool in our national security portfolio" Former president Obama. What are your thoughts on that and how will government aid look in 20 years?
4. Can you speak to the evolving relationship of public and private collaboration will look?
5. There has been criticism around CEO's of large NGO's having too large a salary, Fieldworks is a social enterprise not a charity, where is the balance between paying management alluring salaries to retain talent and making sure all profits go back to the cause?
6. If you could ask one industry to stop everything for 6 months and focus on solving these problems which would it be?
7. We define impact through the western values and tangible metrics, is there another was to measure it?
8.  There is multiple confidence profile indexes of different companies, measuring how efficient and effective they really are. How do we make it a cultural normal to check the accountability of the company before donating?

The Future of Measuring Impact

Humanizing Science, Megatrends and the Future of Communicating Science | Science Disrupt

Sharing a pint with - Gemma Milne (Co Founder of Science Disrupt)

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Questions: 
1. Why do we need to disrupt the science industry?
2. How do we continue to promote citizen science?
3. "Science funding is in the state where silicon valley is only funding IBM and Microsoft" Tim O'Reilly. Do you agree, see it getting better and how can we further dispel the hesitation towards supporting young scientists? 
4. "I have no special talents I am only insatiably curious" Albert Einstein. How do inspire and cultivate that mindset when our education system values grades and prestige over genuine wanderlust and learning for learning's sake?
5. In a time where there has never been more exciting fields and potentially revolutionary breakthroughs, why is science so under reported on  in traditional media?
6. How can we encourage scientists to value communication to the public more?
7. How can we bridge the gap between scientists and startups?
8. How do we take scientific journals out of the ivory tower?
9. One of the reasons you started Science Disrupt was to identify the mega trends for the future, whatcha got?
10. What should be the next buzzword in science?
11. When does hype begin to hurt these companies?
12. BACON BITS

The Future of Communicating Science

A newspaper focused on tomorrow for the soon to be curious.  We want to ground the future from the ivory tower and elite so that everyone can take part in shaping it. 

We know that our generation IS curious and values understanding the world around them but with traditional media becoming a political (screaming) echo chamber it’s hard to pierce through the White House media wall. The market driven quarterly earnings perspective, mindless adaption of attention mining technology and the next-election cycle mindset of democracies keeps us distracted, but it's never been more important to engage in meaningful long-term thinking. We feel innovation happens at the cross section of disciplines so we look at everything from music to business, education to science. We dive into the topics that will play a pivotal part in shaping the next 5, 10, 50 years so that we can all have a role in shaping our future.