by Sara Ersson | Feb 4, 2020 | Leadership
Q. What do hydra polyps, mice and Columbia University neuroscientist Rafael Yuste have in common? A. The Tällberg Foundation Rafa, a 2018 winner of the Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize, is one of the most accomplished neuroscientists in the...
by Sara Ersson | Jan 9, 2020 | Leadership, NEWS
Welcome to the 2020s! “Three things are true at the same time. The world is much better, the world is awful, the world can be much better.” Max Roser, Oxford University We asked members of the Tällberg community to define their fears, their hopes and their...
by Sara Ersson | Dec 16, 2019 | Leadership
Three of the intertwined strands of DNA that standout in the Tällberg Foundation’s genetic make-up are learning through conversation, leveraging cultural experiences to deepen understanding, and engaging with the natural world. The result, sometimes by design and...
by Sara Ersson | Nov 7, 2019 | Leadership
In a few days, we will convene our now annual celebration of great leaders and leadership, this time in Nairobi, Kenya. During the week of November 11, several dozen participants from twenty countries will join a group of Kenyan political, academic, and other thought...
by Sara Ersson | Oct 31, 2019 | Leadership
Describing her experience on the jury for this year’s Tällberg/Eliasson Global Leadership Prize, Safa Al-Hashem, Kuwait’s only female member of parliament, has the perfect word for the seven finalists: They are all, she says, “magnificent.” With the award celebration...
by Sara Ersson | Oct 9, 2019 | Leadership, Tallberg / Eliasson Global Leader
Where some might see a dichotomy in Anne Goldfeld’s career—her cutting-edge laboratory at Harvard Medical School versus her fieldwork with patients in Cambodia and Ethiopia—she describes them as deeply integrated, along with her human-rights efforts. The...
