The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth. Jim Yong Kim carbonchangeclimate Change image and share on social
No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better. Jim Yong Kim continuefeedbackfundamental share on social
What we have found is that because of smartphones and access to media, and because everybody knows how everyone else lives, you have no idea where the next huge social movement is going to erupt. Jim Yong Kim accesseruptfind Change image and share on social
We are watching things happen with one degree changes in ocean temperature that we thought wouldn't happen until there were two or three degree changes in ocean temperature. These are facts. Jim Yong Kim degreefacthappen Change image and share on social
I've always been engaged in social protection programmes. Jim Yong Kim engagehaveprogramme Change image and share on social
Institutionalized discrimination is bad for people and for societies. Widespread discrimination is also bad for economies. There is clear evidence that when societies enact laws that prevent productive people from fully participating in the workforce, economies suffer. Jim Yong Kim badcleardiscrimination share on social
We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change. Jim Yong Kim changeclimateend Change image and share on social
I've spent my entire life working to invest in human beings and human communities, to help them move down the path of economic development. Jim Yong Kim beingcommunitydevelopment Change image and share on social
I like to change people's sense of what's possible. Jim Yong Kim changepeoplesense Change image and share on social
The relationship between the prefrontal cortex and the amygdala fundamentally changes with meditation. Jim Yong Kim amygdalacortexfundamentally Change image and share on social