What is a successful country? The global debate about development has, for decades, been focused on a single, economic measure of success: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Per Capita. But this tells us little about the real wellbeing of a nation or its sustainability. What if a nation's success is also measured against actionable social and environmental factors? How would this change the way that business, government and civil society leaders prioritize and tackle social issues? The Skoll World Forum is host to the launch of a major new initiative, the Social Progress Imperative. Watch this session to understand implications and opportunities for your own work. MICHAEL PORTER BISHOP WILLIAM LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL HEATHER HANCOCK MANAGING PARTNER FOR TALENT AND BRAND, DELOITTE LLP, UK MICHAEL GREEN AUTHOR, PHILANTHROCAPITALISM JUDITH RODIN PRESIDENT, ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION MADHAV CHAVAN CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, PRATHAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION NGAIRE WOODS PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY , UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Michael E. Porter is the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School and Chair of their programme for newly appointed CEOs of multibillion dollar corporations. He is a leading authority on company strategy, the competitiveness of nations and regions, and strategic approaches to societal problems. The author of 19 books and numerous articles, and a seven-time winner of the McKinsey Award for best Harvard Business Review article of the year, Professor Porter is the most cited author in business and economics. Heather Hancock is the Managing Partner for Talent and Brand for Deloitte UK, and Managing Director for Communications and Brand for the global Deloitte organisation. For the last nine years, Heather has been the firm's Senior Partner for the London 2012 Olympic Games; she leads Deloitte's Olympic services globally. Heather is a member of the Deloitte UK Executive and the leadership team for the global Deloitte organisation. Heather is the Deputy Chair of the World Athletics Championships 2017, a Trustee of the International Business Leaders Forum, and of Giggleswick School. Michael Green is an economist and writer. He is the co-author of 'Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World' and regularly comments for the media on philanthropy and social innovation. Judith Rodin is President of The Rockefeller Foundation, one of the world's leading philanthropic organisations. She was previously President of the University of Pennsylvania. Since joining the Foundation in 2005, she has recalibrated its focus to meet the challenges of the 21st century and today the Foundation supports and shapes innovations to strengthen resilience to risks and ensure more equitable growth around the world. Madhav Chavan, a PhD in Chemistry, began work in the social domain in 1989. He is now CEO of Pratham Education Foundation, one of the largest education non-profit organisations in the world. Pratham was founded to bring business, government and civil society together to own and solve the problems of education. Innovations that work on scale in unstructured environments is an important feature of Pratham. Madhav was recognised as a Skoll Entrepreneur in 2011. In November 2012, he was given the WISE Prize, which is widely considered to be the 'Nobel Prize for Education', at the World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar. Ngaire Woods is the inaugural Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government and Professor of Global Economic Governance. Her research focuses on global economic governance, globalisation, global development and the role of international institutions. She is Founder and Director of the Global Economic Governance Programme and Co-Founder of the Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellowship programme. Ngaire has served as an advisor to the IMF Board, to the UNDP's Human Development Report and to the Commonwealth Heads of Government. The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship accelerates the impact of the world's leading social entrepreneurs by uniting them with essential partners in a collaborative pursuit of learning, leverage and large scale social change. http://www.skollworldforum.org The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and other innovators dedicated to solving the world's most pressing problems. http://www.skollfoundation.org

• published: 27 Jun 2013
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