Jane Nelson
Global governance and corporate responsibility expert who founded the Corporate Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School and works on public-private cooperation for sustainable development.
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Nov 6, 2024 • 30min
The case for optimism
Jane Nelson, a global governance leader who builds public-private coalitions for development; Tal Ben-Shahar, a positive psychologist who teaches practical happiness tools; and Steven Pinker, a cognitive psychologist who tracks long-term progress. They discuss evidence-based optimism, why progress can feel worse than it is, media and cognitive biases that skew perception, and practical practices like gratitude and coalition-building to sustain hopeful action.
