Adama Sanneh — How the Moleskine Foundation uses creativity for social change

Highlights from the conversation:The foundation itself is a product of this process. This started a long time ago, and now we took the shape of an institution to really push this forward and really think about creativity as a tool to build our collective futureIt's important to create initiatives that are able to establish a basic level of knowledge that young people can have access to in order to really build their own creativity and build their own worldWhen you look at something like that [Wikipedia], you just realise that sometimes an open-source technological tool tends to recreate the power structure of the world.[We] want to do it by transforming young Africans from passive knowledge consumers to active knowledge producersIn order for that active engagement to really take off, it's rooted in a genuine place that you're coming from. So it's not a big company trying to sort of leverage something, it's this open conversation, which in a sense, encourages people to be activeThere could be no room for marketing, no room for greenwashing. More about AdamaAdama brings a unique hybrid background in management and cultural studies to his work designing and building innovative organizations able to generate social impact.He grew up in Monza, Italy, and graduated in Linguistic and Cultural Mediation from the University of Milan. He worked for several years in East Africa on rural development and humanitarian emergency programs and in social innovation with the United Nations. He obtained a Master in Public Management (MPM) from the Bocconi School of Management and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Geneva.Adama is also part of the advisory board of Ashoka Italia, Brand Counsel member at BrandAfrica, Advisor at OperaFutura, to pursue his commitment to explore and leverage the intersection of business, education, culture, and social development to create new and meaningful public value.Find Adama on LinkedIn Show NotesPeople:Maria SebregondiSimon NjamiOrganisations:Moleskine FoundationCreativeMorningsMoleskineTate ModernThe Africa CentreChad National MuseumConstitution HillMiscellaneous:WikiAfrica Education How can you help?There are four ways you can help us out.Give us your thoughts. Rate the podcast and leave a comment.Share this as far and wide as you can - tell your friends, family and colleagues about us (caveat: if you own a family business, these may all be the same people)Tell us how we can create a better podcast - tell us what you liked, didn’t like, or what you’d like to hear more (or less) ofTell us who you’d like to hear on the podcast. Suggest someone that you think we should interview.One More Question is a podcast by Nicework a Brand and Service Design Company. One of the things we do best is asking our clients the right questions. This podcast came about because we want to share some of the best answers we have heard over the last 13 years. We talk to significant creators, experts and communicators who we have encountered. To share the useful insights, inspirations and facts that made us stop and take notes as we go about our work. Hosted by our Founder Ross Drakes.Subscribe iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google PodcastsMusic by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com To listen to previous episodes go to https://nwrk.co/omq.If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and share it with your friends.