Jürgen Griesbeck
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Jürgen Griesbeck, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, streetfootballworld, Germany; Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Europe, 2011.

The streetfootballworld network unites over 80 organisations that use football to tackle social challenges like HIV/AIDS, armed conflict, and homelessness. In 2010 alone the network helped over 400,000 young people around the world harness their passion for the game to overcome local challenges and develop leadership and teamwork skills. streetfootballworld drives an international coalition of private and public sector bodies who work to strengthen network members through capacity development programmes, expertise sharing, in-kind service donation, and advocacy.

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The Game Plan

Posted February 2, 2012 | 02/02/12 08:07 AM ET

On my panel on street culture and the role of art and sport in rendering the invisible visible, it became clearer than ever to me that we suffer from a major disconnection. Street culture may make outsiders more aware of the issues faced by underserved communities, but that...

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Toward a Common Purpose

Posted January 27, 2012 | 01/27/12 09:35 AM ET

There's a definite urgency here in the mass of Davos participants; faced with the uncertainty that stems from technological, political, economic and cultural revolutions all over the world, it is clear to us all that the time for bold, innovative action to get to the root of problems is...

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It Takes a Team to Win a Game

Posted January 25, 2012 | 01/25/12 12:22 PM ET

The Annual Meeting 2012 predicts a need for new models to deal with a world that is evolving drastically and rapidly. The leaders who gather at Davos this year are tasked with understanding and adapting to these great transformations.

Professor Klaus Schwab describes this as a leadership challenge....

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