Douglas Broderick

Keen on travel, development, United Nations, Asia, public policy, investing, writing, leadership, exploration. Former Head of UN in Indonesia and Cambodia.

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Activating your learning into the brain helped by
1) Handwritten notes w/diagrams/mapping/key words
2) Seeking extract FIVE key takeaways
3) Sharing your notes when possible w/others
4) Design entertaining titles f/takeaways
5) Edit again your notes later to recall
@HarvardBiz

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

You can’t simply make a decision to become a lifelong learner. You need to make learning a habit. https://t.co/uFNnOwLJxQ

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

250 million losing jobs in the world.

[Manav Subodh @ActivateImpact]

World faces staggering jobs challenge, says @Microsoft president
https://t.co/Q5jkWuqkCx

A quarter of a billion people are set to lose their job v @BBCSimonJack

@JoseEstayN @JobanRandhawa_ @kateo @balajis @WorldskillsJ @MSDESkillIndia @SkollFoundation @OECDEduSkills

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

The most important thing you lead ON: Who walks through your front door.

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

Turnover is costly and inefficient because of the time it takes for people to get to know each other and the organization. So hire the kind of people you want to share a long-term mission with. You will always have uses for great people. #PrincipleOfTheDay

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

WHO warns "the worst is yet to come" as lack of international unity helps coronavirus spread faster

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

The ability to accept feedback and to give feedback is key for leading and managing. Seek patience to accept and craft kindness to give.

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

I know that my own life has been full of mistakes and lots of great feedback. It was only by looking down on this body of evidence from a higher level that I was able to get around my mistakes and go after what I wanted. #principleoftheday

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

UNHCR and partners aid the over 79.5 million refugees in our planet with the numbers growing.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

On #WorldRefugeeDay, we celebrate and honour refugees across the world. You never cease to inspire us.

From the UN High Commissioner for Refugees @FilippoGrandi to you:

[Gustavo Gonzalez @ggonzzalezz]

Great welcoming, indeed. I learn every day -even from my quarantine- about Filipino hospitality and kindness. Thank you so much! We will continue nurturing our longstanding partnership to ensure no one will be left behind. @teddyboylocsin

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

I often get asked on social media for my advice for young people, so I wanted to share some of my top advice at this time when many young people are graduating. No matter your age or stage in life, I hope you find this valuable. #adviceforgraduates

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Lee Iacocca know about creating vision, merging engineering into marketing, turning around bad situations and fostering patriotic zeal.

A leader giving life lessons and a friend.
@MarketWatch

[MarketWatch @MarketWatch]

Lee Iacocca, legendary Detroit auto executive, dies at 94 https://t.co/CIqfW9WS3b

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Great reads to glance, savor, skim, extract and enjoy!

[MarketWatch @MarketWatch]

Here’s your summer reading list, courtesy of the world’s biggest asset manager https://t.co/VHWMqfpAa1

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Wonderful @Un handbook on UN by @MFATgovtNZ . It comes regularly and shines as excellent resource. Consulted and used a lot. Great service to all partners.
@HelenClarkNZ

[The UN Times @TheUNTimes]

The @UN Handbook (2018-19 edition): https://t.co/kso5p0C2i5

Published by New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (@MFATgovtNZ)

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Nicely done piece on lessons from a wonderful 40 year UN career

[UN Sustainable Development Group 🇺🇳 @UN_SDG]

7 lessons for the new @UN leader. 🇺🇳 A top official shares lessons from 40 years of service to humanity & crucial tips to deal w/ (inevitable) challenges. Inspiring blog post from our departing UN Coordinator in #CotedIvoire ➡️https://t.co/n2xaPtsmdt #MondayMotivation v @medium

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

A good chart to assess your day with 50 good principles....

[MarketWatch @MarketWatch]

More than 2,000 workers over 55 share what they've learned about living well -- and their happiness hacks might surprise you. https://t.co/80mpJvNcW4

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Over 1.6 billion MT and almost $1 trillion of food in world is wasted....our personal efforts and boosting local initiatives should be spearheaded to tackle this solvable problem align with @RockefellerFdn
@C_A_Bertini

[The Rockefeller Foundation @RockefellerFdn]

How can we change society’s attitude towards wasting food? 🎧 Listen to a brand new episode of our #Solvable series with @pushkinpods, featuring activist and author @TristramStuart of @feedbackorg on why food waste is #Solvable. https://t.co/xuiY31sKD8

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Working to be conductors in the peacemaking world @BrookingsInst

[The Brookings Institution @BrookingsInst]

Instead of the “behind-closed-doors” mediation of yore, Jeffrey Feltman calls for a new, modernized role for UN peace envoys https://t.co/dIP0GGtzhz

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Moving well beyond the “ how are you” conversation.

Capture listening, building validation, showing care and forstering understanding.

[CNBC @CNBC]

Stop asking "how are you?" Harvard researchers say this is how successful people make small talk. (via @CNBCMakeIt) https://t.co/SBxvfVjtT8

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Tackling drug addiction in #portugal with their world model and policies.

[Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH @PaulJBelcher]

How #Portugal tackled its #DrugAddiction epidemic to become a world model | Since decriminalization, Portugal has one of the lowest drug addiction rates in Europe https://t.co/cHHZAR3f2p

[University of Southampton @unisouthampton]

Next month - we welcome former New Zealand PM and @UNDP administrator, @HelenClarkNZ, to join our Dean of @UoS_SocSci, Prof. @FalkinghamJane, in conversation on the topic of 'Women in Leadership'.

Find out more and book your seat: https://t.co/mgZCGzq6Fa #UoSlectures

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Any ideas for books to be placed on the next 1,000? @jamesmustich writes about incredible literature adventures to relish, learn, and READ.

[Douglas Broderick @BroderickUNRC]

Every morning at @udlap we would look up at Popo to see if the 5,426 m volcano was mad or calm.

It made volcano watching and going to classes fun.

Mexico has 48 active volcanoes.

[Bloomberg Originals @bbgoriginals]

Sitting in a plane, passengers looked out their windows to see a volcano in Mexico spewing ash