Give Work
Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time
$37.17
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2017
Summary
Charity is not the answer. Work is. Leila Janah, social entrepreneur and founder of Samasource, is shaping the future of business- give work and access to income, and empower the world’s most destitute citizens with the resources to change their lives forever.
Want to end poverty for good? Entrepreneur and Samasource founder Leila Janah has the solution-give work, not aid.
“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful busines…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735211896 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0735211892 |
| Author: | Leila Janah |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Portfolio |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2017 |
| Weight: | 474g |
| Dimensions: | 237mm x 163mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
“An audacious, inspiring, and practical book about how to drive meaningful change. Leila shows how it’s possible to build a successful business that lifts people out of poverty—not by giving them money but by giving them work. It’s required reading for anyone who’s passionate about solving real problems.”
—Adam Grant, author of Give and Take and Originals; coauthor (with Sheryl Sandberg) of Option B
“Living-wage digital work targeted to the world’s poorest people is a transformational force for good. Leila’s pioneering work in this realm is as instructive as it is inspiring. An essential read!”
—Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn; coauthor of The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age
“Leila Janah’s new book is a call to action to focus on the poor not as passive recipients waiting for charity but as full human beings wanting to solve their own problems. She reminds us through powerful examples that we can all do more to enable human flourishing. And so we must.”
—Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO, Acumen
“Leila Janah’s journey shows how a passion for bringing people out of poverty, a focus on education and living-wage jobs, and an entrepreneurial spirit can change the world for the better. Give Work is an honest, inspirational guide that every business can follow to create positive social impact.”
—Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, Salesforce
“Give Work is required reading for anyone who wants to make a difference in the world.”
—Chip Bergh, CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
“A provocative book that challenges while offering hope and a big vision for tapping the full potential of the poor in a globally interdependent world. In the process, Leila powerfully points to the possibility of overcoming poverty and unleashing an extraordinary force for good.”
—Michelle Nunn, CEO, CARE
About The Author
Leila Janah
Leila Janah was the founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI. Her life’s mission was to fight poverty by supplying career opportunities to low-income people around the world. She was named one of Conde Nast’s Daring 25 and Elle’s 2016 Top Women in Tech, and Samasource was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2016. Give Work was her first book.
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