I never thought I would live to see the day.
I am talking about the financial sector loosing its glamour.
Last night, I went to hear a talk by Prof. Paul Collier at the Ismaili Center. He teaches economics at Oxford. Until recently, he used to see his students aspiring to work for big banks in the City.
Not any longer. Now, he believes, they would much rather work in the new cool sector: social enterprises.
As a former financial journalists, who jumped horses to concentrate on NGO relations and Corporate Social Responsibility, I was delighted to hear that. I enjoyed a moment of blissful self-validation.
And social entrepreneurship is one the main subjects of my book.
I write at length about one of my favourite stories: Victoria Hale and her Institute for One World Health.
Photo: thanks to socialedge.org
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