Truly sustainable economic development: Ernesto Sirolli at TEDxEQChCh

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  • čas přidán 17. 09. 2012
  • Ernesto Sirolli got his start doing aid work in Africa in the 70's -- and quickly realised how ineffective it was. In this funny, challenging and passionate talk, Ernesto shares his deep insights into sustainable economic development, and how entrepreneurs can be truly supported to live their passions.
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Komentáře • 101

  • @pezokazadi2452
    @pezokazadi2452 Před 7 lety +38

    Awesome speaker! I'm Zambian so I totally relate to what he said. The Bwana thing is so funny but true, as well as how people come in and do something but it isn't always sustainable

  • @changamanga3419
    @changamanga3419 Před 5 lety +13

    1. Product
    2. Marketing
    3. Financial Management
    And bring people together with their specific skills to manage.

  • @PvAmPv
    @PvAmPv Před 10 lety +59

    Think Globally and act Locally.

  • @martinfisher1413
    @martinfisher1413 Před 7 lety +10

    Tremendous. He provided very clear explanations to a complex and counter-intiuitive process incredibly well. These are seriously important lessons to those trying to develop foreign economies.

  • @simon5522
    @simon5522 Před 3 lety +5

    One of the most underrated Ted talks ever

  • @BabyBl000
    @BabyBl000 Před 7 lety +43

    you said it you can't help someone that doesn't want to be helped...finally someone said that, THANK YOU! brilliant presentation

    • @michaelmuturi12
      @michaelmuturi12 Před 6 lety +6

      You obviously didn't understand the presentation

  • @davidlozano9974
    @davidlozano9974 Před 5 lety +19

    Phenomenal! One of the best TED talks I’ve EVER heard!!!

  • @visionbangladesh8704
    @visionbangladesh8704 Před 6 lety +2

    We loved the way Ernesto Sirolli spoke... Really important features about NGOs and Entrepreneurship.

  • @susannecrane1919
    @susannecrane1919 Před 9 lety +3

    When the student is ready a teacher appears! Thank you.

  • @amaurygantet555
    @amaurygantet555 Před 4 lety +7

    Looking to work in Developement Economics and this is really inspiring

  • @teokotaiandrew3472
    @teokotaiandrew3472 Před 5 lety +2

    That was a great and passionate talk from Mr Sirolli. Thank you TEDx Talks for wonderful and ever passionate deep insight from Mr Sirolli.

  • @amyscottnz
    @amyscottnz Před 10 lety +3

    Incredible presentation - passion, authenticity & commitment - thanks for the inspiration :-)

  • @virginiasimpson8648
    @virginiasimpson8648 Před rokem +1

    Funny, spoken with passion, humility and shared learning- really enjoyed this talk.

  • @ghostrewind8708
    @ghostrewind8708 Před 7 lety +9

    I love this guys passion!

  • @boonhuatquah2896
    @boonhuatquah2896 Před 2 lety

    "...if people do not wish to be helped, leave them alone...". How true.

  • @onewomanslife
    @onewomanslife Před 11 lety +10

    Beautiful talk by a beautiful humble man.
    Asking the native! Asking the front line employees? Asking!
    We all seem to make the same mistakes. 2 trillion dollars of misguided aid that causes 2 trillion dollars worth of damage- who would or COULD be grateful for that?
    Thank you for a superlative talk which puts its finger firmly upon a major problem. I love this guy.

    • @MrTeeri4
      @MrTeeri4 Před 6 lety

      Debra vast majority of this aid goes to the elite and the rulers and their families and cronies - the average men and women never benefit from it, the west knows this and they use it to buy influence - I am an economist, i know this very know.

  • @charlesesibikhwa6493
    @charlesesibikhwa6493 Před 7 lety +1

    Thank you for this great talk.Its true that it all starts from what is withing you then it develops from there henceforth.

  • @dchangebegins
    @dchangebegins Před 11 lety +1

    Ernesto Sirolli...thank you! This is it. Amazing work

  • @rameshdeshpande6847
    @rameshdeshpande6847 Před 6 lety

    Great presentation...international development workers must listen to this one!

  • @moozerdoith
    @moozerdoith Před 7 lety +36

    Why don't we, for once, instead of arriving in the community to tell people what to do, why don't, for once, listen to them? But not in community meetings.

    • @haroldlathon943
      @haroldlathon943 Před 5 lety +2

      YES INDEED one on on stakehlder expriences Anthony Burdain style.........

    • @APerson-ui5zq
      @APerson-ui5zq Před 5 lety +1

      ya listening to local concerns because they know what is bothering the most and what is making them happy the most

  • @vickie2222
    @vickie2222 Před 2 lety +2

    This is a great talk Ernesto. Very informative 👌🏾

  • @ayubabdiwahiddahir5365

    A verry inspiring Talk..Tnank U Mr. Ernesto Sirolli.
    We can contribute to the development of community economies by activating their local entrepreneurship and let them decide how they can grow better.

  • @musicbyjo
    @musicbyjo Před 5 lety

    Fabulous presentation - thank you!

  • @kleinbottled79
    @kleinbottled79 Před 11 lety

    Wow how great would it be to work with/for this man and learn his philosophy.

  • @virginiaabascalarroyo2693

    Absolutely fantastic, inspirational, I agree totally as an entrepreneur. I will get back to this for sure. Thank you Ernesto and your team, BRAVO!!

  • @mr.c4p
    @mr.c4p Před 6 měsíci

    Sirolli had the grit he grasps the past present and future all in 1 breath ,

  • @hgcollective
    @hgcollective Před 3 lety

    Great talk! Ernesto is an honest truth teller!

  • @myc763
    @myc763 Před 8 lety +1

    Amazing!

  • @user-mi3hi4vt8t
    @user-mi3hi4vt8t Před 5 lety

    Great speech. Teaches a lot 👍

  • @shyjithomas547
    @shyjithomas547 Před 6 lety

    well said. NGOs have to start revision of most of their failure projects in the light of this talk. fr mathew philip

  • @smrki1
    @smrki1 Před 11 lety

    Beautiful and true, to the last word.

  • @WilliamTheDestroyer.
    @WilliamTheDestroyer. Před 8 lety +1

    I love this guy!

  • @ilatube1
    @ilatube1 Před 10 lety +2

    Great!

  • @Imawarrior
    @Imawarrior Před 11 lety

    Good job!

  • @blissnosis
    @blissnosis Před 8 lety

    Lovely lovely talk!

  • @laken1804
    @laken1804 Před 4 lety

    Very good life lessons here.

  • @jjasdaforever
    @jjasdaforever Před 5 lety

    Love love love love love!!!!

  • @thelondoners-lifeisart

    Brilliant … just brilliant !!!

  • @mark1952able
    @mark1952able Před 6 lety

    EACH OF US are RESPONCIBLE FOR EACH OTHER............

  • @tumaru892
    @tumaru892 Před 11 lety

    I would like one of those innovation centers in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

  • @user-qy4wb3lq6k
    @user-qy4wb3lq6k Před 4 lety

    Never tell anyone how to do just decide what to do😊👍

  • @Oivobernardo
    @Oivobernardo Před 11 lety

    Bravo!

  • @jackmanslightpepper
    @jackmanslightpepper Před 6 lety +1

    He's certainly learned his lesson. Don't be imposing although you mean well. Human beings don't react well to that sort of thing. They tend to view you as condescending and insulting and pretty soon they stop talking to you.

  • @davidjudd7146
    @davidjudd7146 Před 8 lety

    inspiring talk

  • @pilgrim2soldier
    @pilgrim2soldier Před 10 lety

    I love it, I love it, I love it

  • @BTebii
    @BTebii Před 11 lety

    wow, RESPECT

  • @1franklinful
    @1franklinful Před 7 lety +2

    sustainability is key

  • @echoesinthevalley
    @echoesinthevalley Před 5 lety

    I agree
    Entrepeuners are too busy doing it to go talk about it in a group meeting
    However they are happy discussing a one on one

  • @Drakken132007
    @Drakken132007 Před 7 lety +12

    and that is how hungry hungry hippos was made

  • @_serricky
    @_serricky Před 6 lety

    I wanna work with this man! How do I reach him?

  • @dr.justusaluka4229
    @dr.justusaluka4229 Před měsícem

    great opportunity

  • @yvonnehyatt8353
    @yvonnehyatt8353 Před rokem +1

    Need to bring back a type of Kinko,, to have a place plan the businesses .

  • @timobrienwells
    @timobrienwells Před 11 lety

    Now this is a smart guy.

  • @MichaelJFroelich
    @MichaelJFroelich Před 8 lety +10

    Intelligent people with money don't need any help, they have the social connections and know-how to build themselves. If they don't, one or both are likely lacking. Intelligent people with no money are a better fit for that isolation he talks about (half way through), and unintelligent people with money are the people they're not meeting. That's really him, because there is no way Maoris in Australia are going to have connections with the Japanese fishing industry. It was his connections that did that. He says not a single business is begun by only one person, I believe that.
    I won't deny his entrepreneurial skill, I guess it's just contentious what is skill and what is pre-existing resources in analysing success. I see many problems in the west, but I also see exporter economies in the west. That's in some ways a form of sustainability. After taking into account trillions of aid I see importer economies in Africa, they don't have those pre-existing resources and I'm not talking about land or minerals and definitely not manpower. I also see a people who don't want help, this is most evident in Ethiopia, which has wisely denied food aid in an attempt to become self reliant on their own agriculture.
    That is how you build sustainable economic development.
    After they can feed themselves, they'll have the funds to leverage themselves without the burden of debt, then they'll have the money and wisdom to build. This isn't the easiest path and it's the one with generally the least pay out. Denying handouts and the patronising hand of the regressive cosmopolitan is difficult, but being spoon fed isn't helping anyone. Making things easier for those who struggle might redistribute opportunities to them, but it doesn't redistribute earning. What's actually required from the west is virtue, namely, patience.

  • @imeldaambelye972
    @imeldaambelye972 Před 3 lety

    wow inspiring

  • @09Ozymandias
    @09Ozymandias Před 11 lety +2

    He is absolutely spot on, this guy. SHUT THE FUCK UP and LISTEN to the people! THAT'S how to help :-)
    Nice one, keep up the good work!

  • @daviioo
    @daviioo Před 11 lety

    Great

  • @raslond
    @raslond Před 10 lety +7

    from ego to eco:-)

  • @sh0ppy95
    @sh0ppy95 Před 7 lety +2

    7:34

  • @danielwoods404
    @danielwoods404 Před 10 lety +5

    Fun fact- tomatoes are native of the South American continent.

  • @joestanley250
    @joestanley250 Před 8 lety

    13.08- Donnie brasco

  • @wb8nbs
    @wb8nbs Před 11 lety

    Have a look at the work Tillers International is doing.

  • @Azam_Pakistan
    @Azam_Pakistan Před 5 lety

    Nice

  • @jasiimwe
    @jasiimwe Před 11 lety +1

    Bill Gates needs to watch this TED talk

  • @Cyfix15
    @Cyfix15 Před 7 lety

    I like this guy, I think he is very honest about his work, but he is ignorant of advances in technology that can solve all the problems he talked about.

    • @nisargareddy9364
      @nisargareddy9364 Před 6 lety +1

      SoldierCyfix What advances in technology are you referring to?

  • @eafindme
    @eafindme Před 7 lety

    Conclusion to TED talk : Slides bring distraction.

  • @ginopaolopalmes5212
    @ginopaolopalmes5212 Před 6 lety

    Have you seen the Sustainable City?

  • @Dufffaaa93
    @Dufffaaa93 Před 11 lety

    WOODGEARS!!!!

  • @sh0ppy95
    @sh0ppy95 Před 7 lety

    5:36

  • @MitchGoldhvu
    @MitchGoldhvu Před 10 lety +5

    someone said Bill Gates should see this, I say Richard Branson . Why? Bill Gates is struggling with the old system and not figuring it out. Branson is trying to do a new system but does not know how to build it. I refer to his Team B. he has an idea that it needs to be changed but as Ernesto says he has not figured out the "we" yet. and he does not know the qualifying question. He is just filling his ego and failing miserably as ego development is not what is needed.

  • @generalstutieswithkanwar

    How to be contain Indian economy

  • @samlyons3552
    @samlyons3552 Před 8 lety +1

    Local-Local-Local

  • @marckaptijn1
    @marckaptijn1 Před 11 lety

    Nobody starts a company alone... I guess that's why it's called a company.

  • @yokyu2lea
    @yokyu2lea Před 6 lety

    2012 was that....people have hippos in their rooms!

  • @tumaru892
    @tumaru892 Před 11 lety +1

    I disagree. I believe that they are very compatible just not with the standard tools that are being used to do such things. If you take a small percentage from all the companies that you help as long term support of the project then you have massive potential income that can then have a portion returned to the investors of the innovation company. This wouldn't be an investment that will make you tons of money but it will make some and improve everybody lives. I want it done all over the world.

  • @karlwheatley1244
    @karlwheatley1244 Před 4 lety +1

    Summary: Tells a funny and compelling story about how other countries made things worse in Africa. Says you have to just shut up and listen to people's passion and great ideas and just provide entrepreneurs with the support needed to make their visions come true. Great talk about how to support entrepreneurs, and I'll bet he's good at supporting entrepreneurs. It sort of felt like an ad for his outfit since
    However, the talk tells us zero about sustainable development and capitalism isn't going to heal the planet.

  • @babatunda1849
    @babatunda1849 Před 2 lety

    13:30 we have Elon Musk mow

  • @letrat7021
    @letrat7021 Před 4 lety

    but what if the people want paternalistic messiah-like figures to come down and save them by telling them what to do?

  • @arifulislamleeton
    @arifulislamleeton Před rokem +1

    Introduce myself I'm Arif Khan harry I'm software engineer and website development and investors and students United States

  • @georgefrancisco966
    @georgefrancisco966 Před 2 lety

    Investing in crypto currency now earning has increased drastically from 10.1 Bitcoin to 19.8 Bitcoin in just 2 months and 2 weeks.i've got full confidence in he's trading ability.

  • @robb6059
    @robb6059 Před rokem

    "There is no need for economic development; everything is provided. Therefore one should understand that everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa, and with this idea, one may take prasāda. However, if one interferes with the allotments of others, he is a thief. We should not accept more than what we actually need. Therefore, if by chance we get an abundance of money, we should always consider that it belongs to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. " Hare KRSNA.