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Mar 13 2025 Perspective Embracing Bold Innovation Zia Khan reflects on The Rockefeller Foundation's history of innovation
Oct 27 2020 Perspective Innovating for a Bold Future At The Rockefeller Foundation, we’ve always tried to stay one step ahead – imagining futures that inspire bold action and making catalytic bets that can lead to long-term change. As an institution deeply rooted in science and technology, we understand their transformational power to address today’s challenges – and help plan for those we haven’t […]
Jun 19 2020 Perspective Rebuilding Towards the Great Reset: Crisis, Covid-19, and the Sustainable Development Goals The year 2020 will forever be associated with crises. First came the Covid-19 pandemic, a joint public health and economic emergency that spread around the world with unprecedented speed and scope. Next came a crisis of international cooperation, as countries struggled to coordinate their efforts in tackling a common viral foe. Then came a compounding […]
Aug 29 2018 Perspective Motivating Change: How the Data Revolution Can Feed the Next Green Revolution Dr. Norman Borlaug was one of The Rockefeller Foundation’s longest-serving program officers. Credited with launching the Green Revolution, which saved a billion lives and earned him the Nobel Prize in 1970, Dr. Borlaug once told my mentor at the Foundation that if you tell a farmer how to improve yields by 20 percent, they might […]
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Meet Zia Khan
These video series showcase our remarkable staff around the world, our values, how we are achieving change, and our impact. We are guided by a simple mission to promote the well-being of humanity throughout the world, and have worked with some of the world’s most talented and passionate individuals to deliver profound and lasting impact for millions of people. -
Driving Innovation
What is the driving force behind innovative ideas? Zia Khan, Vice President for Strategy & Evaluation at the Rockefeller Foundation, shares some of the important lessons that they have learned about making connections in the 100 years of the Rockefeller Foundation’s history.