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The 8 Principles of Pragmatic Optimism

Mark Stevenson, We Do Things Differently

07-Jun-16 11:00

The 8 Principles of Pragmatic Optimism

Mark Stevenson is an entrepreneur, author, broadcaster, occasional comedian and expert on global trends and innovation. He’s the founder of The League of Pragmatic Optimists, an organisation that creates meeting places in cities and towns across the globe “where people who want to make the world better can meet, generate ideas and projects, and find collaborators and have their neurons tickled in the cause of improving the story of humanity.” We catch up with Mark to find out about the 8 principles of pragmatic optimism that the league lives by.


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