John Helmer talks to Reda Sadki, President of the Geneva Learning Foundation about how he is using digital learning to help health professionals respond to the crisis on an international scale. What lessons can be learned from previous epidemics and pandemics? How will the developing world be affected when Coronavirus gets going in earnest there – and can his Scholar programme and Teach to Reach initiative, which connect international health professionals to spread good practice, have an effect in mitigating the ravages of Covid-19? 01:38 The Impact Accelerator programme 05:34 Lessons learned that can apply to Covid-19? 08:50 The 2 narratives about Covid in the developing world 13:09 Relevance to corporate learning 22:24 Is international co-operation getting tougher? 33:10 Big ideas or marginal gains? 39:42 Tensions between the centre and the local hubs 44:44 The future for the Geneva Learning Foundation Links Wikipedia definition of a Skeuomorph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeuomorph Website of the Geneva learning Foundation: https://www.learning.foundation/ Anna Petherick writing in The Lancet on Ebola: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)60075-7/fulltext Reda on Twitter: @redasadki Reda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/redasadki/ Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/
