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“By engaging in interactive workshop sessions and roundtables the young leaders were able to build skills and reflect on what they will do next”


  World, Michael Moller, former Under-Secretary General of   Zurich Foundation shared their personal journeys and what “Shaking up the Status Quo” means for them. Inspiring inputs also came from new National Board


  the Swiss National hockey team who introduced the key topics of this year’s event – mental health, climate action,  managers, and start-up founders driving sustainability in  to act. Most importantly, the young leaders had opportunities to network and inspire each other.


Young leaders in academia also joined the event and shared


an overview of their research in mental health, climate change, and cross-section collaboration. Yu Wang, ETH Postdoctoral Fellow, Nele Dael, Senior Behavioural Scientist  ETH Zürich, presented their insights and personal journeys as academics.


What’s next? “Shaking Up the Status Quo” is all about taking positive action. By engaging in interactive workshop sessions and roundtables the young leaders were able to build skills and  topics including corporate democratic responsibility, staying balanced as an entrepreneur, public affairs and lobbying, purpose and many more. Voices from participants show that the network progressed


successfully towards their vision. Sabrina Würsch, a delegate  challenging, and thought provoking. The insights I have     conferences I have attended to date.” Managing Director Jessica Jones emphasised the importance


of making this network accessible to all organisations in Switzerland, no matter their size. Pascal Jenny, member of the One Young World Switzerland National Board, said: “Action must be seen on both large and small scales, in global companies and small- to medium-sized enterprises alike. Climate change is something that needs to impact daily behaviour in the working environment as well as privately. We need to take every opportunity to succeed in this topic.”


The One Young World Switzerland National Board: Pascal Jenny, Livia Altmann, Kate Robertson, and Stefan Scheiber (left to right) KennedysConfection.com Kennedy’s Confection June 2023 27


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