Dan Layug receives the very first INSEAD Young Alumni Achievement Award from INSEAD dean Ilian Mihov and alumni association president Sadia KhanDuring my MBA at INSEAD in 2017, I learned that collaboration among individuals can produce more results than the sum of the parts of individual contributions. In the business world, this means that no organization can enact large-scale sustainable change alone.

Alexis Lopez (right) reads to the children at White Cross OrphanageInternational School Manila 12th grader Alexis Lopez launched a new children’s book, “Jodie’s Journey,” at the White Cross Orphanage a few days before Christmas last year.

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PeoplePods is currently looking for tenants. Contact us through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. There is a growing body of research that new ways of doing business (business model innovations) and new technologies come from agile, resourceful and motivated start-ups. Anecdotal evidence in recent years points to new companies such as WeWork, Airbnb and Uber.