Ep 135: Samuel H Kim of Center for Asia Leadership

SHINY HAPPY PEOPLE with Vinay Kumar

On today’s episode, meet Samuel H Kim, Founding President of the Center for Asia Leadership Initiatives (CALI), whose early work in diplomacy, international development, social entrepreneurship and research led him to start an organization that is today helping key leaders in multiple spheres in Asia build robust frameworks, devise effective policies, and formulate new strategies for increasing their communities’ growth and sustainability. Samuel oversees over 50 projects every year!
Samuel also co-leads the annual Asian Leadership Conference and Asia Leadership Forum, in which over 350 global leaders representing 280 entities from 110 countries join forces to discuss solutions for the world’s most pressing problems. Samuel has worked in a wide range of sectors, ranging from strategy consulting, social entrepreneurship, and international development to politics, the military, and Korea’s national government. He has also served as a Fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Center and at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He holds an MPA from Harvard, an MA from Seoul National, and an LLB from Handong Universities. Oh, and he has also edited fourteen books to date!
Hit play to listen to this inspiring and insightful story of leadership!
[04:54s] His work in diplomacy
[14:22s] His work in research and academics
[26:48s] Samuel the author
[30:16s] Genesis of Centre for Asia Leadership Initiatives (CALI)
[40:09s] Vision for Centre for Asia Leadership Initiatives (CALI)
[45:54s] RWL: Explore resources from CALI at https://asialeadership.org/resources/publications/
Find out more about Samuel’s work at CALI at https://asialeadership.org/
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