We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

No matter how good you think you are as a leader, my goodness, the people around you will have all kinds of ideas for how you can get better. So for me, the most fundamental thing about leadership is to have the humility to continue to get feedback and to try to get better - because your job is to try to help everybody else get better.

Unless you invest in people, you are not going to see growth in the long term, the medium term, and maybe even the short term.

A lot of young people dont think they can make a difference. Thats really what I am at Dartmouth to do. Im there to tell the young people, Look, a few committed souls can change the world.

What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are malnourished, their brain development actually slows down and is affected. So this is not just a short-term impact.

When you're working on development issues, optimism is not always based on rational analysis, often it is a moral choice.

One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.