Florian Hoffmann: Our New World.

Florian Hoffmann demonstrates the huge potential for creating a better future today. He visits places and people around the world, where courage and imagination have already paved the way for the world of tomorrow. Beacons for the way ahead, these role models encourage readers to take their own steps into the New World. Many are breaking down the border between earning money and making a positive contribution, and are asking, more generally: What impact can I have, now and in the future? How can my success offer others new chances?

The journalist Saba is fighting for girls’ and women’s right in Pakistan. Niall dumps his high-flying job to find a solution for microplastics pollutions. Lily wants to inspire people to take up life-long learning – and develops scenarios for what future jobs might look like. These are some of the many diverse voices who believe in a better future.

Florian Hoffmann is the founder of The Do, a global platform for a new economy that is sustainable, innovative and fair. His mission is to empower people and companies to conceive and implement economic success and new solutions to today’s problems. The Do is based in Berlin, Hong Kong and New York.

Florian was named one of the World Economic Forum’s 100 Young Global Leaders under 40. He is member of the board at the World Future Council, a Fellow of the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, and a judge for the $1m Global Teacher Prize. He studied at Oxford University, Duke University, Bard College and Humboldt Universität. Florian lives in Berlin with his wife and their daughter.