Gemma Bulos

Gemma Bulos  is the Director of Social Innovation and Impact
Gemma Bulos  is the Director of Social Innovation and Impact

Gemma Bulos 

The Science of Luck

Is it possible to improve your good fortune? Surprisingly there’s a body of scientific research on ways to increase your luck. In this final session of the day, we will share with you the best practices and strategies for success. This is an interactive session, where each of us will be giving and getting connections to the things we need to help us advance personally and professionally. Hopefully some of you will leave with lucky breaks!

 

Gemma Bulos is a multi award-winning serial social entrepreneur (SocEnt) having launched three organizations in three continents prior to joining the KLI staff. As the Founding Director of the Global Women’s Water Initiative, she trains grassroots women in Sub-Saharan Africa to become water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) technicians, trainers and social entrepreneurs. GWWI was shortlisted for the Humanitarian Water and Food Award and Gemma was named one of the Top 10 Water Solutions Trailblazers in the world by Reuters Foundation. Prior to stepping in to lead GWWI, Gemma co-founded A Single Drop for Safe Water, developing income-generating community-led water service organizations in disaster prone regions of the Philippines. For this innovation, Gemma received international accolades including Echoing Green as one of the Best Emerging SocEnts in the World; Best SocEnt in the Philippines by Ernst Young; Most Influential Thought Leader and Innovative Filipina in the United States by Filipina Women’s Network; and Best SocEnt in Asia by the Schwab Foundation with a special recognition at the World Economic Forum. Her programs also won accolades including the Silicon Valley Tech Museum Tech Award sponsored by Applied Materials and Warriors of the UN Millennium Goals sponsored by Kodak Philippines. Gemma was invited to bring her knowledge and expertise as a Social Entrepreneur en Residence (SEERS) Fellow at Stanford University where she helped launch a social innovation curriculum where students had opportunities to engage and work alongside award-winning SocEnts through service-learning seminar courses, internships and fellowships abroad.