Builders of the Broken Bazaar

Builders of the Broken Bazaar

di Dr. Tabish Zaman

Imprenditoria No-Profit

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Ep 5: The Hidden Heart of Innovation: Resilience

We love the myths: Silicon Valley geniuses, billion-dollar unicorns, “lightbulb moments.” But the truth is far messier. Real innovation is born of necessity — in the relentless grind of failure. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman speaks with Professor John Bessant — one of the world’s leading voices on innovation and inclusive entrepreneurship. From Edison’s 10,000 failed filaments to Dyson’s 5,000 prototypes, from $30 eye surgeries that restored sight to millions to Syrian rescue tools made from pool mattresses, John reveals why resilience, not disruption, is the real currency of innovation. 🎙 “Innovation isn’t about Silicon Valley hype — it’s about resilience.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 4: The Business of Survival: What We Never Ask About Boxes of Aid?

Aid is meant to save lives. But no one wants to depend on it. Families don’t wait in hope for cardboard boxes — they organize, barter, build, and survive. Yet the humanitarian system continues to treat them as passive recipients, delivering assumptions instead of answers. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman speaks with Marina Kobzeva, a former aid recipient turned humanitarian leader, about what’s broken in the global aid system — and what real accountability should look like. From post-Soviet Azerbaijan to two decades inside the sector, Marina shares why 90% of aid money never reaches communities, how colonial mindsets still shape aid delivery, and why true innovation lives in mutual aid, remittances, and grassroots resilience. 🎙 “People don’t want charity — they want agency.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 3: How One Entrepreneur is Building Human Capital with Technology, AI, and Displaced Communities

Every “smart” AI system — from ChatGPT to self-driving cars — runs on unseen human labor. Behind the algorithms are people in refugee camps, conflict zones, and struggling economies, quietly training the machines that shape our world. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman speaks with Iva Gumnishka — founder of Humans in the Loop and Cartier Women’s Initiative Award winner — about harnessing technology to create dignified livelihoods for displaced people from Syria, Ukraine, Palestine, and beyond. We explore the hidden workforce behind AI, the ethics of the digital economy, the environmental cost of technology, and what it takes to build sustainable businesses rooted in dignity, not disruption. 🎙 “AI doesn’t just run on data — it runs on human lives.” https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 2: When Survival Gets Marketed as Entrepreneurship

Every 30 hours, a new billionaire is created.Every 33 hours, a million people fall into extreme poverty. Over 120 million people are now forcibly displaced — not by accident, but by political choices, economic extraction, and systemic neglect. In this episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, Dr. Tabish Zaman examines why refugee and migrant entrepreneurship is so often survival-driven rather than opportunity-driven. From Gaza to Kakuma Refugee Camp, discover how displacement shapes enterprise, why markets fail the most vulnerable, and how grassroots economies emerge when every other door is closed. We explore refugee entrepreneurship, crisis-driven enterprise, and dignity-based economies that challenge profit-first models — and ask what it really means to build in a broken system. 🎙 “Sometimes, entrepreneurship isn’t innovation — it’s endurance.” https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

Ep 1: Entrepreneurship Beyond Profit: Stories of Resilience and Hope

Inequality. Displacement. Digital disruption. What happens when global systems collapse—and people are left to survive without support? In this first episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar, host Dr. Tabish Zaman dismantles the myths of modern entrepreneurship and spotlights necessity entrepreneurs who build not for profit, but for survival, dignity, and community resilience. From refugee camps and conflict zones to neglected high streets, discover how informal economies and grassroots innovation keep communities alive when institutions fail. We explore refugee entrepreneurship, the human cost of AI on marginalised communities, and social value creation beyond Silicon Valley myths. https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar

She chose bubbles, in a world obsessed with bombs!

In a world spending trillions on warfare, hundreds of millions of children are growing up in conflict zones where play is treated as a luxury rather than a fundamental human right. In this Special Feature episode of Builders of the Broken Bazaar—presented in partnership with GazaBridge—Dr. Tabish Zaman sits down with Paola Dyboski, founder of Bubbles Not Bombs. Daughter of a Polish WWII refugee, marine conservationist, and Guinness World Record holder, Paola shares her journey from running an eco-friendly bubble business to establishing an NGO that sends bubble mix, educational tools, and play therapy resources to children in Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan, and Congo. Together, they explore the philosophy of play as radical non-violent resistance, the power of community-led action, and the global mobilization for International Peace Day (September 21st)—where people around the world make bubbles to demand an end to the bombing of children. 🎙 “In a world obsessed with bombs, bubbles interrupt stress, slow people down, and create attention without violence. Every child needs to play.” 👉 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buildersofthebrokenbazaar Host: Dr. Tabish Zaman Guest: Paola Dyboski (Founder, Bubbles Not Bombs) Partnership: In Partnership with GazaBridge Editor: Liam Gadsby Research & Impact Officer: Mohammad Alauthman

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