Trivandrum, South India – that’s where kanthari is located. A real beautiful place, a place full of intense life and people who have one thing in common: being “kantharis”, changemakers in the world. kanthari is an accredited international institute that recognizes leadership in those individuals who come from and/or are positioned at the margins of…
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Social business : a future model to combine social needs and business and my travels to India
Good social responsibility requires our personal engagement – because it helps to grow people differently
The first game tailoring training started one year ago. The women were keen to learn but they were a little scared whether they could make it or not. Hand embroidery, working on a more complex design, knowing that they were expected to deliver good quality products … it was not that easy at the beginning…
Social engagement and digital trainings in rural India
When we talk about social responsibility and how companies can do it, we should keep in mind that enabling people to do the next steps on their own is key. In whatever sector we are and how we engage – in every program digital access should be part of it. Do you support housing programs?…
The Business of tomorrow is part of a huge ecosystem still to be discovered
in the past I learned about birds, plants, stars and planets. About rivers, mountains and cities. In the same way I memorized a lot of other types of information. How to write letters and to do calculations, later on how to do marketing, how to develop sale strategies and how to post information on several…
Happy workers, happy children and why social engagement should start now.
A rural village in Kerala, South India. The last preparations are ongoing. The inauguration of the kindergarten will take ok e next week. Today I have met the local architect, artisans and painters. They are all very proud of the work they have done: a new kindergarten building with an innovative rain harvesting system, a…
A day in Chennai – a day in modern India
It’s May and the temperatures and humidity is high. It’s low tourist season. After months I’m back to South India. Heading to my rural people, where life looks different, challenging, but close to earth. There is one day left before going to Palakkad area. A day in the city of Chennai. Good for visiting one…
Just wondering why we follow old processes instead of trying new pathways to combine business and social needs
Sometimes I just wonder how the world can look if we connect business and social in a more natural way, if we do not separate it into two different worlds, if we ask how to do business in a way that in every business activity we do we consider and include the social impact, too….
Creating more health with less money is possible and a benefit for business and society
The idea to set up a health‐related education program for community and self‐help group workers in rural India was brought up by two participants in our last weekly leadership program for international business managers. When they had visited several villages and health institutions, they realized that there was a huge gap in basic health knowledge….
When people ask how business can benefit from social activities – learnings in India
Often I’m asked: How was it in India? What did you experience? Is it safe? There must have been a lot of poverty?! Do you go back again? Working with a NGO as a business representative ?A lot of questions and I could tell many stories, describe places, summarize events … I might be wrong,…
Do Not do things just better, but differently
“Over time, markets change so much that it’s not enough to be better at what you do. You need to do something differently.” That’s what I stumbled across in one of the articles on business innovation and what does not go out of my mind. What if we apply it not just in traditional business…
Go India, go future! 