Paris is known as the city of love, interesting monuments and a lot of arts. That’s one of many realities. I had a short walk through the city today and just took a few pictures that reflect other realities: Paris is a place – as many other West-European cities – of many contrasts. A place…
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Social business : a future model to combine social needs and business and my travels to India
Moments with Social entrepreneurs in India – Edith Eliott teaching healthcare to caring relatives
In many cultures – not just in India – families of patients stay very close to them when they are in hospital: mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers spent entire day’s sitting close to the patient in the room and assist where possible. Often then many hours pass and they cannot do anything but being…
Moments with Social Entrepreneurs in India – Vandana Gopikumar
There are many social entrepreneurs in India, and probably many I do not know. However, I had the chance to meet a few of them and I just like to share with you some amazing moments . The first is Vandana Gopikumar. She runs The Banyan at the south of Chennai. When she was still…
Thinking Isn’t Doing
Lead Today Thinking is good, there is no doubt about that. Thinking too much however might not be so good. It?s amazing how often ?over-thinking? leads to ?under-doing.? We think so much about what we should do, or what we?re going to do, that we never actually get around to doing it. The most successful…
Are you a social entrepreneur? Co-creation competition launched
Do you have a good idea on how to make more health happen? Maybe you already have your own startup or you are starting to think about it. Covering a social need in the health area is in the focus on what you do? Just wanted shortly inform about a recently launched co-creation competition. Making…
My 11 moments in Romania
It was my first travel to Romania and I stayed just a few days in Iasi, an university City in the North-East of the country. These are my moments describing the country as I perceived it. Related content Want to get…
To be or not to be – The poor who do not exist
I was never confronted with the poverty of non- existence, the full ignorance by officials to exist. But exactly that was the case I experienced in Romania Often poor families and individuals stay just among others, in crowded living surroundings, in the middle of the cities. Some are even more ‘visible’ and stay in suburbs in between, in…
We suffer from Pseudo solutions and money waste
Do you know this situation? There are teams sitting together and are looking for solutions. A lot of proposals are coming in and a lot of creativity is in the air. We listen to them, maybe still write them down, but somehow the last or first one or the one given by a specif person…
The Mobile school in Dallas area and learning about self-esteem
Just imagine you are at the borders of a huge city. On one site you have the city life, shops, cars and trams, power, drinking water … on the other there live poor people who live from collecting plastic bottles, single mothers with six, eight children, people who are not accepted elsewhere. And in the…
Working with street kids in Romania – learning about myself
I’m on the way to Romania with the aim to understand what a very interesting social entrepreneur is running there by working with street kids. But besides the social engagement there is much more behind. It is a travel experience to myself, to reflect on leadership and managerial skills. And to question…
Go India, go future! 