Observing pharma conferences I gave my last keynote speech on 2012 on digital topics. At one of the big pharma conferences. Then I changed my job and I got deeper into social business and learned about social entrepreneurs, NGOs, alternative ways of thinking… I wanted to find out more on what really makes changes happen…
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Development? Helping the poor? We don’t do enough – it’s time to think really big
Technical solutions? Wow. The next app is done … Don’t get me wrong. It might be a fantastic app, but it will not change the world as long as it is not part of a ‘big picture solution’. I’m appassionated about social entrepreneurial solutions. Great people. Appassionated people with good ideas. I appreciate…
Colours in Ahmedabad – the kite festival
Incredible India, incredible colourful country! Who still has some doubts whether India is the most colourful country of the world, should come to Ahmedabad and see… It’s a day before the annual kite festival will take place. In the streets of the city there is a very specia atmosphere. I have come to Ahmedabad…
A stop at Delhi airport & a shopping surprise in the very early morning
Going from Europe to India means mostly to arrive after midnight and – in case Delhi, Chennai or Mumbai are not the final destination – to spend a few hours in one of these airports before being able to continue the travel. This is what happened to me today, too. So I arrived around…
Car market pictures, comb stories and a challenging walk in Bangalore
Today I have been to Bharati Nagar (BN), a part of Bangalore which – for sure- is not the famous part of a modern Indian city and rarely part of an offered sightseeing tour. It takes you to the heart of poverty and back to past centuries. It’s raining today and very muddy – ,…
Three basic hints for startups and social entrepreneurs
Often people ask how to start an own social business. You want to make sure that you are well prepared? Download this question-based guiding brochure “the budding social entrepreneur”. It helps to get an overview on what you should take into consideration before you launch your own business. It’s free. You need to “sell” your business…
Social entrepreneurship at the World Health Summit
It was the second time that we had the chance to run a workshop on social entrepreneurship at the World Health Summit in Berlin. A great opportunity. We, that were a group of people somehow connected to the Making More Health initiative, a cross functional and cross- organizational initiative around social entrepreneurs from all over…
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…
The Five Key Learnings to provoke innovative thinking and Empathy within your organization
Social thinking, inclusive capitalism, even innovation based on community engagement – these all are valuable, important and future- oriented trends which are widely discussed, also within companies of each size. We all like these ideas – not because we are becoming more social than before, but because it is widely known that there is a…
Talk Love, talk Business – two different worlds
Part-time empathy When I meet people during lunch time, when I talk to neighbors, friends and family, whenever I meet people outside the official business hours and talk about social engagement and empathy, about making the world a little bit better, I’m very often surprised. Most of the people around me get excited and very…
Go India, go future! 