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…
Category: change and society
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….
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…
Have you ever experienced outdoor washing in winter?
It’s really cold outside. In some parts of the small stream water is frozen. Some days it is even worse and water accessibility is becoming a huge problem. Water is always limited and the dwells often miles away. But then, in winter times, the remaining water is often frozen … that’s India in the North….
A kindergarten teacher of rural India talks about digital access
Digital is simply key to education, health and wealth. After a first digital training with 15 kindergarten teacher from rural India we run an interview with one of the participants. Watch the video Related content: In South India, in the rural areas of Attappadi, 15 kindergarten teachers received their first tablets, participated in a…
Is India normal? A day in Delhi – a day of contrasts
I’ve come to Delhi for a business meeting. While walking from the hotel in Oklah, an industrial zone in Delhi, to the company I’m meeting with, I see a lot of people living in very small houses. Houses? A kind of building, houses is exaggerated… Obviously, the people staying here have a very low income….
Digital knowledge for kindergarten teachers in rural India
It was an amazing 2 days learning experience to all of us when the kindergarten teachers from the rural area in Kerala and Tamil Nadu (South India/ATTAPPADI) started the devices, learned how to handle it, how to write emails and got access to Internet for the first time in their life. Probably one of those…
Leprosy in India is still a big issue, but a smile does not cost anything
Just a day back… They are sitting and having dinner. In the dining hall – many people. This is nothing special, I know. But this time it is different. I see it when I watch the people and it will keep it in my mind for a long time. But let me explain first: I’m…
When a cow is grown by sisters …
The story has been published yesterday on a local newspaper and the sisters proudly show me the article when I visit them. “The story started two years back when I went for a meeting to a priest’s house who besides being a priest is taking care of some cows, too. I really like cows and…
Go India, go future! 