Have you ever thought about a disruptive, out-of-the-comfort zone leadership training for business managers that besides challenging your managers could also being the starting point to connect social and future business activities? I have experienced many leadership trainings in the last years. On different topics and with teachers who tried their best. I have seen…
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I have a brother, qualifications and degrees, a flat and … cancer – how digital & patient understanding in the pharma industry changes
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…
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…
Social thinking in the core business? Create the passion first, the rest will follow!
Change starts with our thoughts Innovation and change need people who think differently. Including social thinking in the daily Business? Social and business approaches in one rush, in a co-creative way? What do business managers and CSR managers say, when you ask them about to think social in business/ think business in social? It’s not…
My top learnings 2015 – Social world: give business a chance!
It is a fascinating world, the social world and the work of NGOs. No doubt: there are a lot of good projects ongoing and the need for the activities they run is obvious.The world needs to change. The challenges are huge. There is a lot to do: environmental issues, climate, human rights, poverty, refugees, development…
Social enterpreneurship for everyone. A trend you should know.
Social entrepreneurial thinking has reached politics, universities, companies. In mostly all countries of the world. Where some years ago the terminology was still unknown or just a few social and economic influencers knew about it, today the number of conferences, articles published and call for competitions have grown enormously. Expert books, but also books for…
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…
The four most inspiring moments I lived in India
Often I’m asked: How was it in India? What did you experience? Was it safe? There must have been a lot of poverty?! Do you go back again? Working with a NGO ? A lot of questions and I could tell a lot of stories, describe places, summarize events … I might be wrong, but…
NGOs of the future: innovation, business skills and thinking across traditional borders needed
The fact that the business world is changing is well known. Continuous business innovation is requested – everywhere. No doubt. There are all kind of efforts going on such as continuous training offers for business people, be it for employees, be it for employers: trainings around administration, marketing and computer skills, the call for innovation,…
Go India, go future! 