I bet you are also looking for innovation – or at least for innovative ideas. Which is nothing bad, although I feel this term is somehow becoming ‘boring’ – everyone talks about innovation, innovate this, innovate that … Just think about the innovative market behind: Do you know all the techniques and processes on how…
Category: managing change
Millenials: Will the digital generation change the society?
“Individuality, profile, Design thinking methodology, more networking – we need a completely different approach and change.” This is what we can hear in a huge number of discussions, conferences, publications. The idea that we do not need more from what is already there, but need to be and act differently is a promising goal. What…
Social business? Only, if business goes human
(Image taken from video: Come along with Hariya: Dive deep into a river. Hop from tree to tree. Or, soar high into the skies.Source: http://www.teriin.org/come_along_with_hariya.php) Are you an entrepreneur? A traditional business/industry man or woman working many hours a day? Maybe an representative from a large organization or institution? And your working day is full…
How you can help to promote social entrepreneur ideas
On 22nd June, took place the Impact journalism day, a day where 20 journals from 20 countries dedicated a supplement to social impact topics. That’s what they did: Building a network of like-minded editors Impact Journalism Day works through sharing. Each newspaper in the project found the most inspiring change-makers and creative innovations in their…
If you think it, ask it – the hidden power for social entrepreneurship
If you think it, ask it … in a nice way of course! Unlocking what the other person knows, feels, wants is essential for social business. These questions do not require years of studies nor a complete market research project. They can be simple: Easy ones. Challenging ones. Interesting ones. Impossible ones. But all designed…
Social entrepreneurship: How to get people motivated to support you
What I learned in the last years is that there are two different ‘levels’ of motivating people and team members, the ‘passive’ and the ‘active’ one. What does it mean? The ‘passive’ one is the basic level of motivation: It’ s the level where we often focus in our discussions, presentations and communication, whether it…
Entrepreneurship and behavior: the language you talk defines the way you handle
I have watched the video shown below with a huge interest, and wonder whether social impact and entrepreneurial behaviour might depend on these linguistic – cultural facts, too. And some questions come to my mind: If the perception of living today and tomorrow is perceived as nearly the same (from a linguistic point of view)…