Early in the morning, a few days back in Mangalore/India I passed at a shoe shop. One of those branded shoe shops that you can find in every and each big mall in the cities. Inside five, six shoe assistants were preparing for the day. Unpacking new shoe arrivals, cleaning, starting the work. Very smart,…
Category: Social business
So happy to meet my graphic designer girls from Mangalore
Just a year ago I met them for the first time. The girls come from a difficult family background, partly they have grown up in the orphanage in Mangalore. Every morning they come and take graphic design classes, offered by a few volunteers under the guidance of Gita. They are 16, 17 years old –…
Understanding realities – bringing business and social world together
I lead a disruptive leadership experience for international Corporate business managers in rural India this week. That’s what they say: Today, we visited two tribal hospitals (1 primary care and 1 specialty care). Amazing how agile they are to treat so many patients always with the same kindness. One of the major remaining problem for…
A disruptive leadership week with 17 managers from 10 countries in SouthIndia for a social entrepreneurial experience
Understanding health issues in a tribal village It’s already the 4th time that approx. 20 managers come to India for a disruptive developmental program. Our topics: Learning about social entrepreneurship, experiencing and interacting with unusual partners from the social world, field visits, understanding real needs and developing solutions that we pitch by end of the…
Just a few impressions from a visit at an Ayurvedic factory and a wise man’s speech
Today, with business managers I visited an ayurvedic factory and listened to the speech of a wise man who has studied more than 70 years about plants and healthcare and a very particular but meaningful view on the world. He underlined the close connection between human beings and the nature, the destruction of areas where…
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…
All my hope is to get some cash in Leh
Traveling to India with a few obstacles It’s a very special travel period at the moment when you go to India. Not because of the huge mass of people and tourists arriving 24 hours at Delhi airport, not because of the waiting time to get the visa stamp, not because of some very kind, but…
Delhi, Leh, Coimbatore – ready for the next social entrepreneurial experience
There are just a few days left before travelling to India again. This time there are a lot of interesting activities and projects on the agenda. A few hours in Delhi, a weekend in Leh, back for business to Delhi, and then to the South. A 7days leadership experience with international managers will take place…
Understanding Social entrepreneurship – overcoming traditional barriers
Have you heard about social entrepreneurship? You still wonder what it is all about? There might be different interpretations and understanding on what it is, different ways of emphazing more the social or the entrepreneurial aspect in it. However, thinking in social and business worlds, making our business activities and social engagment two completely separated…
With snacks towards a better future
Originally posted on Go India, go future!:
Womens’ life in small cities and poor urban surrounding has always been very hard – like womens’ life in many parts of India. Women in rural areas have a long working day: they get up very early, carry huge containers of water or bundles of wood on their…
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