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…
Category: social impact
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…
Dialysis patient in India -How 1000 rupees decide about your life
1000 Indian rupees, that means 14 EUR (!!!) decide if people can live or die. I have visited today the Father Muller Hospital in Mangalore. Founded 135 years back by a German priest is has become today one of the best hospitals in Mangalore, India. Mangalore is a city with nearly half a million…
Impressions from a disruptive leadership training with Corporate managers in India
It was a week that we will not forget. Many learnings about South India, getting insights into rural and tribal areas, talking to tribal hospital doctors and NGOs who care about HIV infected children in the city. Drumming welcome by tribal people, dancing with kids in a home shelter. And looking at all this with…
How the tribal women gave me a big surprise yesterday
Five months have passed since I have been visiting the tribal village where months ago we had a very good time together with knitting lessons, cooking and more. I’m traveling with a group of my company this week and today we have come here for a short village visit because I want to show them…
Indian friendships and a next exposure trip with managers
I’m happy to be back to Tamil Nadu, back to the tribal women and villages and to a different part of the world where some things just are seen and done differently. It’s somehow about coming back to the roots, to be closer to earth – a good experience after four months in the “modern”…
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 – ,…
Going back to India and challenging myself
It might be true: people who come the first time will hate it or love it. You come never back again or you can’t resist to come back again and again. For me India is the country of contrasts, the one where you can find everything and often you are confronted with extremes. Probably, that’s…
Encourage courage!
Today I participated in a workshop in Berlin where stakeholders from different sectors discussed on “social Intrapreneurship – added value for companies and society”. There are a lot of discussions ongoing – across all sectors. That’s interesting. What it is, what it is not, how to measure, if to measure, is it measurable at all…
Refugees and Social intrapreneurship: think beyond donations
There are more than 20 million people in the world who leave their countries looking for a better life. All over the world. Every day arrive thousands of people in Western countries and discussion on the refugee issues dominate the media andsocial channels. There are many needs to fulfill for the arriving refugees. Not everyone…
Go India, go future! 