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…
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Social entrepreneurship at the World Health Summit
It was the second time that we had the chance to run a workshop on social entrepreneurship at the World Health Summit in Berlin. A great opportunity. We, that were a group of people somehow connected to the Making More Health initiative, a cross functional and cross- organizational initiative around social entrepreneurs from all over…
A ten minutes walk in Paris – impressions
Paris is known as the city of love, interesting monuments and a lot of arts. That’s one of many realities. I had a short walk through the city today and just took a few pictures that reflect other realities: Paris is a place – as many other West-European cities – of many contrasts. A place…
Moments with Social entrepreneurs in India – Edith Eliott teaching healthcare to caring relatives
In many cultures – not just in India – families of patients stay very close to them when they are in hospital: mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers spent entire day’s sitting close to the patient in the room and assist where possible. Often then many hours pass and they cannot do anything but being…
Moments with Social Entrepreneurs in India – Vandana Gopikumar
There are many social entrepreneurs in India, and probably many I do not know. However, I had the chance to meet a few of them and I just like to share with you some amazing moments . The first is Vandana Gopikumar. She runs The Banyan at the south of Chennai. When she was still…
Thinking Isn’t Doing
Lead Today Thinking is good, there is no doubt about that. Thinking too much however might not be so good. It?s amazing how often ?over-thinking? leads to ?under-doing.? We think so much about what we should do, or what we?re going to do, that we never actually get around to doing it. The most successful…
My 11 moments in Romania
It was my first travel to Romania and I stayed just a few days in Iasi, an university City in the North-East of the country. These are my moments describing the country as I perceived it. Related content Want to get…
To be or not to be – The poor who do not exist
I was never confronted with the poverty of non- existence, the full ignorance by officials to exist. But exactly that was the case I experienced in Romania Often poor families and individuals stay just among others, in crowded living surroundings, in the middle of the cities. Some are even more ‘visible’ and stay in suburbs in between, in…
Working with street kids in Romania – learning about myself
I’m on the way to Romania with the aim to understand what a very interesting social entrepreneur is running there by working with street kids. But besides the social engagement there is much more behind. It is a travel experience to myself, to reflect on leadership and managerial skills. And to question…
About butterflies, good women and fatalism
We enter a small secondary street at Patong, the famous beach in Phuket,Thailand. Patong is known especially because of its red-light district. In front of us there is the Good Shepherd vocational center, a location for Thai women and girls, working in the red light surroundings, to learn better English, to study for a…
Go India, go future! 