Innovation today is one of the most used words in use when it comes to presentations, company discussions, future plans. Innovation is the key to the future. Often specific projects and teams are set up to do innovation, to collect innovative ideas, some departments aim to become innovative leaders and focus on innovative success stories….
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The checklist manager is dead. Good bye to traditional business goals
It is a pity. Good old times have gone. And with them the checklist manager approach to make business. But which kind of business? The clear goals to achieve – where they are? Do we still know how these goals should look? Some years ago it was pretty easy: There were clear rules in place,…
Spreading social good? It’s not about scaling up, but scaling deep
Have you ever asked why social entrepreneurs do often focus that much on scaling up? Especially, when they start thinking on further development of their business already working well on a local level? This is not bad, do not get me wrong, but I just wonder why social enterprise thinking takes the traditional old ways…
Crakakuiooi….About implementing innovative business models
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…
Social change does not work like business change
Social change does not work like a business change. Social change organizations are not exactly like business. A different context defines the problems and a different mind-set is required to approach the work. Easy, isn’t it?Everybody knows. But it is so hard to deal with when business meets social. It just starts with the language….
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…
Everyone is a genius – It is all about perspectives
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree It will live its whole life believing he is stupid. Albert Einstein Have you ever thought who might be an expert for detecting breast cancer at a very early stage just by palpation? Probably those who for years…
Help needed: Living in dataland – looking for insights
I just wonder how many newsletters, calls and readings I see every day offering me the latest tools to understand the market and the target groups: how to optimize statistics, to overview trends, to learn about market analysis and big data approach. Some of these offers are really impressive – tools, cool apps and very…
Social entrepreneurs are not afraid!
One of my last favourite books I read recently was from Brene Brown: Daring Greatly. One important issue Brene highlights is that when we’re afraid, we prevent ourselves from accomplishing what we’re capable of. If you think about social enterprises and social entrepreneurship, many of them go undiscovered ways. They try out new business models…
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