“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…
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Networking and cooperation – across all borders
In our daily lives we have a lot of networks. Networks are not really new. I mean thinking about the railway system, the telephone net, the network structures in many industries it is nothing that has been invented just in the last years or has raised just due to the huge digital wave we have…
Can gamification change the world?
Some days ago I came across a social game trailer showing how a young girl from a developing country run across a huge number of difficulties to get a bucket of clean water and to carry it home as soon as possible for being able to get back at school. The ‘difficulty’ manager – of…
Why to start from Zero? – Focus on community participation
The best results are always achieved together Which is your strategy? Who are your stakeholders? What do you want to achieve? How to finance? Probably these and similar issues are the questions most of us ask when starting a (social) business. So far, so good. But what has been done when having the answers to…
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…
Talk to social entrepreneurs – How to start your social change career
(Image taken from video cited below) This morning I came across a fantastic video. I think there is so much truth in it and maybe it is a good starting point for today. As the social entrepreneurs in How-To Start Your Social Change Career explain, community service is a selfish act of self-improvement. You live…
Hi, I am Mr Innovation ….
Innovation today is one of the most used buzzwords when it comes to presentations, company discussions, future business plans. Innovation is key to the future – this is what generally is thought and connected to this term. Often specific projects and teams are set up to do innovation, to collect innovative ideas, some specifically “advanced”…
Creating social impact: see the benefit of walking before participating in a marathon
It is astonishing how individual social entrepreneurs and/or small startups can achieve results by addressing and implementing innovative ways of social enterprises in local areas. Compared to huge organizations they are often much faster to connect and to start working together with local people on obvious needs. Probably this is due to a very pragmatic…
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…
Socializing Social entrepreneurship – 1 + 1 makes 3
Socializing Social enterpreneurs – it sounds somehow strange, but this is what could lead to much more success in the future and accelerate social change in the world. We are just at the beginning. Having a look at ongoing social entrepreneur competitions, platforms and organizations that are involved in supporting social activities it is mostly…
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