Interested to experience your own agility, to learn about social entrepreneurial thinking and systemic approaches while interacting with people living at the poverty line, local businesses and other local stakeholders? Are you someone who wants to make a real lasting and meaningful difference in the world? Who wants to learn by doing instead of planning…
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More than facts and figures – it’s only the reality that counts: so what happens after five years of making more health in India?
Last week Jorge, our video specialist, went to our tribal and suburban project areas in the Anaikatti area (close to Coimbatore, South India) and Coimbatore city to do a video of impact. After five years it is time to check how our activities and trainings last, which effect they have on the people on the…
A new leadership week for managers in rural India is ongoing
“Understanding the needs, the wants , the good and bad things of a location, of a lifestyle, of challenges people might live is not easy. You can read about it, watch TV and listen to what some people say , but it is just a small part of the reality. The reality is multidimensional with…
How umbrellas empower tribal mothers
The situation of many tribal families in rural areas is critical. One of the main issues is malnutrition – due to qualitative poor food and a critical income. To empower families and this also nutrition on to all sustainable income sources and micro- enterprises are needed. Last day I came across an NGO, Thampu, who…
Which story does your enterprise tell to fight the witch?
You probably know the German “Once upon a time …” story, the story where Hansel and Gretel , brother and sister, together need to give their best to win a huge challenge against the bad witch. The family had no money to grow the children and they brought them into the dark woods… where they…
About needs, drivers of needs and context – databases are simply not enough!
Knowing your market, knowing your customers and knowing the trends for everyone who wants to sell, change and/or influence is essential. That’s what we have learned, heard in universities and what is the promising way to success. Without doubt. Whether these are traditional, innovative or social businesses. But how do you do that? Do you…
Create a strategy that is social rather than a social media strategy
Although it sounds similar, there is a huge difference on how you start and work on “social strategies”: having a social media strategy does not mean automatically that you are done with a social strategy. Without doubt: there are many nice and cool social channels outside, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Qype, youTube, Vine, Vimeo and hundreds…
Ideas needed – health from a different perspective
When I came across this article I asked myself there must be a lot of ideas in the world how to help patients and private caregivers, relatives and friends who are caring about patients day by day at home and experience these issues described in the cited article below. Some of the issues raised are…
Creativity or innovation – what you are looking for?
Have you ever met someone who is not creative? Probably all of us are creative. We all try to find excuses when we are too late, or want to leave earlier than planned. Sometimes with really cool and creative ideas. In urgent cases we find crazy solutions for repairing things. We all can design a…
What investors want to know
Are you going to meet a potential investor? Certainly, there are many options how to prepare. But the most detailed preparation might not always be successful. The question to ask yourself is which are the things investors will hear from you? Which are the criteria do take the final decision if to invest in your…
Go India, go future! 