How society and companies can practice innovative social engagement and profit from doing so In the late 1940s and early 1950s, a number of international social organizations were founded. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund increasingly broadened their scope of activity and soon began promoting “international development.” In addition to the large development…
Tag: Future
Soaps made with passion and heart
Our soap competition with Selfhelp groups is in the full production phase. Five Selfhelp groups participate with various soap formats and produce all in all 1000 soaps. While doing so they learn a lot: “It requires a lot of passion, but also accuracy. The soaps should have the same high quality standard. Packaging then is…
From doing more health at the ground to the United Nations – and meeting some Indian stakeholders of health and innovation.
Today, we are with Making More Health in Genève: „Health is about changing mindsets and about connecting people. About facilitating and promoting partnerships across countries to co-create, it’s about delivering a better future based on innovation and innovative thinking and doing….“ Thoughts we exchanged today in a panel session at UN. I’m very proud for…
A goat health book for village people in rural India is under way – it’s time to involve local stakeholders
In the last months a group of some Animal Health managers – who had participated in an exposure week in South India in 2017 -have started to develop a goat health book to support animals and income generation for poor village and tribal people. Yesterday, two of our managers came back to our project area….
Just in case you want to read more about our Kenyan activities…
Besides http://www.goIndiagofuture.com you can have a look at http://www.Kenyagofuture.com. We have started first projects also in the African continent… Enjoy and your feedback is always welcome.
Where visionaries become leaders – learn more about kanthari/ South India
Today, I like to share with you some exciting news from my friends Paul and Sabriye who run a great organization in South India. Sabriye and Paul started kanthari, an institute for social change in 2009. In just 10 years, they have produced leaders who have impacted over 50,000 lives. With help of several hands-on…
The Business of tomorrow is part of a huge ecosystem still to be discovered
in the past I learned about birds, plants, stars and planets. About rivers, mountains and cities. In the same way I memorized a lot of other types of information. How to write letters and to do calculations, later on how to do marketing, how to develop sale strategies and how to post information on several…
Just wondering why we follow old processes instead of trying new pathways to combine business and social needs
Sometimes I just wonder how the world can look if we connect business and social in a more natural way, if we do not separate it into two different worlds, if we ask how to do business in a way that in every business activity we do we consider and include the social impact, too….
Bangkok: immigration, better life and the luxury of a burger
Bangkok has a lot to offer. It has amazing temples, monuments, skyscrapers, a colorful life, the tourist roads, vivid markets and the refreshing express boat rides on the Chao Phraya. No doubt, for tourists a great city. What about the normal life? What I like a lot is that the basics for a living are…
The Five Key Learnings to provoke innovative thinking and Empathy within your organization
Social thinking, inclusive capitalism, even innovation based on community engagement – these all are valuable, important and future- oriented trends which are widely discussed, also within companies of each size. We all like these ideas – not because we are becoming more social than before, but because it is widely known that there is a…