BNY Mellon, Ashoka Name Finalists of the Unlocking ₵hange Challenge
As part of the nationwide Unlocking ₵hange Challenge, Ashoka and BNY Mellon have been searching the United States for innovations.
Great time to invest in women entrepreneurs, says Mann Deshi Bank’s Chetna Sinha
Chetna Sinha, along with six other women, will co-chair the 48th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting to be held at Davos between 23 and 26 January. This is the first time that the WEF panel will have all women co-chairs. Sinha tells us why the panel with all women co-chairs is a historic move...
Lessons on Leadership: In Conversation with Richard Collier-Keywood, Global Vice-Chairman of PwC
Ashoka’s Meera Patel met with Richard Collier-Keywood, Global Vice Chairman of PwC to discuss leadership in a changing world and how to build purpose and values in organisations. Meera Patel (MP) : PwC’s mission is quoted as ‘to build trust in society and solve important problems’. I just wanted to...
#LeadYoung - Robin Chase: leading one entrepreneurial coup after another, like Zipcar
If anyone understands the profound transformation of society that is now upon us, it is Robin Chase. (See her admired book, Peers Inc. ) She not only sees it clearly; but she also, in one entrepreneurial coup after another, is putting its new architecture in place. She co-founded Zipcar and was its...
Richard Branson: finding new ways to do business and impact the world since he was 16
There are few if any entrepreneurs who have ventured more successfully in more businesses than Richard Branson. And who can compete with him in terms of flair? As important, he has long brought this entrepreneurial energy and skill to bear on social problems as well as business. Inspired by Nelson...
EIR Lessons in perspective: A Conversation with EIR alumni Juan Loraschi
For information about the Executive in Residence program visit the EIR program page , or contact us at [email protected] . BACKGROUND – MEET THE PEOPLE EIR Juan Loraschi and host Ashoka Fellow Dorien Beurskens Juan Loraschi, Western Union Regional Vice President, partnered with Dorien...
Rebecca van Bergen is transforming the lives of millions of home-based workers in the apparel and home design industries by bringing their profession into the formal economy.
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UBS launched International search for trailblazing social innovators
The UBS Social Innovators Program was launched with support from Ashoka in July 2016. It aims at selecting and supporting social entrepreneurs, who deliver innovative solutions to society's most pressing challenges at the national and international level. This tailored package of support will...
What is the Solution Revolution? A Book about the Emergence and Growth of the Innovative Citizen-Sector
This is the time where the number of connections across the globe and the amount of change is increasing. More and more we see global discontentment rise over how public and private sectors are playing a role to deliver vital interests, from economic opportunity to health care and education....