CARD MRI Fosters an Army of Entrepreneurs with Microfinance 266.0
Posted by m beduya on November 21, 2010 · 2 Comments
In December 1986, the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD) Inc. was organized as a social development foundation to address the growing poverty incidence in depressed communities in Regions IV and V. From the beginning, CARD sought to achieve this goal by turning poor, landless, rural women into an army of entrepreneurs by granting [...]
Rags2Riches – Reese Fernandez Creates Value from Creativity 226.0
Posted by m beduya on June 21, 2010 · 7 Comments
Not all entrepreneurs are innovators as categorized by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. In putting together a new way for nascent entrepreneurs to work together and create value from creativity and to sustain the work over time, Reese Fernandez of RIIR is definitely in the practice of innovative entrepreneurship. I believe her pioneering effort – [...]
Link to the Brilliant Blog What Matters by McKinsey 202.0
Posted by m beduya on April 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Enriching the conversation with essays on topics relevant to our future SYNTHESiST’s goal is to enrich the conversation on topics relevant to its chosen domain, innovation and change management in emerging markets. To help attain such goal, I have placed a link to the brilliant blog by the consulting firm McKinsey. Please click the image. [...]
Filed under Books and Journals, Social Enterprise and Innovations · Tagged with change management, climate change, emerging markets, innovation, McKinsey, social entrepreneur, SYNTHESiST
Nestle Embeds Sustainability into Strategy through CSV – Creating Shared Value 193.0
Posted by m beduya on March 30, 2010 · 3 Comments
Michael Porter and Mark Kramer devised an anchor concept for social innovation. The buzz I heard in January that Nestle had moved on to Creating Shared Value or CSV from corporate social responsibility (CSR) was correct but I did not get the right definition then. Ms. Susan Steinhagen of the CSV team in Nestle, in [...]
Emerging Markets Symposium on Health and Healthcare at Oxford 186.0
Now I can post about it! A welcome change on a Sunday. The spacious library-lobby at the Green Templeton College conference center welcomed me and about 40 other participants at the Emerging Markets Symposium (EMS) on Health and Healthcare held at Oxford University, England in December 2009. To encourage discussion, the participants were bound by [...]
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Embedding Sustainability into New Enterprises 184.0
Posted by m beduya on March 10, 2010 · 6 Comments
New Zeitgest, tools and metrics are making CSV for enterprise the new norm Businesses are starting to embed sustainability into their strategy rather than just do it as a separate project under corporate social responsibility (CSR). They are starting to do this because it is beginning to make business sense. The Sagip Pasig Movement (SPM) [...]
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First Inquirer Presidential Debate 172.0
Posted by m beduya on February 8, 2010 · 5 Comments
Sets the bar in testing the candidates. I’m down to 4 choices. Crisply run and with clear-cut time constraints, it forced the debaters to speak to the point. The microphone was gently shut-off on the long-winded. Still, it captured enough meaningful sound bites. Held at the University of the Philippines National Theater before a full [...]
2010 Automated Elections Managing the Change 171.0
Posted by m beduya on February 7, 2010 · 8 Comments
Filipinos are engaged but Tech usability issues can disenfranchise. We have always been enthusiastic about elections with past participation around the 80% range. And Juan voter was well engaged at the Maharlika Elementary School in Taguig as voter, as BEI member, as monitor, as media and, as typical, kibitzer in mock elections to further test [...]
Filed under 2010 Automated Elections, Changes in Institutions, Policy and Regulation from Need, Transparency and Empowerment, Changes in Science, Technology and Engineering from Research, Development, Invention and Optimization, Information and Communication, Mashups - Technology-enabled, Social Enterprise and Innovations, Social Innovation · Tagged with change management, innovation, intensive learning, Philippines, Social Innovation
Embedding Sustainability into Corporate Strategy 159.0
Posted by m beduya on January 17, 2010 · 2 Comments
I have two tales from the grapevine. What used to be at the fringe seems to be moving to the mainstream. Regular corporations may slowly be morphing to social enterprise because it is beginning to make business sense. The First Tale. A new concept is being tried out by some multinationals to replace CSR or [...]
Ashoka Leverages for Social Entrepreneurs 158.0
Ashoka and Bill Drayton seek and nurture social entrepreneurs In 1981, Bill Drayton organized Ashoka: Innovators for the Public to identify first class entrepreneurs with pattern-changing ideas before either were proven and nurture both so that their success hastens development and democratization around the globe. David Bornstein’s 2004 book, “How to Change the World” chronicles [...]
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Global Innovator in Medical Education 153.0
Posted by m beduya on December 26, 2009 · 3 Comments
Dr. Khryss breaks new ground in medical education Dr. Fortunato Cristobal, or Dr. Khryss as he is fondly known, is a globally recognized innovator in medical education. Like many such leaders, he is a stranger in his own land! Since 1998, his school has graduated about 30 students per year of which 80% – 90% [...]
Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics 121.0
Posted by m beduya on October 13, 2009 · 10 Comments
For a way to manage Commons without regulation or privatization Professor Elinor Ostrom, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics, studied how communities managed Commons like grazing lands, pastures and similar natural resources to their advantage. As a political scientist, her theory shows that, with the right information, productive discussion and trust-based institutions, communities [...]
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