Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

In a recent article, Cecilia Corral, 2025 Social Entrepreneur of the Year and Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of CareMessage shared "Five things you need to know to successfully create technology that can make a positive social impact”: 1. Understand the Problem: Elevate the voices of those affected by the issue. Incorporating their lived experiences can reshape your approach. 2. Fall in Love with the Problem and Not the Solution**: Stay focused on addressing the real problem rather than forcing solutions that may not align. 3. Validate Your Impact: Measure whether your solution is effective and truly driving the desired change, especially in fields like healthcare. 4. Be Honest About What Is and Is Not Working: Transparency with your data will allow you to learn, grow, and iterate towards better solutions. 5. Remain Persistent, It’s a Long Road: Social change is a long journey. It requires sustained effort to navigate complex inequities that have existed for generations. Remember, the seeds we plant may grow into trees long after we’re gone. What would you add to the list? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eFaTy2BD #SocialImpact #TechForGood #SocialInnovation

The Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance unites 30 Indigenous nations across borders to protect 86M acres of rainforest. This initiative is setting a global precedent for biodiversity conservation, Indigenous sovereignty, and climate action. 📖 Learn more about collective social innovation in The Future is Collective: https://lnkd.in/eGAb6KSB 📖 Read the full case study of Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance: https://lnkd.in/eZZZUacD Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship World Economic Forum #SocialInnovation #Collective #Action

Introducing the Young Global Leaders Class of 2025. This year, we welcome over 100 exceptional individuals into our community. These leaders bring not only achievement, but the insight, curiosity and courage needed to navigate today’s complexities. Drawn from across sectors and geographies, the Class of 2025 reflects the spirit of our work: a global platform for those ready to lead with integrity, collaboration and purpose. Discover the full class: https://lnkd.in/epVdBSQD

India’s Shikshagraha movement is proving that small, community-led micro-improvements can create large-scale education reform. ✔ Punjab moved from a bottom-ranked to #1 education system in India. ✔ Scaling to 1M schools, impacting 150M children. ✔ A model for bottom-up systemic change in public education. 📖 Learn more in The Future is Collective: https://lnkd.in/eGAb6KSB 📖 Read the full case study of Shikshagraha: https://lnkd.in/eZZZUacD Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship World Economic Forum #SocialInnovation #Collective #Action Khushboo Awasthi

I had the honor 2 weeks ago to attend Harvard Kennedy School to immerse myself in learning how to be a better leader and how to scale our impact and our innovations faster to reach more people. I have been in the trenches of building LifeBank for years and it meant so much to me to go to school to retool and prepare myself for our next phase of growth. I am so thankful to my class mates, our teachers, and the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship for this amazing opportunity. My class mates are world class mission aligned leaders, and I was so fortunate to get to learn from them. Thrilled to use all these tools to build a truly mission focused juggernaut.

Our next webinar is here! Register for it now- Mental Health Collaboration Webinar- Community Health Worker Selection: A Practical Knowledge-Sharing Session 15 April 2025 : 14:00 (BST) / 15:00 (CEST) This webinar will focus on sharing knowledge and best practices for selecting Community Health Workers (CHWs) in mental health interventions. We will discuss criteria, common challenges, and strategies for managing the selection process, especially when working with government/partner organizations. The session will end with a facilitated group conversation and the opportunity to develop a collective resource for community health worker selection and share experiences. Join Anita Kaslin from Vida Plena, and Teddy Zvirawa from Zvandiri for this exciting talk!   Register here:   https://lnkd.in/gGukwtJG 

Informal workers are essential to the economy but lack legal protections. StreetNet International is securing policy wins and economic rights for street vendors in 55 countries. ✔ Stopping unfair evictions and harassment. ✔ Strengthening worker organizations to advocate for better conditions. ✔ Ensuring legal recognition of informal work. 📖 Learn how informal economy workers are shaping policy in The Future is Collective: https://lnkd.in/eGAb6KSB 📖 Read the full case study of StreetNet International: https://lnkd.in/eZZZUacD Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship World Economic Forum #SocialInnovation #Collective #Action

"We need to understand how to mobilize new technology to support smallholder farmers at scale in Central and West Africa." This powerful insight comes from Abraham Baffoe, Executive Director at Proforest, in our latest discussion. As an award winner of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, Abraham Baffoe emphasizes the critical role of technology and AI in advancing sustainable farming practices across Africa. Read his full perspective on the importance of investing in innovation to transform agriculture and support smallholder farmers. #SustainableFarming #Agriculture #Farmers #Africa #Innovation #Proforest #TropicalForestAlliance

Today is publication date for my sixth book, "Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems: The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement.” 🎉 As I say in the Introduction, "I was used to thinking about systems transformation in terms of exceptional, compressed, high-level, elegant, heroic, macro efforts. But Trevor Manuel [a South African activist, politician, and businessman] had spoken about it to me in terms of everyday, extended, on-the-ground, messy, collective, micro conversations. I realized that systems transformation looks different to a peripheral observer and facilitator like me as compared to a central protagonist like him. This is when I started to wonder about everyday habits for transforming systems, and to realize that I needed to write this book—not only for others but for myself." I wrote about this subject that I didn't understand, by talking with tens of brilliant "systems transformers" around the world (starting with this conversation with Trevor), and also by engaging with 300+ friends and colleagues here on LinkedIn (all of you acknowledged by name in the book). Thank you all! 🙏 And: approximately 10,000 new books are published every day in the US alone, which makes it hard for a new one to get noticed. You would help this book a lot if you would post about it on your social media: here is the book page you can link to (https://lnkd.in/dqmsxYkr) and here is a LinkedIn post that you can repost (https://lnkd.in/dky7jDhR). Please also leave a review on Amazon (https://lnkd.in/dukH2fPB) and Goodreads (https://lnkd.in/dgmKgrpE), as potential readers pay attention to these sites.

✨ Today we celebrate the official publication date for “Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems: The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement” ✨ “This book is for everyone who wants to create a better world… For all of you who want to contribute to creating a world with more connection, agency, and justice, and less fragmentation, oppression, and inequity. This is for you. This is for us.” —Adam Kahane, Director of Reos Partners and author of “Everday Habits for Transforming Systems” ➡️ Read more and order your copy here: https://hubs.li/Q03gmXfR0 📸 Photo taken by Adam at a pre-launch workshop for "Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems” in January 2025 with Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship awardees at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. Berrett-Koehler Publishers