Bosch Alumni Network - Driving Change
This publication provides an overview of the people, projects and topics within the network. It showcases its diversity and potentials and outlines opportunities to get involved.
This publication provides an overview of the people, projects and topics within the network. It showcases its diversity and potentials and outlines opportunities to get involved.
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The Social Innovation Summit is a two-day international event that addresses relevant topics<br />
in the field of social innovation and social entrepreneurship. “<strong>Change</strong>makerXchange” alumnus<br />
Joshua Musasizi received a grant for visiting the event and left us with his impressions.<br />
Three questions for Joshua<br />
Why did you want to participate<br />
in the Social Innovation Summit<br />
2018?<br />
Because I am a social entrepreneur<br />
from Uganda, my major aim was to<br />
tap into the European social entrepreneurship<br />
ecosystem. I wanted<br />
to meet renowned social entrepreneurs<br />
to learn from their experiences<br />
and, possibly, get advice for our<br />
Icon-project, “The Farmer’s Market<br />
Technology,” on how to connect rural<br />
smallholder farmers to the market<br />
using technology.<br />
What was the top lesson you<br />
learned from the Summit?<br />
I learned that scaling a concept,<br />
rather than scaling an organization<br />
requires a major mindset shift in<br />
the social entrepreneurship sector.<br />
I also learned that systems change<br />
starts by debunking conventional<br />
wisdoms in an evidence-based way.<br />
What surprised you at the<br />
Summit?<br />
My biggest surprise was the opportunity<br />
to reconnect with fellows and<br />
alumni of “<strong>Change</strong>makerXchange.”<br />
For example, the Social Innovation<br />
Academy of fellow Etienne Salborn<br />
is giving skills to the vulnerable<br />
youth and turning them into social<br />
entrepreneurs, which really amazed<br />
me. We agreed to help one another<br />
by strengthening our existing projects<br />
through sharing ideas.<br />
Joshua is the co-founder of the social entrepreneurship<br />
platform “The Icon Group” that<br />
offers experiential learning and inspiration<br />
to the start-up scene in East Africa.<br />
Susanne Kitlinski is an alumna of the<br />
“Lectureship Program.” She is an entrepreneur<br />
with a focus on fundraising, social<br />
entrepreneurship and education for sustainable<br />
development. Here she reports<br />
in images and text on the ideas she took<br />
home from the Social Innovation Summit<br />
2018:<br />
“In her keynote speech, ‘Systems Entrepreneurship,’<br />
Katherine Milligan (director<br />
and head of the Schwab Foundation for<br />
<strong>Alumni</strong> of “<strong>Change</strong>makerXchange” in Stuttgart.<br />
Social Entrepreneurship) illuminated the<br />
systematic approach for social entrepreneurs<br />
with exact precision. She pro posed<br />
that, assuming every system is composed<br />
of elements, connections and a purpose,<br />
small organizations and businesses can<br />
also contribute to a systematic change.<br />
Personally, I was particularly interested in<br />
the question of which concrete courses of<br />
action we can utilize to do so. I captured<br />
these in my graphic recording as five insights.“<br />
Interview: Nina Linkel | Photo: Joshua Musasizi | Illustration: Susanne Kitlinski<br />
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