The Ashoka Executive in Residence program fosters high-impact collaborations between companies and leading social entrepreneurs (Ashoka Fellows) that have the potential to change the dynamics of traditional markets, enhance competitiveness, and create systemic social impact.
“It is an amazing experience working with such a talented and driven individual who is so focused on using innovative thinking and technology to reshape the healthcare industry... I had the opportunity to really dig deeper and gain insight into emerging models that create an enabling environment for healthcare and access to safe and reliable drugs” - EIR Mohamed Bayoumy, Boehringer Ingelheim, Saudi Arabia, and Ashoka Fellow Moka Lantum, founder of iSikCure, Kenya. Read the full interview with EIR alumni Mohamed Bayoumy
Through the Executive in Residence program, corporate executives work on-site with leading social entrepreneurs around the world for a period of from two weeks to six months. During this time with the social entrepreneur, the executive tackles a challenge that is critical to the social entrepreneur’s ability to scale their impact.
Simultaneously, by working with the world’s leading social innovators, the executives bring back lessons learned about new innovations, emerging markets, and leadership techniques. At the end of their on-site placement, the executive and social entrepreneur continue to collaborate virtually and gain the opportunity to create shared value partnerships for their organizations.
BI EIR Michael Doelland Ahoka host Fellow Frank Hoffman, Discovering Hands, Germany
Through this program, companies can:
Gain access to Ashoka’s unparalleled global network of more than 3,000 Ashoka Fellows across more than 90 countries.
Collaborate with Fellows that are applying cutting-edge social innovation to fields such as community development, education, financial services, healthcare, and human rights.
Contribute to exponential social impact through well-defined, high-impact projects with Fellows who are already making a difference.
Lay the groundwork to realize shared value via highly customized placements that match your company’s strategic interests, executive skill sets, and Fellow projects.
Take advantage of Ashoka’s 25 years of experience facilitating pro bono opportunities for executives at Boehringer-Ingelheim, McKinsey & Co., Western Union, and others.
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My pro-bono experience [with Ashoka’s Executive in Residence] has been hugely valuable. I am a more empathic leader, have a deeper understanding of our company’s role in creating social change, and recognize my own power to create positive change in the world... I encourage every corporate leader to contribute their time and skills to the social...
Kiran Shetty
Regional Vice President and Managing Director, India at Western Union Financial Service
As a global senior leader for nearly two decades at Ashoka, Jason is the Executive Director of Ashoka's Spiritual Changemakers Initiative, having led Ashoka’s functions around sourcing, selecting and engaging Ashoka’s world leading social entrepreneurs. Prior, Jason led Ashoka’s Global Talent function, among other roles. Before Ashoka Jason worked with an Ashoka Fellow to enable 12-step spiritual principles and practices for addictions recovery, equity and agency for persons homeless because of addictions. Earlier, he co-launched a transitional home for street youth in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with the Salesians of Don Bosco. His formation also includes strengths-based organizational development, integral coaching, spiritual growth through rites of passage with Illuman.org, and civil engineering. The father of four changemakers, he co-founded Thrive in Relationship with his wife Caroline to foster relational wellbeing and growth for couples worldwide.
Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) and Ashoka have partnered together in promoting innovative solutions to challenging health problems since 2010. By exploring the intersection of social entrepreneurship, employee talent development, and healthcare networks the teams have co-designed "win-win" solutions to global healthcare challenges. Solutions have come through increasing individuals’ access to healthcare and community health issues, especially underserved populations. Over 5 years, the team has supported 75 Making More Health fellows in 47 countries, launched 3 global open-source competitions finding 800+ health innovations worldwide, and engage 10% of BI's global workforce of 45,000.
Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) and Ashoka have partnered together in promoting innovative solutions to challenging health problems since 2010. By exploring the intersection of social entrepreneurship, employee talent development, and healthcare networks the teams have co-designed "win-win" solutions to global healthcare challenges. Solutions have come through increasing individuals’ access to healthcare and community health issues, especially underserved populations. Over 5 years, the team has supported 75 Making More Health fellows in 47 countries, launched 3 global open-source competitions finding 800+ health innovations worldwide, and engage 10% of BI's global workforce of 45,000.
A strategic consulting company, McKinsey & Company creates strategic missions and conducts evaluations of social impact studies for Ashoka and for Fellows around the world. McKinsey & Company also support Ashoka Fellows with personal consultations that will help launch and scale Fellows' strategy and impact.
A strategic consulting company, McKinsey & Company creates strategic missions and conducts evaluations of social impact studies for Ashoka and for Fellows around the world. McKinsey & Company also support Ashoka Fellows with personal consultations that will help launch and scale Fellows' strategy and impact.
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