I am excited to share these stories of making impact with you,
as the generation of innovators and entrepreneurs
taking powerful action for the planet
as the generation of innovators and entrepreneurs
taking powerful action for the planet
I liked this because I was able to express my creativity. It was also very interactive, fun and the same time I learned a lot. It taught me how to create ideas from a starting point which helped me in other subjects. I recommend it to students and young business people because it helps you to create ideas, think more creatively and use visual maps to think more efficiently." Yr 8 student, St George's International School of Switzerland |
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Increasing creativity for innovative investing in the SDGs
Turning the SDGs into reality will take innovative, courageous and dynamic investing. For participants taking part in the Certificate of Advanced Studies in SDG Investing at The Graduate Institute in Geneva, immersion into the UN SDGs starts on Day 1. And I was there to run an introductory Flow In Action Innovation & Impact Challenge with the group. Read More.
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A flourishing planet starts with your creativity
Your unique blend of imagination and creativity, is the starting point for creating solutions for a flourishing planet. As a speaker at the International Symposium on the Real-World Impact of Creativity, hosted by Webster University Geneva’s Center for Creativity & Innovation, on 6th December 2019, I shared the why, how and what of my work using wellbeing tools with innovation challenges to inspire radical solutions for a flourishing planet. Read More.
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Young people take climate action in the mountains
Running a Flow In Action Innovation Challenge Workshop with students at Verbier International School (VIS) in November 2019, focused on equipping them with the right tools for taking climate action in their local community. For this school in the Swiss Alps, that means exploring how to make their local ski resorts sustainable. Read More.
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Using wellbeing tools to increase innovation in start-up entrepreneurship
A new generation of start-up youth entrepreneurs want to create powerful solutions for a flourishing planet, that means being more creative and innovative than ever in ideas for products and services which challenge the status quo in competitive markets. To give them the tools to deepen creativity and unlock innovation, I ran a Flow In Action Innovation Challenge Workshop in collaboration with Webster University Geneva’s Center for Creativity & Innovation (WCCI), during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2019 in Geneva. Read More
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Supporting entrepreneurs with a resilience toolkit
Entrepreneurship journeys are full of challenges on a daily basis. To go fast and far on this journey, you need to be resilient. In this Flow In Action Resilience Workshop, I worked with entrepreneurs from EPFL Innovation Park to embed a resilience toolkit.
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Exploring social entrepreneurship with Beau Soleil students
To celebrate the 110th Anniversary of College Alpine Beau Soleil in 2020, students from Year 7-9 worked on a social entrepreneurship project, coming up with a sustainable celebration product for the school community and Alumni, selling it to fundraise for good causes. To support them, I ran a Flow In Action Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop, connecting them to their creativity, mapping their ideas to the UN SDGs and into value propositions, ready to pitch. Read More.
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Inspiring Ecolint GB students to design a sustainable school campus
Getting young people involved in achieving SDG 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities, means exploring how to take action at a local level in their communities. On 24th June 2019, Ecolint La Grande Boissière Year 11 took a Flow In Action Innovation Challenge Workshop, exploring how to make their school campus sustainable. Read More.
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Exploring social entrepreneurship as an Expert Panel Member at the UN INFOCUS Conference
On Wednesday 12th June 2019, I was delighted to be an expert panel speaker at the #INFOCUS Conference 2019 at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva, talking about social entrepreneurship as a tool for engaging and supporting young people. Read More.
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Students invent ways to clean up Delhi’s air pollution
In March 2019, I welcomed a student group from The British School - New Delhi to a Flow In Action Youth Entrepreneurship Workshop run in collaboration with UNCTAD-DIAE at the UN Palais des Nations. We explored achieving SDG-11 at a local level in their school and community with innovative ideas to stop air pollution. Read More.
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A toolkit for engaging young people as problem-solvers for the planet
Sponsored by Symbiotics SA, I designed the Student Ideas Challenge, as part of the Empretec Women in Business Awards 2018, to engage young people ages 8-18 years as future innovators and entrepreneurs. It was created as a toolkit, in collaboration with UNCTAD, distributing it as a pack to schools; inviting young people to respond to five innovation challenges linked to SDGs 2, 4, 5, 11 and 12. Read More
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Raising awareness about the SDGs: teaching my method to MBA students at Grenoble Ecole de Management
As MBA students taking the sustainability specialisation at Grenoble Ecole de Management, their exploration is about how to engage colleagues and implement sustainability solutions in their workplaces or entrepreneurial ventures. As visiting faculty, I ran a Flow In Action Innovation Challenge to teach my method on raising awareness in business environments.. Read More.
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Building resilience with refugee & migrant start-up entrepreneurs at Capacity Zurich
In April 2019, I delivered a Flow In Action Resilience Workshop for the young entrepreneurs participating in Capacity Zurich’s Incubator Programme for entrepreneurs with refugee and migrant backgrounds. Being resilient is something we can all learn, develop and deepen; and resilience on the journey of entrepreneurship is essential. Read More.
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Supporting young entrepreneurs from developing countries to pitch their ideas at the UN in Geneva
The Start-Ups for SDGs Youth Pitching event took place at the UN Palais des Nations, during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2018, welcoming 12 young entrepreneurs from around the world. I worked with UNCTAD - Division of Investment & Enterprise (DIAE) to organise and deliver the event, training the young entrepreneurs in resilience and pitching; and hosted the event held in Hall IV. Read More.
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Building empathy with a water carry: young people take action with their innovative ideas
In 2017/2018, I ran a series of Flow In Action Innovation & Impact Challenges for students (ages 11-16) at Verbier International School, during each school term. Each challenge was designed to increase their understanding of how they could take action as global citizens, using design thinking as a process to connect with creativity and come up with innovative ideas. Here's how we explored SDG 6 and World Water Day 22nd March. Read More.
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Supporting start-up entrepreneurs in Amman, Jordan
In December 2018, I was an expert panel member evaluating pitches at this youth entrepreneurship pitching event for the Hult Prize Local Round held at the Amman Applied Science University. Read More.
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Building resilience with young entrepreneurs at the UN
I started collaborating with UNCTAD - Division of Investment & Enterprise (DIAE) in 2017, supporting the 10 young entrepreneurs from developing countries selected for the Start-Ups for SDGs event with pitch preparation over their week in Geneva, during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2017. Read More.
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An Innovation Challenge for children: how to clean microplastics from the ocean
In a Flow In Action Innovation & Impact Challenge Workshop at Soft-Space in Geneva, I worked with a group of bi-lingual children (French/English) with a challenge on cleaning the oceans of microplastics. Working in collaboration with Aurore Bui, Founder of Soft-Web, we explored SDG 14 - Life Under Water. Read More.
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Do you want to lead the way to flourishing futures?
Get in touch to get started
E: elaine@flowinaction.org T: +41 (0) 765 673 870
Get in touch to get started
E: elaine@flowinaction.org T: +41 (0) 765 673 870