The number one piece of advice a consultant at World Bank gave to the next generation of development professionals was to invest in skills development and continuously up-skill. Yet, the path of There’s no harm in sharing our failures. The only thing at stake is our egos. But too much embrace to failure suggests a thwarted glory. I pitched my candidacy as a social intrapreneur for 2020 cohort of Acumen India Fellows program. I got rejection in the last stage of flagship program during December 2019. I am learning each day how to be unburdened by historical failure and not becoming ecstatic with a minor success.
Acumen India launched virtual bootcamp in January 2020 going beyond the flagship Program. I got selected today for inaugural Acumen Leadership Bootcamp in India. The Bootcamp will be a 6 – 8 week cohort based learning program, with a combination of individual / paired assignments and group calls. I will be summarizing my cumulative experiences at the end of course from the network of innovative, passionate, and socially minded people.
I am looking towards ideas based on verifiable evidence and weed out bad ideas from thought system. Often ideas that are most significant are bad ideas, but nevertheless exert psychological, sociological, and political power. Other than that I am looking towards networking for a joint micro-venture/study/volunteerism. See, incentive for networking, as you know, is like gravity: all it takes is a little push! Will update the readers with the insights post completion of the course.
Brief about Acumen: Acumen was founded in 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz with the idea that poverty can tackled by investing philanthropy rather than giving it as a charity. In 2013, Acumen started to synthesize work in both investing and leadership training to offer online courses through Acumen Academy. Those who are more interested can read Acumen Manifesto first to dive deeper.
Acumen India launched virtual bootcamp in January 2020 going beyond the flagship Program. I got selected today for inaugural Acumen Leadership Bootcamp in India. The Bootcamp will be a 6 – 8 week cohort based learning program, with a combination of individual / paired assignments and group calls. I will be summarizing my cumulative experiences at the end of course from the network of innovative, passionate, and socially minded people.
I am looking towards ideas based on verifiable evidence and weed out bad ideas from thought system. Often ideas that are most significant are bad ideas, but nevertheless exert psychological, sociological, and political power. Other than that I am looking towards networking for a joint micro-venture/study/volunteerism. See, incentive for networking, as you know, is like gravity: all it takes is a little push! Will update the readers with the insights post completion of the course.
Brief about Acumen: Acumen was founded in 2001 by Jacqueline Novogratz with the idea that poverty can tackled by investing philanthropy rather than giving it as a charity. In 2013, Acumen started to synthesize work in both investing and leadership training to offer online courses through Acumen Academy. Those who are more interested can read Acumen Manifesto first to dive deeper.
