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Platforms for Social Change
Guest Lecture for GIBS MBA
Leadership & Corporate Accountability
Mahmood Sonday
co-founder & managing partner
Top Quartile Project ServicesAfrica
twitter: @mahmoodsonday
#_mustfall
superpowers and horror stories
vuca
pick a complex (business) problem
classroom exercise
dominant sector logic
<> business <> government <> civil society <>
unpacking state dynamics
(Sonday & Prangley-Wilson, 2016, Journal of Business Ethics)
Convene stakeholders
(social)
Provide a neutral platform
(space)
Interpret & translate
(facilitate)
Catalyse innovation
(experiment)
what intermediaries offer
create partnership platforms
(Sonday & Prangley-Wilson, 2016, Journal of Business Ethics)
what intermediaries look like
IfYouWantTo Go Fast, Go Alone.
IfYouWantTo Go Far, GoTogether.
African Proverb

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