SOCIAL IMPACT ACCELERATOR (SIA)

A Program for Companies Committed to Social Impact

The social context in which companies operate has evolved rapidly in the last few years. Employees now expect their companies to do more, be more visible, actively engage with the communities they are a part of and provide a stronger platform for catalyzing much needed social change. In the Social Impact Accelerator (SIA) program, participants generate innovative and socially impactful projects. They develop as leaders to deliver important and impactful outcomes for communities with the awareness and agility to choose and take action from a different range of Perspectives.

Social enterprise projects focus areas:

Health & well-being for employees

Planetary ecological sustainability

Lifelong learning & development

Diversity, equity & inclusion

Food, water & housing

Others

SIA OUTCOMES FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Activated to be sociopreneurial and generated innovative and socially impactful projects
Stand in the positive worldview of VUCA 3.0
- Velocity: create socially impactful outcomes
- Universality: recognize that everything is interconnected
- Co-creation: forge new pathways with internal & external stakeholders
- Attraction-Acceleration: gather & implement aligned action

Developed skills and capabilities of the organization to effectively deal with a complex and rapidly evolving business environment

Increased employee engagement and retention by offering participants to work from a higher purpose

Produced measurable 5-Capital returns on investment

SIA OUTCOMES FOR PARTICIPANTS

Experienced developmental growth in skills & capabilities on the performance continuum of operational-tactical-strategic-unifying (worldview escalator)

Delivered a break-through passion-project that has significant social, organizational and community impact

Developed skills & capabilities to work effectively as a high-performance SIA team member and evolved to a “we together” perspective

Developed skills & capabilities to work effectively as a high-performance SIA team member and evolved to a “we together” perspective

More future ready for the complex technological, business and societal changes that are rapidly emerging

CASE STUDY

GCH is currently delivering a Social Impact Accelerator program within a global pharmaceutical company. The aim is to generate a social and community impact by directly changing patient's lives for the better.

As an illustration, one of the teams in the Leadership Accelerator program is developing strategic solutions that address the global issue of reducing childhood mortality by piloting a program in a selected geography. Through quick iterative cycles, the team

articulated their transformational purpose (Vision)
developed a strategic blueprint document for how to achieve their vision
determined a process for doing desk research to understand the dynamics and parameters of the local situation
created multiple scenarios to engage stakeholders (e.g. end user, business partners and client/customers with funding resources)
identified tracking and monitoring KPIs for success.
presented their case to the CSO and received a go-ahead for the next phase of their project.