Honorary Professor University of Cape Town 

My focus of the past 20 years has been to understand, teach, and help improve how organizations—ranging from micro-enterprises to social enterprises, multinational companies, NGOs, public organizations, and incubators—can innovate their practices, processes, systems, and frameworks to foster, beyond economic goals, the human flourishing of their key stakeholders, particularly of employees and of marginalised groups in society, in Africa and South Asia.

I just completed a five-year research program—funded by an Advanced European Research Council-grant—on purpose-driven organizations, meaningful work, and social impact for marginalised groups in South Asia and Africa, with the findings now published in the leading management and entrepreneurship journals (AMJ, SMJ, Org Science, JBV, ETP). I also founded, directed, and taught core courses in, LSE’s new Master’s in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, with a strong focus on emerging economies. Also, on-site programs to train and facilitate teams of employees to design innovative social business models at dozens of companies and NGOs across West, East, and Southern Africa, South Asia, and South America.

I am currently focusing—with our Social Innovation Lab for Human Flourishing—on generating, innovating, experimenting with, and further improving knowledge and skills that drive positive organizational change for key stakeholders in Africa and South Asia, then share the knowledge and skills globally to support systemic change towards human flourishing. Together with our global team and ecosystem partners—including thought and impact leaders at universities, companies, NGOs, and public organizations across Europe, North America, West, East and Southern Africa, and South Asia.  I split my time equally between the global North and South. 

List of publications.