22/09/2025
๐ฑ "๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ผ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ โ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด."
โ Lisa Umann, Senior Consultant in Sustainability Services at BDO
As a participant in our 23rd Capability Program, Lisa spent a week in rural Sri Lanka co-creating a social enterprise to improve the livelihood of over 1,000 farming families.
What she found? A once-in-a-lifetime experience that deeply challenged and changed her โ personally and professionally.
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ.โ
Lisa learned to trust the process, to let go of control, and to create in uncertainty โ applying design thinking and business modeling to solve real-world challenges alongside a diverse, purpose-driven team.
โ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ โ ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ-๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ โ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ.โ
๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐
๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, Lisaโs team is now ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ turning ideas into action and impact.
๐ก ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต?
Applications for our 24th Capability Program (starting April 2026) are now open. Step out of your comfort zone, work across cultures, and build a social enterprise with measurable impact โ in just 6 months.
๐ Find out more in the first comment to this post and apply for next year.