Forging communities of practice

Experience

A collaboration between Dharma Life, the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development at the London Business School and Siriti, the Lab leverages local relationships, digital connectedness and real-time insights to drive impact at scale. The insights from its work are brought alive through a series of virtual roundtables - the “Voice of the Village” - which bring together the rural community with global partners as equals. The objective of these roundtables is to create inclusive communities of practice to help villagers lead themselves and their communities on the path of progress.

Experience

A formal collaboration between the Wheeler Institute and FCDO (formerly known as UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID).

By bringing together FCDO’s vast experience in supporting technical innovations with the Wheeler Institute’s ability to apply a business lens to development outcomes, this grant- supported initiative will seek to develop practical insights on how digital technology can be used effectively to achieve development impact.

The project will seek to make practical contributions to the debate on how technology can support development goals.

Experience

The Wheeler Institute and LBS Economics have joined the Economics Observatory (ECO), a collective and cross-institutional initiative by the major UK research institutions.

The articles are written for policy-makers, the media, the public, students and teachers who are interested in the economics of Covid-19 and the implications for households, organisations and public policy.

The Economics Observatory brings together economists from institutions all over the UK to help to write the individual answers under a team of Lead Editors who will help to steer the direction of the initiative.

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Experience

A collaboration between the Wheeler Institute and The Africa List reporting on how business leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia navigate and perceive opportunities and challenges.

This report aims to reframe views on macroeconomic issues.

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The Africa List is an invitation-only community of next generation CEOs in Africa’s most exciting growth markets.

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Experience

A Wheeler Institute initiative involving London Business School students engaging with business challenges of local Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement local societies. Examples of projects:

• Hosted by Danish Red Cross: Assessing the risks involved with Community Inclusion Currencies (pilot in Malawi)
• Hosted by Kenya Red Cross: Business development and growth strategy for commercial operations (pilot in Kenya)
• Hosted by Asia Pacific office of the IFRC and Red Crescent Societies in Kuala Lumpur: Business development of a newly established humanitarian field school (pilot in Malaysia)

Our ongoing projects

Experience

A Wheeler Institute initiative that provides opportunities for members of the ALA community to participate in conferences, workshops and student-led initiatives on-campus.

The African Leadership Academy seeks to transform Africa by developing a powerful network of leaders who will work together to address Africa’s greatest challenges, achieve extraordinary social impact, and accelerate the continent’s growth trajectory.

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Experience

We facilitate opportunities to profile the work of GROW Movement on campus among the student body.

GROW Movement alleviates poverty by helping African entrepreneurs build their businesses. Their volunteers are business professionals who offer consultancy sessions for free.

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Experience

Wheeler Institute faculty engage Educate Girls in the Global Experience for MBA students in Mumbai.

We host Educate Girls events on campus, to highlight and spark debate amoung our Wheeler Institute community about social issues that can be addressed by business.

Educate Girls’ is a non-profit that focusses on mobilising communities for girls’ education in India’s rural and educationally backward areas.

Strongly aligned with the ‘Right to Education Act’ or the ‘Samagra Siksha’, Educate Girls is committed to the Government’s vision to improve access to primary education for children, especially young girls.

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