The Acumen Way New Leadership for a New World John McKinley
Where ¡it ¡started… ¡
Create ¡a ¡world ¡beyond ¡poverty ¡ ¡ Imagine ¡a ¡world ¡beyond ¡poverty ¡ Mission Acumen ¡Fund ¡ Inves-ng ¡in ¡social ¡enterprises, ¡ emerging ¡leaders ¡and ¡breakthrough ¡ ideas ¡
Invest in companies
Patient Raise philanthropic dollars Capital Identify enterprises Share successes and lessons Invest Scale businesses Provide managerial assistance
Our investments create access to basic services for the poor Water & Sanitation Energy Education Housing Health Agriculture 9
Pakistan + + India + West Africa East Africa +
Cumulative impact $81 million 72 companies 100 million individuals reached 57,000 jobs created
Invest in leaders
Global Fellows Program
Global Fellows Program Design 9 ¡MONTHS ¡ 2 ¡MONTHS ¡ TRAINING FIELD PLACEMENT
Seeing Results JOCELYN ASIM ERIC GAMU Exec. Dir., IDEO.org Social entrepreneur Bamboo Finance Youth Entrepreneurship SURAJ JOSEPHAT CATHERINE ADRIEN Acumen Fund Dir., VECO-Uganda Acumen Fund Partner, Dalberg MARIO JOANNA KHURAM RAM Edu-preneur Endeavor Omidyar Network Bridge Int’l Academies HEIDI BRYAN BAVIDRA JAWAD COO, New Island Cap. Social entrepreneur Social entrepreneur CEO, AMC
Regional Fellows Program
Pakistan Fellows Program West Africa Fellows India Fellows Program Program East Africa Fellows Program
Scaling with +acumen
Moral Imagination Financial Operational Skills Skills The “Acumen Way”
HUMILITY • Possess deep self awareness • Build empathy • Build relationships across lines of difference AUDACITY • Take risks-experiment-fail-repeat • Generosity • Lead on the edges • Values driven action Moral imagination 20 ¡
Operational Skills Moral Imagination Financial Skills Curriculum
Everyday Barriers
Good Society Seminar
Online curriculum Pilot course: Acumen Leadership Essentials 2012 We want more people to be able to “add acumen” to their lives and then empower them to change the world in their own way 24
Number trained / year 10,000 ¡ +acumen online 1,000 ¡ +acumen chapters 100 ¡ Regional Fellows (in 5 geographies) 10 ¡ Global Fellows
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