Ep. 146: Carsten Rübsaamen, how is Social Entrepreneurship connected to Organizational Transformation? (Live)

In this episode of Leaders Talk Live, Karsten sits down with Dr. Carsten Rübsaamen, founder and CEO of BOOKBRIDGE, to explore how social impact projects can serve as deliberate developmental spaces for leadership and organizational transformation. The conversation goes beyond impact as a moral add-on, it examines how working on real societal challenges in unfamiliar, high-stakes environments creates the conditions for genuine vertical development.What happens when leaders stop simulating and start doing? And what does a changed person do when they return to anunchanged organization? An energizing and thought-provoking conversation about purpose, failure, and the kind of learning that sticks.Topics in this episode:·      The idea behind BOOKBRIDGE (2:45)·      Different program formats and how they work (7:00)·      The WHU partnership and the Changemaker Program (13:55)·      The Campfire vision (18:30)·      What companies expect and what they actually get (22:50)·      The Uganda Program (24:00)·      What happens after the experience (26:05)·      Vision for the future (32:30)·      Reflections (39:10)Further Links: https://www.bookbridge.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsten-r%C3%BCbsaamen/https://www.cosmikk-foundation.org/What are your thoughts? Share your reflections in the comments. If you have suggestions for inspiring guests forLeaders Talk, feel free to write to ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠.Guest: Dr. Carsten RübsaamenHost: Karsten DrathProduction & Editing: Hannah Jandl & Konradin SchuchterResearch & Preparation: Antonia Kaiser