From Classrooms to Communities: INSEAD’s Story of Impact Entrepreneurship

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5 minutes
March 17, 2025

INSEAD, a member of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), is a supporter of impact entrepreneurship ecosystems. Its flagship Social Entrepreneurship Programme (ISEP) - now Hans Wahl Impact Entrepreneurship Programme (HWIEP), named after its longstanding director and human rights activist Hans Wahl, was founded in 2006. Dr. Jasjit Singh, INSEAD Professor of Strategy, has been the lead faculty and the Programme Director of INSEAD Impact Entrepreneurship programme, and one of the top researchers in the fields of impact entrepreneurship, impact investing and innovation. Today, almost 20 years later, INSEAD’s impact entrepreneurship programme is a global leader in the dynamic field of impact entrepreneurship and impact driven business. The course blends the deep academic knowledge of INSEAD faculty with practitioners’ expertise, also providing peer-learning opportunities through a unique collaboration with the ChangeNOW Summit, Paris.

Katell Le Goulven, the Programme Director of HWIEP and the Founding Executive Director of INSEAD Hoffmann Institute, explains: “As educators, our objective through this programme is to help and equip changemakers so they can scale their impact. Perfectly aligned with the mission and values of INSEAD...my objective is to help grow the impact entrepreneurship sector.”

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