“emersense is an evolving social venture – a space for initiatives and visions to become reality… some of them started years ago, some others are just starting now as different friends of emersense are showing interest and committing themselves to grow trees out of the seeds of their dreams.

Our questions to you: How do you see your connection to emersense? Do you see emersense as a space for bringing your passion into reality? As a platform upon which you would like to engage with others? Do you want to co-create emersense as this space for social actions and ventures? Do you want to develop your own emersense venture?”

This is a perspective from emerging sense – a community that regularly brings together diverse value creators and enables the open exchange of their thoughts, ideas and reflections. If you are interested in finding out more about this community please contact us at info@emersense.org.

Today we shared our story of founding and evolving emersense with about 60 students and recent graduates of the Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration). As guests of a weekly lecture we had the opportunity to reflect upon our journey, share our ideas and gather valuable new perspectives on various matters. Finally, the open and inviting setting also allowed further thoughts and conversations within the plenary on getting started as social entrepreneurs in Austria. Our thanks for this great evening to an engaged audience and a very welcoming and open staff.

“In the last five month a word became very popular around the world. From the taxi driver, to the analysts on TV, from the kids playing in the court yard to presidents of states, from the office to the meetings with friends, one word was on everyone’s lips. A word that is bringing fear and negative energy around the world. The word is ‘crisis’.

I have become allergic to this word and its pre-assumed negative connotation. One day I decided to go to its roots and found it in the Greek word ‘krisis’ – which means ‘decisive moment’. With this new interpretation I started to see the immense potential held in these times, the invitation to action, the opportunity for newness. It’s a word that no longer scares me or blocks my thoughts and actions but a word that fills me with energy.

With these thoughts in mind I invite you to see together the potential held in the times of ‘krisis’, the opportunities for our visions and dreams, the actions the world is calling us to take now… in these decisive moments.”

This is a perspective from emerging sense – a community that regularly brings together diverse value creators and enables the open exchange of thoughts, ideas and reflections. If you are interested in finding out more about this community please contact us at info@emersense.org.