Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Annual Report 2024 2025

The Harvard executive education module is one of the flagship experiences in the journey of Schwab Foundation awardees. From 15 to 21 March 2025, 37 social innovators gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School campus in Cambridge, US, for this year’s edition of the programme: Leadership for System Change: Delivering Social Impact at Scale, delivered in tandem by the Social Innovation + Change Initiative (SICI) and the Schwab Foundation. The programme is chaired by Schwab Foundation awardee Julie Battilana, Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, US. It features a practitioner-oriented curriculum designed for the Schwab Foundation’s global network of social changemakers across the public, social and private sectors. Throughout the week, renowned faculty members guide social innovators through modules on innovation and scaling, digital transformation, authority and leadership, financing social change, and more. The programme deepens understanding of systems change, identifies ways to scale impact and develops leadership skills. The Motsepe Foundation sponsors participants’ tuition. It is led by Precious Moloi-Motsepe, Deputy Chairman and CEO, and David Rubenstein, Co- Founder and Co-Chairman of the Carlyle Group. The Schwab Foundation thanks them for their generous support of this programme. Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education 2025 Leadership for System Change: Delivering Social Impact at Scale Image: The module aims to deepen social innovators’ understanding of systems change, identify ways to scale their impact, and develop leadership skills that will accelerate their efforts as social impact leaders. Credit: Harvard Kennedy School 40 Schwab Foundation Annual Report 2024–2025