ONLINE COURSE 🇫🇷 🇺🇸 🇪🇸
BECOME A CHANGEMAKER
A 4-Week free online course to build your career with impact and purpose, available on Coursera
Created by HEC Paris and Ticket for Change
+20 inspiring examples, personal feedback, exercices: everything is there to give you the means to take action
GET INSPIRED AND TAKE ACTION
At the end of this online course you will
UNDERSTAND
key social & environnemental challenges
DISCOVER
inspiring examples
BENEFIT FROM
advice shared by 21 pioneers in 9 different countries
BETTER KNOW YOURSELF
TAKE ACTION!
YOUR JOURNEY
4 WEEKS TO BECOME A CHANGEMAKER
CHAPTER 1
Discover the different paths to become a changemaker through your job
CHAPTER 2
Understand the world’s biggest challenges and define the one you would the most like to tackle
CHAPTER 3
Discover your purpose and choose your unique way of becoming a changemaker by working around your Ikigai
CHAPTER 4
Choose your career path between social entrepreneur, impact employee or corporate changemaker
GET INSPIRED FROM PIONEERS
Camila Olmedo Mendez
Bolivia 🇧🇴
Camila, a Bolivian social entrepreneur, co-founded START Americas Together and created El Agua Es Oro, a project offering mobile laundry and water recycling to improve peri-urban water access. Now Sustainability Manager at ECOM Latin America, she builds sustainable coffee and cocoa supply chains.
Jigyasa Labroo
India 🇮🇳
Jigyasa, co-founder and CEO of Slam Out Loud, uses performance and visual arts to teach SEL skills to underserved children. A KC Mahindra scholar at Harvard, she’s in Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022) and Innovator of the Year (2023, HundrED). Passionate about self-expression, she loves music, travel, and coaching.
Eric Windeler
Canada 🇨🇦
Eric, a Canadian social entrepreneur, founded Jack.org, a national charity dedicated to peer-to-peer mental health education and empowering young leaders to improve the system. He’s a Champion of Mental Health, a CAMH Difference Maker, and holds an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University.
Emmanuel FABER
France 🇫🇷
A French business leader, he led Danone as CEO, driving its shift towards social and environmental responsibility. Now a partner at Astanor Ventures, specializing in agrifood start-ups, he also presides over ISSB. Author of four books, including Chemins de traverse: Vivre l’économie autrement.
Almaaz Mudaly
South Africa 🇿🇦
Almaaz, a South African climate activist and grade 9 student at Roedean School, is High School Liaison for SAIIA’s Youth Climate Action Plan. A multi-award-winning debater, she influences policies and leaders globally and regularly speaks at national and international events on climate change and youth inclusion.
Mavie Ungco
The Philippines 🇵🇭
She is a Filipino social entrepreneur and CEO of Teach for the Philippines, part of the Teach for All Global Network. The organization drives quality education for Filipino children by empowering leaders to improve student outcomes and reform public schools, impacting over 300 teachers and community leaders nationwide.
Tarik Chekchak
France 🇫🇷
Tarik, a French ecological engineer, specializes in marine management and biomimicry for eco-innovation at Pikaia. Director at the Institute for Desirable Futures, he teaches biomimicry and biodiversity. A founding member of CEEBIOS and polar expedition leader, he authored Is the animal the future of man?.
Stéphane Aouely
Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮
A senior bilingual business executive, he advocates for an African economic revolution through inclusive business models. Focused on access to energy, financial services, and education as human rights, he specializes in financial inclusion, business model innovation, and development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Hugo Paul
France 🇫🇷
He is a young French activist. Member of the Youth Committee and Youth Fellow LearningPlanet, he created Into The Tribes, a project exploring learning communities around the world.
Lan Anh Vu Hong
France
Lan Anh, author of 100 Gestures to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint, transitioned from digital marketing to training individuals and companies on climate and ecological issues. She helps drive action for a more sustainable and desirable future.
Iva Tsolova
Bulgaria 🇧🇬
She is a Bulgarian social entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CEO of JAMBA – Career For All, which supports individuals with disabilities in developing skills for labor market inclusion. JAMBA also trains businesses and manages the recruitment process. She was named one of Forbes Europe’s 30 Under 30 and won The John Atanasoff Award.
Emery Jacquillat
France 🇫🇷
He is a French social entrepreneur, founder of Matelsom, the first online bedding sales site. In 2009, he relaunched Camif with a positive impact business model. He also co-created the Community of Companies with a mission, gathering over 1,000 companies. Emery co-authored Entreprises à mission et raison d’être.
Matthieu Dardaillon
France 🇫🇷
He is a French social entrepreneur, co-founder of Ticket for Change and an Ashoka Fellow since 2016. He co-initiated the coalition Grandes Ecoles de la Transition, is a board member of Mouvement Impact France, and co-president of the Convention des Entreprises pour le Climat. He authored three books, including Activate your talents, they can change the world!
Vishal Talreja
India 🇮🇳
Vishal, an Indian social entrepreneur, co-founded Dream a Dream, a non-profit transforming education for over 260 million children. Since 1999, it empowers vulnerable youth to thrive across 9 Indian states, impacting 2.2 million children and 44,000 educators. Vishal is an Ashoka Fellow and mentor to young social entrepreneurs.
Hubert de Boisredon
France 🇫🇷
Hubert de Boisredon, a committed French entrepreneur, became CEO of Armor Group in 2004. He led a major transformation, focusing on employee recapitalization, internationalization, and addressing future societal challenges. Armor is now a global leader in product traceability, printing consumables, and ecological transition.
Joséphine BOUCHEZ
France 🇫🇷
Joséphine, a French social entrepreneur, co-founded Ticket for Change in 2014 to inspire people to become changemakers. With a background from ESCP & HEC and experience in large companies, she now leads the organization as CEO. She co-wrote What do you do for a living? Your work can make a difference for the planet and society.
Jade Mauzat
France 🇫🇷
Jade, a French corporate changemaker, is an agronomy engineer and sustainability specialist. She began her career as Agri-foodchain manager at Les Prés Rient Bio, known for « Les 2 Vaches ». In 2022, she became Sustainable Sourcing Manager for Danone worldwide.
Deborah Keraghel
France 🇫🇷
Deborah is the Executive Director of the MSc in Sustainability & Social Innovation at HEC Paris. She has worked with impactful organizations in Chile, including InnSania SpA and Apoidea, and as a Business Developer at Universidad Federico Santa María. The master’s program trains aspiring changemakers to foster sustainable practices in society and business.
Mickaël Cornou
France 🇫🇷
Mickaël, a French impact manager, is the Marketing Director for Interface in Northern and Southern Europe. A sustainability ambassador, he raises awareness on environmental issues within sales teams. Interface’s mission, Climate Take Back, aims to combat global warming and achieve carbon-negative status by 2040.
Christelle Bitouzet
France 🇫🇷
Christelle is an Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris, teaching in various executive programs. With a background in consulting and roles in large international groups, she specializes in change management, team mobilization, multicultural management, and CSR. She is also a partner in a consulting firm focused on sustainable development and stakeholder relations.
Eloïc Peyrach
France 🇫🇷
Eloïc is a Professor of Economics at HEC Paris since 2003 and the founder of its Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center. Appointed Director General and Dean in 2021, he is a board member of various companies and non-profits. He also chairs a foundation supporting social mobility through education.
Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot
France 🇫🇷
Bénédicte is an associate professor of strategy at HEC Paris and co-founder of the S&O Institute, focused on rethinking business’s role in society. She co-created the Master in Sustainable Development at HEC in 2003 and founded the HEC Social Business/Enterprise and Poverty Chair and Action Tank for social innovation.
Louis-Xavier Leca
France 🇫🇷
Louis-Xavier is a French social entrepreneur who founded La Cloche, which created Le Carillon, a nationwide solidarity network. Le Carillon strengthens social ties by facilitating the exchange of services and goods between homeless and non-homeless people. He is also an Ashoka Fellow.
Thomas Lemasle
France 🇫🇷
Thomas is a French social entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Oé, an organic wine brand focused on sustainable viticulture across all production stages. He is also an alumnus of the first Ticket for Change MOOC and HEC.
Romain Briat
France 🇫🇷
Romain Briat is the Executive Director of the Purpose Center at HEC Paris within the Society & Organizations Institute, an interdisciplinary center where professors and researchers put societal and environmental issues at the heart of their research, teaching and experimentation for companies.
Rodolphe Durand
France 🇫🇷
Rodolphe is the Joly Family Chaired Professor in Purposeful Leadership at HEC Paris and academic director of the Society and Organizations Institute, which he founded in 2009. His research focuses on competitive advantage and the cognitive and normative factors affecting organizational performance.
Gilles Vermot-Desroches
France 🇫🇷
Gilles is the Director of Sustainable Development at Schneider Electric since 2000, overseeing the ‘Access to Energy’ program and UN & French Institutional Affairs. He is President of « 100 Chances, 100 Emplois », and holds leadership roles in several sustainability organizations and commissions.
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