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🌾 “𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙮 — 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙧𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖, 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚.”
— Franziska, Sustainability Project Manager at Hilti Group

As a participant in our 23rd Capability Program, Franziska spent an unforgettable week in Sri Lanka co-creating a social enterprise aimed at improving the livelihood of 1,000+ farming families.

Her biggest learning?

“𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰-𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.”

She was pushed far outside her comfort zone, especially when visiting the Vedha community — people living on the edge of survival. But it was exactly this encounter that brought clarity and focus:

“𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘺. 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

Six weeks after their successful pitch to two private impact investors, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗮’𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟰 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, putting their business plan into practice and making their vision for change a reality.

💡 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱?
Applications for our 24th Capability Program starting in April 2026 are now open. Join us to lead across cultures, grow as a person and professional, and create real-world social impact — with your heart and your head.

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲
An Early Bird Discount is available to anyone applying before October 15, 2025. And if you work for a great company like Hilti, you benefit from a nearly 50% reduction on the participation fee.

👉 Find out more in the first comment to this post and apply for next year.