Corporate Social Entrepreneurship as an Incubator for Tomorrow’s Leaders

This paper aims at analyzing and identifying the core aspects of Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) as a process able to bring about radical organisational change. The supported assumption is that the business world needs to evolve into a stage where the new generic type of organization puts financial and social objectives on the same strategic level, by implementing this into its core models and processes. Consequently, it focuses on the specific characteristics defining Corporate Social Intrapreneurs (CSIs), the change agents within organisations able to initiate and carry through this transformation. At the same time, we look at CSE as an advanced approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), implying a total alignment between corporate mission and values and employees’ personal values, all with the purpose of creating an enabling environment for CSIs, one in which they can develop and the leaders of a new generation. Last but not least, the article offers an overview of how this is done in the practical case of Sandbox, the leading global network for the most inspiring leaders under 30, offering a viable pattern for other organizations to follow.