Vishal Jodhani

I engage with organisations to co-design innovative solutions to complex social and business challenges, with a focus on exceptional experiences, future-readiness and true transformation. I design and facilitate immersion journeys, co-creation sessions, conversations and connections across stakeholder groups and geographies; build and host multi-disciplinary and cross-sector communities; strive to craft the right questions and create the right spaces to enable collaboration and unlock innovation.

IH Berlin creates an innovation ecosystem to solve business and societal challenges with an approach of collaborative innovation. I built and led a team to design and deliver experiences to inspire, connect and enable the innovation ecosystem in Berlin and beyond. This included curating access to a broad professional ecosystem, catalysing knowledge and innovation exchange across industries, creating spaces and designing events for interactions amongst change-makers, start-ups and large-scale organisations.

I host regular community building initiatives and facilitating conversations on various social impact challenges to encourage online (www.openideo.com) and offline collaboration. I also share best practices in community engagement with a global team of community managers spread across 20+ cities.

Tech Open Air (TOA) is Europe’s leading interdisciplinary technology festival, with it's mission is to connect, grow and inspire the human spirit through interdisciplinary knowledge exchange and collaboration. I supported with the co-ordination of 100+ Satellite events across Berlin, tapping into the local communities and broader ecosystem, bringing together startups, investors, professionals. This included stakeholder liaison, program design, and building local teams to deliver it all.

Situated at AIESEC’s global headquarters in Rotterdam, I managed the global recruitment process; designed the competency framework and an online assessment tool; developed a global leadership development program (LEAD) for the organisation's senior leaders. For these projects, I also initiated and strengthened key partnerships with learning organisations. I also led a virtual team of 34 individuals across 6 continents to provide ongoing coaching and support to the national offices.

I led a team of 7 full-time staff responsible for national strategy, business plan development and delivery. This team developed, managed and tracked all operations in our 12 local offices and coordinated 450 members across Belgium. The role also entailed reporting to the national Board of Advisors, managing a EUR 600,000 budget, and representing the organisation at key local and global events addressing youth leadership.

In this role, I was charged with the re-design and delivery of campus recruitment programs across 12 Belgian universities, connecting recruiters with graduates. The re-design process involved a review of the program and business model, which resulted in the launch of an online platform, revision of the pricing model and partnerships structure, diversification of partners, targeted promotion efforts and a significant increase in number of attendees and recruiters across all campuses.

Priya Kumar's Training Systems is a leading training company in India organising leadership, team building and personal breakthrough workshops. I designed and implemented the company's overarching communication strategy including media relations and social media engagement, and also secured a radio show and a guest column for the lead trainer, Priya Kumar. I was instrumental in the launch of her first book (I Am Another You), now considered a bestseller.

I launched The French Club as my first entrepreneurial venture to spread knowledge about the French language and culture (as a result of my time as an exchange student and cultural ambassador in France). This involved running an experiential language teaching program (incorporating food, art, music, film and interaction with French expats in Mumbai).

Opportunity Assessment, Business Model Innovation, Marketing New Technology, Design Thinking, Social Entrepreneurship, Organizational Strategy, Financial Planning, Leadership Development, Risk Management, Future Studies.

Advertising, Marketing Strategy, Public Relations, Consumer Behaviour, Creative Writing, Consumer Behaviour, Media Planning & Buying, Radio, Cinema, Journalism, Anthropology, Psychology, Account Management