Over the past year, THNK has been working with Johnson & Johnson on their Social Intrapreneurship Program (SIP). This program has been specifically designed for senior J&J leaders. We help them to develop the mindsets, behaviors, and skills of a Corporate Social Intrapreneur, defined by SustainAbility as “someone who works inside a major corporation or organization to develop and promote practical solutions to social or environmental challenges where progress is currently stalled by market failures.”
As part of the SIP, the participants explored a real public health challenge: how to reduce the incidence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa. The topic is particularly relevant since the disease burden of HIV in this region is high. And for multiple socio-economic reasons, the infection rate among adolescent females is twice that of adolescent males (and rising)