EUVC · 2026-06-24 · 40 min
Most innovation programmes start with reasonable assumptions. The challenge is that reality often proves them wrong. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier speak with Cynthia Hansen , Managing Director of The Innovation Foundation , empowered by the Adecco Group, about four lessons learned from building and scaling employment solutions for people often excluded from the labour market. Cynthia shares how her team moved from designing programmes around demographics to designing around trends, why technology became central rather than supportive and what it takes to build venture teams capable of creating scalable social impact inside a large organisation. The conversation also explores the evolution of the Foundation's Scan, Build, Scale methodology, the challenge of finding people who can operate across business and social impact and how Foundry is helping create the next generation of innovation talent.
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