“The future of every community lies in capturing the passion, imagination, and resources of its people.”
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli
About the founder Dr. Ernesto Sirolli
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is a community development 'iron man'. He began practicing local economic development in 1971 in the field of International Aid in multiple African countries. That experience led him to develop the Enterprise Facilitation® model and the Trinity of Management® - a social technology tool for economic growth guiding civic leadership, communities, NGOs, and corporations on how to capture the passion, energy, and imagination of their own people with a sustainable legacy. Italian-born, Ernesto lives between California and Italy. He founded the Sirolli Institute (26 years of social enterprise) based on Enterprise Facilitation principles and works globally, leading with the strategy to; Never initiate, never motivate – always respond and work with passionate self-determined people.
Dr. Sirolli received a Laurea di Dottore in Political Sciences from Rome University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Sustainable Development from Murdoch University. Dr. Sirolli is an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP). He is a trusted advisor to the World Indigenous Business Forum and Chief Innovation Officer for Cross-ING Engineering Switzerland.
Dr. Sirolli is the author of two books: "Ripples from the Zambezi" and "How to Start a Business and Ignite Your Life". A new book, 'The Boundary Riders – intrapreneurship,' is a work in progress. The Boundary Riders – Innovation for Corporation program is active in 4 countries to date. In 2012, Dr. Sirolli gave a TEDx talk titled: "If You Really Want to Help Someone - Shut Up and Listen" This short digital message continues to resonate and has been translated into 35 languages and downloaded +4 million times.
Key skills in Strategic Facilitation, Enterprise Facilitation – building resilient community systems of entrepreneurship, and Trinity of Management - master classes in person-centered growth to improve organizations, impacted communities, and innovate business. The Sirolli-trained Facilitators working with entrepreneurs have created over 55,000 jobs in +400 communities. We help people and organizations to find their “superpowers”. Ernesto advocates, “There is no geography to passion and there is no geography to intelligence”.
From the archive, Sirolli Institute 1990’s
From the archive, Sirolli Institute 1990’s
