Definition: Born out of resource limitations in Asia, Jugaad is the gutsy art of improvising an ingenious solution.
Leading the Charge Towards A Future-Ready Workplace
Jugaad 2.0 will be a month-long programme centered around a hackathon, where Young Impact Leaders will work to solve social issues aligned with corporate impact strategies. We are aiming to attract Young Impact Leaders from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to join us on this innovation and capacity-building journey.
Onboarding Corporates
Call for Applications
Shortlist and Results
Capacity-Building of Young Impact Leaders and Hackathon
Showcase / Demo day
Call For Application
Are you a young leader brimming with innovative ideas to tackle social and environmental challenges? Jugaad, a flagship programme by ayPact (formerly the Youth Opportunities Platform), is your chance to co-create impactful solutions alongside leading corporations in Asia!
Jugaad fosters collaboration between young minds and established players, enabling you to:
Develop innovative solutions: Work with purpose-driven corporations to address pressing social and environmental issues.
Gain valuable experience: Sharpen your skills through capacity building workshops and mentorship opportunities.
Become a responsible leader: Step into your role as a changemaker and shape a more sustainable future for Asia.
Priority Markets
Eligibility
Jugaad is a pioneering initiative under ayPact that enables purpose-led corporations to partner young impact leaders to co-create innovations that can leapfrog social and environmental challenges. At the same time, Jugaad is an opportunity for young impact leaders to acquire their sense of agency, and step into their role as responsible global citizens.
Jugaad employs mechanisms like reverse-mentorship or youth advisory boards to enable such corporate-youth synergies according to each corporate’s needs.
This will be a platform for:
Taking the lessons learnt from our pilot run, this year’s Jugaad initiative will:
Reflecting on the Milestones of Our Progress
Resourcing
Problem Statement
Outcomes Achieved
Resourcing
Problem Statement
Outcomes Achieved
Planning
Corporate Organising Team
Workshops for framing the some key problem statements
Consultancy
Corporate Innovators and Youth Impact Leaders
Facilitated problem-solving/ solutioning sessions between corporate innovators (mentees) and youth impact leaders (mentors)
Relationship Building
Corporate Innovators and Youth Impact Leaders
Mix of formal and informal sessions for mentors and mentees to network as well as humanise the relationship
Youth Impact Leaders
Skills and insights sharing sessions for youth impact leaders (mentees) to learn and eventually apply fundamental skills in problem-solving, organisational change and stakeholder management.
The Founding Consortium
Young impact leaders will be supported by leading organisations in this space of societal progress. They will bring their methodologies, networks and expertise to maximise the positive impact the programme has on corporations and youths.
Outside-in corporate innovation is not new, but inviting Young Impact Leaders to provide this service would require a mindset shift and capacity building to equip the youths. Jugaad took inspiration from Project Melo, in which corporates in Hong Kong have been able to successfully incorporate youth voices into their corporate decsison-making process. The designer behind Project Melo, Social Ventures Hong Kong, is one of our founding partners of the Jugaad coalition, alongside social impact ecosystem partners, BRIDGE Institute and Social Enterprise Academy.
During the discovery phase, our ecosystem partners will brainstorm possible problem statements with the Corporate Innovator, based on its impact goals and challenges. After the Corporate Innovator confirms the problem statement, Jugaad will invite young imapact leaders and corporate innovators to a design-thinking workshop to further flesh out the problem statement.
Jugaad engages with corporates who reflect the following personas:
There will be three tiers of engagements by the corporate innovator:
Young Impact Leaders must commit to:
There will also be joint activities with the corporate volunteers. These will include:
Committed to:
There will be a selection process to shortlist Young Impact Leaders, starting with a call for applications, eligibility check (please review the eligibility), and shortlist interview, before the final selection.
To many businesses, youths are often not seen as partners in impact creation, and are not cultivated for nor exposed to decision-making, even if it affects their world. Today’s highly complex and turbulent environment, however, demands a new approach to innovation and growth
Forward-looking businesses are empowering and harnessing the power of the next generation of young Asians to build a world where no one gets left behind.
Jugaad is a pioneering initiative under the Asian Youth for Impact (ayPact) that enables purpose-led corporations to partner young impact leaders to co-create innovations that can leapfrog social and environmental solutions. At the same time, Jugaad is an opportunity for young impact leaders to acquire sense of agency, and step into roles as responsible global citizens.
