Dialogue in Darkness (DID) is a global social enterprise, which provides products and services such as workshops, exhibitions and activities in the dark in China. The corporate workshops are designed for companies, institutions and government agencies to provide unique leadership training and some other training in teamwork, communication, innovation and change management. And education workshops are aimed at providing young people with unique leadership training and training in teamwork, innovation and empathy and so on for the educational institutions. Over the past five years, DID, headquartered in Shanghai, has expanded to Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen, realizing strategic coverage of East, West, North and South of China. DID achieved break-even within less than one year since its inception. Its sound and healthy development offers an innovative way for the sustainable development of social enterprises.
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January 30 2024
Dialogue in the Dark in China
Zhenzhen Li
Zhenzhen Li
Fudan University
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Zheng Q, Li Z (2024;), "Dialogue in the Dark in China". Management School Fudan University, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.12156/FUDAN.CASE202215007
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