Imago Global Grassroots
John Wilton is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, currently serving as CEO of Wilton Strategy Inc. since February 2018, where John provides strategic insights to companies facing financial challenges. In addition to leading Wilton Strategy, John holds advisory roles, including Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, focusing on higher education transformation, and Board Member at the Japanese Government's Universities for International Research Excellence Advisory Board, assessing strategic funding for universities. Their board memberships include Auna, a comprehensive healthcare provider, Enfoca, a private equity firm, Leblon Equities, and IMAGO Global Grassroots, a nonprofit dedicated to grassroots development. John's previous positions include Deputy President at the National University of Singapore and Vice Chancellor at UC Berkeley, complemented by educational credentials from the University of Cambridge and the University of Sussex.
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Imago Global Grassroots
Imago Global Grassroots works with grassroots organizations and Social Entrepreneurs to transform poverty into dignity and material well-being. We work around the world with outstanding organizations to enhance their strengths, build their capacity, and scale up their impact in a way that respects their unique context, attributes and evolution. Our vision is to create a market where organizations at the Base of the Pyramid get the support they need to scale up and that in the future there will be many more organizations like IMAGO working across the globe. IMAGO works in 3 ways: 1. Co-creating a strategy to decide on priority areas of focus, while training organizations to develop their in-house capacity. 2. Building the research capacity in organizations to conduct their own research, diagnosis and M&E. 3. Assembling multi-disciplinary teams to address specific challenges that organizations face when scaling up. OUR SERVICES On Strategy: Identifying strategic dilemmas Strategy Formulation with participatory design On Scaling Up: Organizational Scan to identify Scaling Up Potential Assessment of Systems: accounting, IT, HR, data management Building Implementation Capacity for Scaling up On Leadership and Learning: Team Building Managing conflict Coaching of Leadership Team Succession planning Partnership Building for Higher Impact On Training: Co-creating training modules Training Trainers Training on Peer Coaching On Innovation: Jointly identifying innovations for organizational effectiveness Prototyping technical innovations Building the capacity to innovate and learn within the organization On Research: Developing data systems to track activities and impacts on members Training on participatory research Working with grassroots researchers to build capacity on survey design and analysis Training Trainers by designing Modules on Research Protocols