Ernesto Sirolli

Dr. Ernesto Sirolli is a community development iron man. He began practice in local economic development in 1971 in the field of International Aid in multiple African countries. That experience provoked him to develop the Enterprise Facilitation model and the Trinity of Management® – social technology tool for civic leadership, communities, NGO’s and corporations on how to capture the passion, energy and imagination of their own people with a sustainable legacy.  Italian  born, Ernesto lives in California , founded the Sirolli Institute (40) years of social enterprise) in Enterprise Facilitation principles and works globally with the idea 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 ,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. 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. In 2012 Dr. Sirolli gave a TEDX talk titled: “Shut up and Listen” and that shirt’s digital message continues to resonate and has been translated into 35 languages and downloaded +4 million times.  Key skills are Enterprise Facilitation – building resilient systems of entrepreneurship and Trinity of Management  – master classes in person centered growth to improve the way you do business.

The Sirolli trained Facilitators working with entrepreneurs have created over 55,000 jobs in +400 communities . We help organizations to find their “super powers”.