Much has been said about social innovation, but it remains a vague concept for many organizations.
However, it encompasses a set of practices and new methods that deserve close attention. Essentially, social innovation means challenging the status quo, for everyone’s benefit.
Policymakers, non-government organisations, charities and entrepreneurs across the world are showing increasing interest in “social innovation” as a means of addressing various problems, from poverty and homelessness to environmental degradation. What does the term actually mean?
The Social Innovation Index, sponsored by Nippon Foundation was devised and constructed by an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The report examines, analyses and explains social innovation.
This research report decodes the Social Intrapreneur’s DNA. It provides deeper insight into the key behaviors and competencies needed to be successful as a social intrapreneur inside an established organization.
and what is The Impact of the Social Economy? Are you concerned about the social and environmental consequences of the current economic development model? The social economy is an alternative. The video capsules was produced for le Chantier de l’économie sociale and le Centre de la francophonie des Amériques.
Recent research and experiments conducted by the Center helped to develop a new catalyst for social innovation process.
Toolkit, IDEO. The free kit, available for free download, walks users through the human-centered design process and supports them in activities such as building listening skills, running workshops, and implementing ideas.
Innovation is Not the Holy Grail: It is time to move from innovation as an ideology to innovation as a process, Christian Seelos & Johanna Mair, Fall 2012. Applied studies tend to treat innovation primarily as an outcome and therefore imply that social innovation occurs when desired outcomes such as positive social change can be observed.
