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SOCIAL INNOVATION
OCASI Executive Directors ForumNovember 11, 2011
Copyright Margaret Hancock 2011. This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permissions granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.
Definition of social innovation abound and a casual observer can quickly become entangled in a debate over meaning and nuance. We’re not too hung about it so we’ve adopted a simple working definition:
Social innovation refers to new ideas that resolve existing social, cultural, economic and environmental challenges for the benefit of people and planet.
A true social innovation is systems-changing – it permanently alters the perceptions, behaviours and structures that previously gave rise to these challenges.
Even more simply, a social innovation is an idea that works for the public good.
Social innovations come from individuals, groups or organizations and can take place in the for-profit, nonprofit and public sectors. Increasingly, they are happening in the spaces between these three sectors as perspectives collide to spark new ways of thinking.
Advise. Convene. Accelerate.
Challenging what it means to be a do-gooder
Do good better.
This is SiG@MaRS
Advise. Convene. Accelerate.
Most simply, social innovation is about new ideas that work to address old social problems.
Poverty, homelessness, violence are all examples of social problems that need dedicated solution-seeking space. Social innovation addresses these challenges by applying new learning and strategies to solve these problems.
Social innovation is an initiative, product or process that profoundly changes beliefs, basic routines, resource and authority flows of any social system in the direction of greater resilience. Successful social innovations have durability, impact and scale.
Social Innovation is Canadian
“social” entrepreneur
business idea
non-profit
financing
Social Enterprise
Financially sustainable
businesses with measurable social
impact
business expertise
product or
service
market
What is a Social Enterprise?
What is a Social Entrepreneur?
"Social entrepreneurs identify resources where people only see problems. They view the villagers as the solution, not the passive beneficiary. They begin with the assumption of competence and unleash resources in the communities they're serving.”
-- David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
What is a Social Enterprise?
Create the enabling environment
Develop supportive policies for tax and regulatory environment
Enable social finance tools to mobilize capital
SOCIAL INNOVATION -ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
PRIVATE $ + PUBLIC GOOD
Phillip Blond - Architect of The Big Society
THE BIG SOCIETY
THE OWNERSHIP STATE
New model of public sector delivery
Services provided by social enterprises
Led by frontline workers
Owned by them and their communities
New power of civil association
New civil company = social enterprise
THE OWNERSHIP STATE
THE OWNERSHIP STATE
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