Amira Ibrahim ANIS June 2012

Social sector organizations need the capacity to innovate to address complex problems more effectively.

Innovation is a new product, process or service that is discontinuous from previous practice and yields new pathways for solving acute problems or fulfilling mission. Social innovation is often recombinant: a hybridization of existing elements that are combined across boundaries in new ways to yield better solutions, also leaving stronger social relationships in their wake.

7 Key Characteristics

Clear, long-term vision

Staff is diverse, empowered and passionate

Collaboration

Leadership is committed to innovation

Intention allocation of resources for innovation-

related activities

Porous borders

Take risks. Experiment.

Learn from it.

• Clear, long-term vision

• Staff is diverse, empowered and passionate

• Collaboration

• Leadership is committed to innovation

• Intention allocation of resources for innovation-related activities

• Porous borders

• Take risks. Experiment. Learn from it.

Our success is driven by the

individuals and organizations that

we support

Amira Ibrahim aibrahim@rockfound.org