wlu global citizenship conference january 2010
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Slides from my workshop on Social Innovation, presented at the Wilfrid Laurier University Global Citizenship Conference, January 24, 2010TRANSCRIPT
“So you want to change the world?...”
Renjie ButalidJanuary 24, 2010
WLU Global Citizenship Conference 2010
meaning
Kristina Lugo,
Malawi
Majid Mirza,
Pakistan
Ruby Ku, Botswana
Melissa Richer,
Brazil
passion
Is getting involved the answer?
Or is it only part of the solution?
Photo courtesy: www.50waystohelp.com
161,000
Registered charities and nonprofit organizations in Canada. Source: National Survey of Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations
$112 billion
In revenues generated from voluntary sector; $9 billion in form of donations. Source: Imagine Canada – Looking into and out for Canada’s nonprofits
2 billion
Hours of volunteer timeSource: Imagine Canada – Looking into and out for Canada’s nonprofits
2 million
Full-time equivalent workersSource: Imagine Canada – Looking into and out for Canada’s nonprofits
And yet we still see many problems in the world today
Photo courtesy:https://townipproject.wikispaces.com/file/view/Homelessdude.jpg
Perhaps the issue is much more COMPLEX
SIMPLE
COMPLICATED
COMPLEXGetting to Maybe: How the World is Changed
SIMPLE
Getting to Maybe: How the World is ChangedPhoto courtesy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnerobot/3245408401/
COMPLICATED
Getting to Maybe: How the World is ChangedPhoto courtesy: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr
COMPLEX
Getting to Maybe: How the World is ChangedPhoto courtesy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/novecentino/979303548/
Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction
Making Hamilton the Best Place to Raise a Childwww.hamiltonpoverty.ca
Social Innovation
Initiative Product Processprofoundly changes
Basic RoutinesResource & Authority Flows or Beliefs So
cial
Sys
tem
The Social Innovation Dynamic – Frances Westley, SiG@Waterloo
Social Innovation
Recognizable stages and phases
RESILIENTLinked to dynamics
The Social Innovation Dynamic – Frances Westley, SiG@Waterloo
systems
Social Innovation
Broad Impact
The Social Innovation Dynamic – Frances Westley, SiG@Waterloo
Durability
Scale
Stored
Released
Variety Sameness
1. An idea is born
2. The idea is developed
3. The idea is launched as a product, process or organization
4. An “established” innovation
The Social Innovation Dynamic – Frances Westley, SiG@Waterloo
courtesy Brenda Zimmerman ([email protected])
The birth, growth, destruction and renewal of a forest
Weak CONNECTEDNESS Strong
Creative Destruction
1
Lit
tle C
AP
ITA
L S
TO
RED
M
uch
The birth, growth, destruction and renewal of a forest
Release or Creative
Destruction
1
2
Renewal/Exploration
Reorganization or Exploration
Lit
tle C
AP
ITA
L S
TO
RED
M
uch
Weak CONNECTEDNESS Strong
courtesy Brenda Zimmerman ([email protected])
The birth, growth, destruction and renewal of a forest
Exploitation
3
Lit
tle C
AP
ITA
L S
TO
RED
M
uch
Weak CONNECTEDNESS Strong
courtesy Brenda Zimmerman ([email protected])
The birth, growth, destruction and renewal of a forest
Exploitation
3
Lit
tle C
AP
ITA
L S
TO
RED
M
uch
Conservation
4
Weak CONNECTEDNESS Strong
courtesy Brenda Zimmerman ([email protected])
Stored
Released
Variety Sameness
1. An idea is born
2. The idea is developed
3. The idea is launched as a product, process or organization
4. An “established” innovation
The Social Innovation Dynamic – Frances Westley, SiG@Waterloo
“Changing the questions changes the focusChanges what is ‘analyzed’ Changes what is seen as possible or impossible”
- Frances Westley, SiG@Waterloo
Photo courtesy ny156uk on Flickr
