‘It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult’ Lucius Seneca

Health – and the challenge of social innovation

• Why it matters• What it means•How it can be supported and accelerated

Big issues, too few solutions - poverty, social inequality, climate change

Social Innovation:“A novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals”Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2008

Innovation Networks for Communities (US)CCCPE (China)Mindlab (Denmark)Heategu (Estonia)Lien Foundation (Singapore)SITRA and STAKES (Finland)MIK/Mondragon (Spain)Fuping Development Institute (China)Mandag Morgan (Denmark)Center for Social Innovation (Canada)Doors of Perception (Int.)Sciences-Po (France)Kellogg Foundation (US)

TESE (Portugal)New Schools Venture Fund (US)Hope Institute (S.Korea)MaRS (Canada)SEKN (L. America)Shuttleworth Foundation (S. Africa)Australian Centre for Social InnovationSustainable Everyday Project (Italy)New Profit Inc (US)Young Foundation (UK)Innovation Unit (UK)NESTA (UK)Kennisland (Netherlands)

Social Innovation Generator (Canada)

Ashoka (US)TED (US)Tallberg Forum (Sweden)REDF (US)OECDCivicus (Int.)BEPA/European CommissionWorld Health OrganisationDIUS (UK)Minister of Strategic Affairs (Brazil)President of Iceland

A growing network of organisations involved in practice ....

Too many of the best ideas hit one of these ...

Michael Young - ‘probably the world’s most successful entrepreneur of social enterprises’

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• always taking ‘no’ as a question

• small changes with potentially big leverage

• just do it!

‘One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who only have interests’

John Stuart Mill

Too many of the best ideas hit one of these ...

Fresh thinking, fresh eyes

‘everything looks like a failure in the middle’

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

How can we accelerate social innovation?

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‘Its amazing what you can achieve if you don’t care who gets the credit’

Harry Truman

Knowledge and methodology

‘Every truth passes through three phases. First it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident’

SchopenhauerSchopenhauer

‘if you want to go fast you go alone and if you want to go far you go with others’

African Proverb