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Open Sourcing Social Change

Alison GoldAssistant Director of Knowledge & Impact, Living Cities

Lean for Social Good SummitMarch 26, 2014

@AKGold11@Living_Cities#leanimpact #OSSC

Vision for the Future: Maximize Social Impact

Source: Lumley, Tris. “Structural Revolution and the Social Sector.” Stanford Social Innovation Review: March 13, 2014. Online at: http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/how_to_start_a_revolution

@AKGold11 @Living_Cities#leanimpact #OSSC

http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/how_to_start_a_revolution

How the Social Sector Works Today

Source: Lumley, Tris. “Structural Revolution and the Social Sector.” Stanford Social Innovation Review: March 13, 2014. Online at: http://www.ssireview.org/blog/entry/how_to_start_a_revolution


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Traditional Approach Open Sourcing Social Change

Leadership is about the organization Leadership is about the problem-solving network

Expert Orientation(comes with solutions)

Learning Orientation (comes with questions, seeking insight)

Treats assumptions as facts Articulates and tests assumptions

Shares when things are “done” Shares as thinking evolves

Sees knowledge as a product that comes after they’ve done the work

Sees knowledge as a process for doing the work

Seeks credit Seeks to contribute

Oriented toward advancing organizations and individuals

Oriented toward advancing solutions


HYPOTHESIS #1:IF WE WANT THE FIELD

TO OPEN SOURCE SOCIAL CHANGE, THEN WE MUST FIRST LEARN TO DO IT OURSELVES.


Background• Living Cities harnesses the collective power

of philanthropy and financial institutions to improve the lives of low-income people and the cities where they live.

• Organization was 20+ years old but had undergone a major reboot.

• 20-25 full time staff• Offices in 4 cities, virtually all staff travel.• Teams of 3-5 individuals with focus on

• Capital Innovation• Collective Impact• Public Sector Innovation• Knowledge & Evaluation• Finance & Administration

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What We’re Learning About Embedding Open Sourcing Social Change Behaviors

StartJust Do Something

EvolveExploring, Planning

& Articulating

Operationalize Implementing,

Improving

Institutionalize Embedding in

processes

Individual Individual/Team Individual/Team/Organization

Individual/Team/Organization

Impact


LEADERSHIP IS CHANGE AT THE

PACE PEOPLE CAN STAND.


Alison GoldAssistant Director of Knowledge & ImpactLiving CitiesPhone: 646-442-2238Email: [email protected]: @AKGold11, @Living_Cities Hashtag: #OSSCWeb: www.LivingCities.org

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