1. Social Innovation Generation March 2007 Social Innovation Generation March 2007

2. HOW WE STARTED: IDENTIFIYING SOCIAL INNOVATIONS

3. WHAT IS SOCIAL INNOVATION?  New ideas that work  Impact, scale and durability  A profound alteration of relationships, attitudes, habits, policies, resources, practices, systems, structures to transform deeply rooted social problems

4. 5 “BIG IMPACT” SOCIAL INNOVATIONS  La Leche League  Alcoholics Anonymous  Wikipedia  Amnesty International  Mothers Against Drunk Driving

5. 5 CANADIAN SOCIAL INNOVATIONS  Caisse Populaire - Mouvement Desjardins  Greenpeace  Blue Boxes  Universal Public Health Insurance  L’Arche

6. LOCAL SCALE ProblemResponseExplore/TestScale Up Disabled Dependents (Children) Outliving their care-givers (parents) PLAN Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network Develop a Program/service Model and test it Disseminate Model widely

7. SYSTEM SCALE Re-frame problemRe-conceptualizeExplore/testSystem Change How do we from: “Provide peace of mind”? To “What is a good life”? From client to citizen? “Citizenship is defined by belonging and contributing” No One Alone Campaign Citizenship as right and responsibility Registered disability savings plan (federal budget March 31, 2007)

8. SHIFTING DIRECTIONS: THE PLAN EXAMPLE  A different question: What is a good life?  A different model: Social enterprise  A different paradigm: Contribution and citizenship

9. CASE STUDY: PLAN’S SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES  Embed full citizen perspective in structures and institutions  Change cultural consciousness from needs and inability to contribution and participation

10. THE SOCIAL INNOVATION GENERATION (SIG) INITIATIVE  An exploration of effective methods and means to address persistent social problems in Canada.  Solutions involve a profound alteration of relationships, attitudes, habits, policies, practices, systems and structures.

11. WORKING ASSUMPTIONS  Change (massive) is possible  Complexity lens (paradox, abundance, emergence, mystery)  Context (right time, place, resonance)  Continuous innovation (there is no permanent solution)

12. SOCIAL INNOVATION GENERATION Means being intentional about:  Structural, institutional, systemic and legislative change  Cultural and attitudinal shifts

13. Stored Variety Released Sameness PANARCHY

14. SOCIAL INNOVATION GENERATION Knowledge BrokeringSystems Change Incubation Releasing Potential Exploration, testing alternatives & link to researchers Program delivery, impact Organizational, professional development Leadership development, training, entrepreneurial mindset