Presenting at Startup Edmonton for Make Something Edmonton, SiG National Executive Director, Tim Draimin, explores "Making Change Through Social Innovation" - introducing what social innovation is, why it is important, and the opportunity for Alberta to become a social innovation leader.
8. I
think
what
connects
the
challenge
for
business,
the
challenge
for
government
and
the
challenge
for
communi?es
now,
is
both
simple
and
difficult.
We
know
our
socie?es
have
to
radically
change.
We
know
we
can’t
go
back
to
where
we
were
before.
Geoff
Mulgan
Chief
Execu?ve,
NESTA
9. 9
ShiTing
beyond
the
‘charity’
mindset
NEED|INADEQUATE|BURDEN
à
OPPORTUNE|STRENGTH|CHANGE
SYMPTOMS
à
SOLUTIONS
FUNDRAISING
à
FINANCING
PROJECTS
à
PLATFORMS
NECESSITY
à
EMPATHY
+
LOVE
+
NECESSITY
INCREMENTAL
CHANGE
à
SYSTEMS
CHANGE
MIN
COSTS
à
TRUE
COSTS
10. InnovaJons
that
are
both
social
in
their
ends
and
in
their
means…
simultaneously
meet
social
needs
&
create
new
social
relaJonships
and
collaboraJons
–
Open
Book
of
S.I.
DefiniJons
of
Social
InnovaJon
Any
iniJaJve
(product,
process,
program,
projects
or
plaborm)
that
challenges
and,
overJme,
contributes
to
changing
the
defining
rouJnes,
resource
and
authority
flows
or
beliefs
of
the
broader
social
system
in
which
it
is
introduced.
Successful
social
innovaJons
have
durability,
scale
and
transformaJve
impact
–
Frances
Westley
Social
innovaJon
is
both
a
desJnaJon
—
the
resoluJon
of
complex
social
&
environmental
challenges
—
and
a
journey
—
devising
new
approaches
that
engage
all
stakeholders,
leveraging
their
competencies
and
creaJvity
to
design
novel
soluJons
–
Tim
Brodhead
The
process
of
designing,
developing
and
growing
new
ideas
that
work
to
meet
pressing
unmet
needs
–
Social
InnovaJon
Exchange
New
ideas
that
resolve
exisJng
social,
cultural,
economic
and
environmental
challenges
for
the
benefit
of
people
and
planet
–
Centre
for
Social
InnovaJon
Seeing
things
differently
and
imagining
that
which
could
be.
It
is
about
asking
quesJons
of
ourselves
and
our
insJtuJons
and
wondering
whether
we
can
do
bejer
–
BC
Social
InnovaJon
Council
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
10
New
ideas
that
meet
unmet
needs
–
Geoff
Mulgan
11. IN
THE
CONTEXT
OF
CHANGING
THE
SYSTEM
DYNAMICS
THAT
CREATED
THE
PROBLEM
IN
THE
FIRST
PLACE,
A
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
IS:
Any
iniJaJve
(product,
process,
program,
project,
principles
or
plaborm)
that
challenges
and,
over
Jme,
contributes
to
posiJvely
changing
the
defining
rou?nes,
resource
and
authority
flows
or
beliefs
of
the
broader
social
system
in
which
it
is
introduced.
SiG’s
DefiniJon
of
Social
InnovaJon
11
12. ConnecJng
“Social”
Ideas
&
Concepts
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
SOCIAL
FINANCE
SOCIAL
ENTERPRISE
CORPORATE
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
LABS
SOCIAL
PARTNERSHIPS
PosiJve
Social
Change
12
13.
BCE
1700s
1800s
1900s
1970s
2000s
2012/13
First
Lending
Library
Benjamin
Franklin
1731
InvenJon
of
Money
3000
BC
Scaled
Public
Libraries
by
Andrew
Carnegie
Social
Safety
Net
by
Ojo
Von
Bismarck
Canada’s
Bi-‐NaJonal
RepresentaJve
Democracy
by
Louis-‐Hippolyte
LaFontaine
&
Robert
Baldwin
Women’s
InsJtute
1897
Thomas
Edison’s
1st
Lab
1876
Microfinance
Muhammad
Yunus
Human
Rights
Movement
Florence
NighJngale
&
Nursing
Shared
Value
by
Michael
Porter
Launches
Resilient
Capital
Corporate
Social
InnovaJon
The
rise
of
social
innovaJon
13
RDSP
Sangudo
Opportunity
Development
CooperaJve
14. DisrupJve
innovaJon
creates
cycles
of
change
MID
1970s
MICROFINANCE
BOTTOM
OF
THE
PYRAMID
FINANCIAL
INCLUSION
SOCIAL
BUSINESS
1998
EARLY
2000s
2011
14
15. Scanning
the
horizon
15
DEMENTIA
FRIENDS
learn
about
what
it's
like
to
live
with
demenJa
2005:
JAPAN
LAUNCHES
“DEMENTIA
SUPPORTERS”
NOW:
3+
MILLION
SUPPORTERS
TRAINED
And
turn
that
understanding
into
acJon
-‐
www.demen?afriends.org.uk
2013:
UK
LAUNCHES
“DEMENTIA
FRIENDS”
NOW:
1+
MILLION
FRIENDS
TRAINED
Canada
gets
on
board
too..
16.
17.
18.
MICRO
SMALL
SCALE/COMMUNITY
KAIZEN/INCREMENTAL
MACRO
WHOLE
SYSTEM
CHANGE
TRI-‐SECTOR
DISRUPTIVE
MESO
MID
SCALE
CROSS-‐SECTOR
JANE’S
WALK
LOCAL
SOCENT
FOOD
BANKS
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
LOCAL
HUBS
S.O.D.C
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
C-‐BONDS
JUMP
MATH
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
SVX
-‐-‐-‐-‐
ENP-‐AB
PATHWAYS
FOR
EDUCATION
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
COUNTER-‐
PARTS
SEF
ALBERTA
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
VENTURE
FUND
CENTRE
FOR
NATURAL
CARE
RDSP
-‐-‐-‐-‐
MICRO-‐
FINANCE
CIVIC
ACTION
LAB
-‐-‐-‐-‐
THRIVE
B
Y
5
SOCIAL
INNOVATIONS
GROUPED
ALONG
THE
SPECTRUM
SoluJon
InnovaJon
Spectrum
18
19. From:
Al
Etmanski,
IMPACT:
SIX
PATTERNS
TO
SPREAD
YOUR
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
(2015).
Six
Pajerns
to
Spread
Your
Social
InnovaJon
1. Think
and
Act
Like
a
Movement
2. Create
a
Container
for
Your
Content
3. Set
the
Table
for
Allies,
Adversaries
and
Strangers
4. Mobilize
Your
Economic
Power
5. Advocate
with
Empathy
6. 'Who'
is
More
Important
than
'How’
19
20. From:
Al
Etmanski,
IMPACT:
SIX
PATTERNS
TO
SPREAD
YOUR
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
(2015).
Six
Pajerns
to
Spread
Your
Social
InnovaJon
1. Think
and
Act
Like
a
Movement
2. Create
a
Container
for
Your
Content
3. Set
the
Table
for
Allies,
Adversaries
and
Strangers
4. Mobilize
Your
Economic
Power
5. Advocate
with
Empathy
6. 'Who'
is
More
Important
than
'How’
20
24. Private
sector
innovaJon
model
24
Two
students
develop
an
idea
at
Stanford.
They
move
into
a
garage…Google
is
born.
Google
illustrates
one
private
sector
innovaJon
model:
1. Create
a
start-‐up.
2. Create
project
teams
on
big
ideas:
computerized
eyewear,
driverless
cars,
etc.
3. Let
individual
staff
members
dedicate
20%
of
their
Jme
to
an
approved
project
or
idea.
4. Buy
upstarts
–
178
companies
bought:
Gizmo5,
YouTube,
Waze,
Zagat,
Motorola.
25. Community
sector
innovaJon
model
25
What
is
the
social
sector
innovaJon
model?
History
points
to:
1. Building
from
iniJaJves
started
by
the
faith
community,
labour
associaJons,
co-‐ops
2. IniJaJves
of
passionate
amateurs,
people
personally
driven
to
tackle
a
problem
and
most
oTen
building
an
organizaJon
around
their
work
3. Building
from
public
sector
innovaJon
(e.g.
New
Deal
expands
social
programs)
New
Trends:
1. Dedicated
innovaJon
teams
or
programs
2. Social
change
labs,
social
innovaJon
labs…
3. Social
InnovaJon
Camps
26. How
much
is
Canada’s
social
impact
spending?
26
CANADA’s
public
social
spend:
17%
of
GDP
(2014)
“Social
Expenditure
-‐
Aggregated
data,”
OECD
StatExtracts
*Incl.
UniversiJes,
Colleges
&
Hospitals
Federal
R&D
spend
(2014)
est.
$5.8
billion
What
is
the
social
sector’s
innovaJon
budget?
What
is
the
social
sector’s
innovaJon
approach?
Nonprofit
sector*
accounts
for:
7.1%
of
GDP
(2009)
“Satellite
Account
of
Nonprofit
Ins?tu?ons
and
Volunteering”(2009),
Sta?s?cs
Canada
via
Imagine
Canada
Alberta’s
Human
Services
Spending:
$4
billion
“Human
Services
Annual
Report
(Volume
1):
2013-‐14,”
Department
of
Human
Services,
Alberta
Government
29. CollecJve
Impact:
FSG’s
Framework
THE
FIVE
CONDITIONS
OF
COLLECTIVE
IMPACT
COMMON
AGENDA
SHARED
MEASUREMENT
MUTUALLY
REINFORCING
ACTIVITIES
CONTINUOUS
COMMUNICATION
BACKBONE
SUPPORT
29
32. A
business
operated
by
a
non-‐profit
organizaJon
for
the
dual
purposes
of:
• GeneraJng
income
• Achieving
a
social,
cultural
or
environmental
aim
Social
enterprise
models…
• Enable
greater
resiliency
and
independence
within
the
non-‐
profit
sector
• Help
organizaJons
stabilize
and
diversify
their
funding
base
while
enhancing
their
programs
or
services
• Offer
business
models
for
scaling
social
impact
Social
Enterprise
(Non-‐Profit)
32
33. Social
Enterprise
(All)
33
“Social
enterprise
is
defined
as
any
organiza?on
or
business
that
uses
market-‐oriented
produc?on
and
sale
of
goods
and/or
services
to
pursue
a
public
benefit
mission.”
This
covers
many
organiza?onal
forms:
• enterprising
chari?es
• non-‐profits
• co-‐opera?ves
• social
purpose
businesses
―
Canadian
Task
Force
on
Social
Finance
34. OperaJonal
Charity
On-‐mission
Enterprising
Arm
of
a
Charity
Enterprising
Non-‐Profit
Co-‐OperaJves
Social
Purpose
Business
Socially
Responsible
Business
Business
Giving
a
PorJon
of
Profits
to
Charity
Pure
Commercial
Enterprise
SOCIAL
IMPACT
FINANCIAL
RETURNS
BLENDED
NON-‐PROFIT
FOR-‐PROFIT
Social
and
financial
return
conJnuum
34
35. What
is
a
social
entrepreneur?
35
"Social
entrepreneurs
idenJfy
resources
where
people
only
see
problems.
They
view
the
villagers
as
the
soluJon,
not
the
passive
beneficiary.
They
begin
with
the
assumpJon
of
competence
and
unleash
resources
in
the
communiJes
they're
serving.”
From:
David
Bornstein,
How
to
Change
the
World.
Oxford
University
Press,
2004.
36. What
is
a
social
entrepreneur?
“Social
entrepreneurs
are
not
content
just
to
give
a
fish
or
teach
how
to
fish.
They
will
not
rest
unJl
they
have
revoluJonized
the
fishing
industry.”
-‐
Bill
Drayton,
Founder
of
Ashoka
36
39. An
evoluJon
of
corporaJon
social
innovaJon
39
THE
"TRIPLE
BOTTOM
LINE”
–
A
CONCEPT
COINED
BY
JOHN
ELKINGTON
IN
HIS
1994
BOOK
CANNIBALS
WITH
FORKS
REDEFINING
‘SUCCESS’
IN
BUSINESS
110+
IN
CANADA
2006:
B-‐LAB
FOUNDED
NOW:
1,200
IN
28
COUNTRIES
FOUNDED
IN
2008.
BREAKTHROUGH
CAPITALISM
DRIVING
COMPANIES
TO
ENGAGE
WITH
NEED
TO
REFRAME
GLOBAL
ECONOMY
SiG,
KPMG,
VOLANS,
WITH
SUPPORT
FROM
MaRS,
PUBLISH
A
CSI
REPORT
IN
SPRING
2014
FALL
2014:
LAUNCH
OF
PUBLIC
DRAFT
1.0
OF
FUTURE-‐FIT
BUSINESS
BENCHMARK
PERPETUAL
NO
HARM/NET
GOOD
2011:
MICHAEL
PORTER
&
MARK
KRAMER
WRITE…
"CREATING
SHARED
VALUE:
REDEFINING
CAPITALISM
&
THE
ROLE
OF
THE
CORPORATION
IN
SOCIETY”
(SSIR)
40. HOW
CAN
WE
COLLABORATE
TO
NURTURE
AN
ECOSYSTEM
WHERE
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
THRIVES?
41. QUEBEC
§ Social
Economy:
Le
ChanJer
§ Public
Engagement:
InsJtut
du
Nouveau
Monde
§ Santropol
Roulant
Inc.
§ Exeko
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
§ Advisory
Council
on
SI
§ New
hybrid
legislaJon:
Community
ContribuJon
Company
§ First
SI
Govt
Ministry
in
the
Americas:
Ministry
of
Social
Development
&
Social
InnovaJon
§ BCPSI
+
HUBCAP
§ Social
InnovaJon
Week
Vancouver
ONTARIO
§ Canada’s
first
tri-‐ministerial
SI
Summit
§ 1st
Provincial
Policy
Wiki
§ Partnership
Project
2.0
§ NPO
legislaJon
for
earned
income
§ MaRS
SoluJons
Lab
hosts
global
Labs
for
Systems
Change
MANITOBA
§ Community
enterprise
tax
incenJves
§ Winnipeg
Boldness
Project
§ Simplifying
rules
for
government
funding
of
NPOs
NOVA
SCOTIA
§ New
Community
Interest
Company
hybrid
§ Community
enterprise
tax
incenJves
-‐
CEDIF
§ Tackling
barriers
to
social
finance
for
NPOs
§ SIBs
FEDERAL
INITIATIVES
§ PCO
InnovaJon
Hub
–
DesJnaJon
2020
§ Call
for
proposals:
Social
Finance
|
SIBS
§ Ministerial
Advisory
Council
on
SI
§ Grand
Challenges
Canada
NATIONAL
INITIATIVES
§ Counterparts
Gathering
§ Vibrant
CommuniJes
§ McConnell
FoundaJon’s
SIF
§ Social
InnovaJon
GeneraJon
§ Innoweave
§ WISIR
Graduate
SI
Diploma
§ ENP
ALBERTA
§ CiJzen
AcJon
Lab
§ Thrive
by
Five
§ Banff
Centre
Social
InnovaJon
Residency
§ SEWF
2013
&
SEF
2013
in
Calgary
§ SEF-‐Venture
FUND
§ Alberta
SI
Network
§ Sheldon
Kennedy
Cntr
NEWFOUNDLAND
&
LABRADOR
Canada’s
1st
Government
Department
Built
on
Partnership
Brokering
42. GeneraJve
networks
for
system
change
42
Part 1 of a Guide to Network Evaluation
Framing Paper:
The State of Network Evaluation
Network Impact and Center for Evaluation Innovation
July 2014
43. Exploring
the
Alberta
ecosystem…
43
DYNAMIC
MUNICIPAL-‐COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP
SANGUDO
OPPORTUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATIVE
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
RESIDENCY
24,800
NPVS
ORGANIZATIONS
(600
CO-‐OPS)
APPROX
8/10
ALBERTANS
VOLUNTEER
44. 44
Nurturing
an
ecosystem
for
social
innovaJon
Collabora?on
is
the
human
face
of
systems
thinking
–
Peter
Senge
COLLABORATION
Silicon
Valley
is
not
a
place;
it's
a
mindset.
The
Valley's
ecosystem
is
fueled
by
culture,
connec?vity,
and
crea?vity
–
Victor
W.
Hwang
MINDSET
LEADERSHIP
Whatever
your
vision
or
passion
for
the
future…take
the
road
less
travelled
by
way
of
systems
entrepreneurship
because,
as
Robert
Frost
said,
we
will
look
back
years
from
now
and
know
“that
has
made
all
the
difference”
–
Hamoon
Ekh?ari
Social
innova?ons
not
only
emerge
from
rela?onships,
but
also
thrive
and
endure
in
rela?onships
–
Al
Etmanski
BRIDGING
SOCIAL
CAPITAL
45. The
missing
piece?
A
network
as
the
‘keystone’
45
“The
traits
of
a
keystone
–
the
abiliJes
to
bring
disparate
people
together,
to
exercise
persuasion
over
them,
and
to
give
them
a
common
agenda
for
mutual
benefit.
Like
a
honeybee
connecJng
ecosystems
that
are
miles
apart,
the
power
of
a
keystone
is
that
she
makes
the
whole
so
much
greater
than
the
sum
of
its
parts.”
–
Victor
W.
Hwang
and
Greg
Horowim,
The
Rainforest:
The
Secret
to
Building
the
Next
Silicon
Valley
(2012)
46. Call
to
acJon:
build
a
social
innovaJon
network
46
A
plaborm
for:
• CollaboraJng
with
new
partners
(and
unusual
suspects)
• ExperimentaJon
and
iteraJon
• Strategy
development
• Raising
the
profile
of
the
field
• AjracJng
new
resources
for
tackling
complex
problems
• Reducing
the
costs
of
innovaJon
• Enhancing
reciprocity
and
social
capital
• Leaping
by
learning
and
sharing
knowledge/insight
• Spreading
successful
social
innovaJons
• Unlocking
new
value
• Accessing
peer
mentors
VALUE
PROPOSITION
47. 47
VALUE
PROPOSITION
By
joining
and
parJcipaJng
in
new
networks
collaboraJng
for
social
impact,
changemakers
gain
access
to
new
ideas,
new
approaches
and
new
resources
for
social
change.
They
can
use
their
network
parJcipaJon
as
a
powerful
way
to
bridge
new
ideas
into
their
work.
Call
to
acJon:
build
a
social
innovaJon
network
BC
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
COUNCIL
48. Networks
can
accelerate
learning…
48
Genng
to
Maybe:
How
the
World
Is
Changed
IN A WORLD OF UNPREDICTABLE CHANGE,
WHAT CANADA NEEDS MOST IS
RESILIENCE
THE J. W. MCCONNELL
F A M I L Y F O U N D A T I O N
50. ]Next
steps?
HOW
IS
YOUR
ORGANIZATION
TAKING
ADVANTAGE
OF
SOCIAL
INNOVATION?
50
• Are
there
social
innovaJon
tools
and
approaches
that
could
strengthen
your
impact?
• What
are
you
doing
well?
What
are
your
assets,
your
strengths?
• What
educaJonal
and
support
resources
does
Alberta
boast
that
could
help
your
work?
• Are
there
addiJonal
financial
resources
to
be
tapped
by
shiTing
financial
thinking?
• Are
there
potenJal
partners
who
could
assist
your
impact
strategies?
51. Thank
you
Tim
Draimin
Social
InnovaJon
GeneraJon
www.sigeneraJon.ca
www.sigknowledgehub.com
www.socialfinance.ca
04
Thanks
to
my
SiG
colleagues,
especially
Kelsey
Spitz.