subscrever RSS The bees and the trees: Geoff Mulgan’s ten thesis on social innovation
The opening panel I chaired at the Social Innovation International Congress had an excellent trio of speakers: Geoff Mulgan, Peter Armstrong and Richard Wilson. Geoff needs no presentation, since he is the world's thought leader on social innovation. He was the founder of Demos, was former Director of Tony Blair’s policy unit and is now Director of Young Foundation, an inspiring London-based institution. Peter is the co-founder of Oneworld, a cutting edge in harnessing media technology to benefit people who need it most (see previous post). Richard is a co-founder of Involve, a new organization focused on the practical issues of making public participation work and has written and spoken widely on public participation and democracy at home and abroad. All three panelists did very well and their presentations were followed by a vibrant discussion. On his keynote speech, Geoff made the case for social innovation. There is a growing convergence of governments, business and civic society around the need for acting together. Here are the ten thesis on Social Innovation, presented by Geoff: 1. The world has a deficit of social innovation. Existing models are inadequate to cope with ageing population, climate change, equality, diversity, drugs, well being, ...
