Guadalupe de la Mata – Page 3 – Innovation for Social Change

Have you ever wondered why people do things for no good reason? Ever looked around and wondered how habits and obscure social norms formed? Have you ever asked the why of a norm or a practice and you were told: Because “this is the way things are done around here”? The 5 monkeys experiment reminds…

Amazing and inspiring talk from Nipun Mehta, the founder of ServiceSpace (formerly Charity Focus), an incubator of projects that works at the intersection of volunteerism, technology and gift-economy. What started as an experiment with four friends in the Silicon Valley has now grown to an global ecosystem of over 350,000 members that has delivered millions…

Lately, I have been exploring ways to link two of my passions: how to have social and economic impact (improving people´s lives) and how to be and make people happier. After all, how good is increased social and economic development if the result isn’t increased human satisfaction. One factor that is increasingly being cited as…

Want your employees to really care? First you have to really care about them. I have been talking a lot lately about happiness with my friends and colleagues. The happiness book that I have been writing has had that “positive side effect”, getting feedback and ideas about the importance of the search of wellbeing, happiness…

After working in the design and preparation of this course for about a year, the EOI Programe: “Becoming Change Agents: Values and Skills for the Future” is now launched! I am really proud of being part of this amazing course and to do it together with three international experts (Daniel Truran, Leda Scott and Gonzalo de la…

Social investment is the provision and use of finance to generate social, or social as well as economic, returns. Over the last ten years various forms of social investment have grown rapidly and new forms have been introduced. This growth reflects a range of developments on both the demand side (a new generation of social…

The internet has changed the way information is relayed and how people use it. We have gone from an era of broadcast dominated by passive reception to an era of digital natives, where communication is interactive and instantaneous. This new generation has grown up with the Internet and expects continuous participation. This evolution towards new communication patterns…

I am very interested in the increasing trend of using Social Innovation within Governments worldwide. Lately I have even been able to participate and experience how different public sectors institutions are using innovative approaches, methodologies and processes to tackle the increasing social needs. I find fascinating how more and more public sector innovators are improving government by replicating…

“When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world, try not to bash into the walls too much, try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life.…

I have recently shared a number of resources and material about Impact Investing and also have mentioned my interest in Africa. Today, I have been reading this amazing report that mixes both of my current interests: Impact Investing in West Africa, the first comprehensive analysis ever conducted on the impact investing industry in the region. The report aims…

Posts by Guadalupe de la Mata

The Five Monkeys Experiment: "this is the way things are done here"

Measuring the Happiness of the Planet: Which countries are the happiest?

We have created a Course where you can learn to Change the Word: You can also be a Change Agent!

The power of citizens (Citizen 2.0): 17 examples of government social media innovation

Resources for Innovators: The Secret of Life from Steve Jobs in 46 Seconds

Impact Investing in West Africa, a first analysis available online.