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Resources: Social Innovation Articles and Reports
Here you can find some key articles and documents about Social Innovation Strategic Collaboration Between. Nonprofits and Businesses. James E. Austin. Harvard Business School http://www.utexas.edu/courses/streeter/393T19/JAustin.pdf Nambisan, S. “Platforms for Collaboration”, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2009. Howaldt, J./ Schwarz, M. “Social Innovation: Concepts, research fields and international trends”, IMO international monitoring, 2010. “Let’s hear those ideas”. The Economist.…
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Citizenship 2.0: Debating Europe, connecting European citizens and politicians
In a recent article, I listed 10 ways people can change the economy, I received a lot of comments and proposals and some of you expressed interest in finding out how to participate and interact with the government and public authorities. For those of you that follow European issues I want to share today a…
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The Top 10 Ways People Are Changing the Economy
There is a crisis out there, but also a lot of people that are thinking of new ways to change the economy for the good and that are implementing them. Here is a list of 10 trends you may be considering…. we are also mapping them in this maps: Planet for Change so if you want to…
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Young at Heart: How to be an innovator for life
Recently I have listened to a great podcast where Tom Kelley, general manager at IDEO, presents 5 core practices that enhance creativity and describes how they can help us be more innovative and successful in every part of our lives. The podcast is titled Young at Heart: How to Be an Innovator for Life and is shared by the Entrepreneurial Thought…
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30 Things You Can Do To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom
Today, I want to share with you an amazing article by Miriam Clifford, that proposes 30 things you can do to promote creativity in trainings, workshops and in class. I have tried some of them in our LABs for Change and the impact is amazing! “The concept of teaching creativity has been around for quite some…
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List of Open Innovation resources, tools, books and more
Open innovation models have become an integral part of the innovation strategies and business models of companies in recent years. Innovation is increasingly based on knowledge assets beyond the boundaries of the company and co-operation has become an important way of tapping into knowledge resources outside in order to generate new ideas and bring them…
Read MoreThe power of vulnerability. TED talk by Brené Brown
This weekend a friend mentioned this TED Talk by Brené Brown. It has deeply stirred me and I want to share it with you. It touches upon the following questions: How do we learn to embrace our vulnerabilities and imperfections so that we can engage in our lives from a place of authenticity and worthiness?…
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