social innovation - changing your lense

CHANGING YOUR LENSE

SOCIAL INNOVATION:

THE ROAD AHEAD

• Check-In• What is innovation?• Characteristics of an innovator• Where to look for innovation?• Shifting our focus from the world

of innovation to innovation for the world

WHAT IS

Innovation = Creativity X Execution

INNOVATION EQUATION

Innovation means a new way of doing something. It may refer

to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in

thinking, products, processes, or organizations

A Blog is born…

•Many ideas (many bad)

•Willing to take risks

Able to see things through

•Collaborator

Able to build/expand on what is available

WHERE TO LOOK FOR INNOVATION?

CHANGING YOUR LENSE

Global

Poverty

Health

Education

Finance

Infrastructure

As Innovators we need a shift of focus…

…from the world of innovation…

… to innovation for the world…

Measure your impact

What do you have in your hand?

Don’t be afraid to stand out

Grassroots Innovation

What resources will you need?

Try a different environment

Sustainability

Where do I

begin?

Give yourself permission to think up many

ideas

Keep chewing on the problem

Build on ideas that came before

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