innovate change in partnership with the New Zealand Drug Foundation and our mates at Curative brought social marketing maestro Jeff Jordan, founder of Rescue SCG, to NZ to share his unique approach – social branding. As well as sharing his experience of being a young social entreprenNZD at innovate change
Being comfortable with not being sure is an important part of doing social innovation. We call it being in the grey. That means we try to feel at ease with ambiguity and uncertainty so that we are open to new ideas. Being in the grey is a mindset – a
Last Thursday, Auckland was home to an epic event – The Feast. For the third year in a row, the Curative and innovate change troupe was super proud to be able to put together the Auckland hub of the New York-based initiative, and... it was my first time to get
Festival For The Future is "New Zealand's event to celebrate youth-led Kiwi innovation and support the next generation to spark and grow ideas for a better world”. This is the fourth year the festival has run, and the first time it has been held in Auckland. 400 movers and shakers
Here at innovate change, we're all about increasing the use of design, innovation and creative processes for social good. We've been hosting innovate change takeaways in Auckland and Wellington as a fun and friendly way to share and grow social innovation practice. At each takeaways session, we share a practical tip that we've found
Imagining a desired future can inspire strategy and action, but the path to success is not always obvious. At innovate change, we use future focused scenarios to provide a picture of the future, then we ‘backcast’ to work out how to get there. Developing policy, services or programmes from this
Social innovation and design evolve through iterative cycles of doing and reflecting. Prototyping can help us to quickly evaluate and discard potential solutions and keep building on the ideas that work. Prototyping helps us to communicate or test aspects of a desired experience, a service or a programme. It
We share FSG's vision that addressing the world's most challenging social problems requires new ways of thinking, acting and working together. FSG is an international, nonprofit consulting firm that leads a number of collaborative projects, research and ongoing communities. FSG has identified four key ideas critical to creating large-scale change: collective impact
We love NESTA! A UK social innovation organisation led by the amazing Geoff Mulgan, one of the world's social innovation leaders. NESTA is all about generating great ideas, and making them happen...all for social good. They do great social innovation work, but they also (importantly) generate research and lead our
Social innovation is an emerging field so it helps to have a good one-stop-shop for finding out about the latest thinking, projects, leaders and ideas. There's lots to read (and listen to) about social innovation and social EntreprenNZDship on the website of the Stanford Social Innovation Review. The site also
We love the radical vision and pragmatic approach of Participation. A social enterprise based in London, Participle is working to design the next generation of public services. Building on the legacy of William Beveridge, the visionary thinker behind the UK's modern welfare state, Castle recognises the need to shift from a
The Young Foundation is a world leader in the thinking and practice of social innovation. Based in London, it has a long history of developing new social enterprises and striving to create a more equal and just society. We find the resources and case studies on their website particularly
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