Managing SOCIAL INNOVATION
Stephen Huddart, President and CEO, The J. W. McConnell Family Founda?on
• WHAT IS ‘SOCIAL INNOVATION’?
WHY DO WE NEED MANAGERS SKILLED AT SOCIAL INNOVATION?
COMPLEX CHALLENGES…
INEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
MANAGING OURSELVES, ENABLING OTHERS
PRINCIPLE # 1 WE ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM WE’RE
TRYING TO CHANGE.
PRINCIPLE # 2 CHANGING OUR OWN BELIEFS AND BEHAVIOURS CHANGES THE SYSTEM.
PRINCIPLE # 3 PUT THE ISSUE THE CENTRE.
“THE INNOVATOR’S DNA”
• Ques?oning • Observing • Experimen?ng • Networking • Associa?ng
From The Innovator’s DNA, Dyer, Gregorson, Christensen
“THE INNOVATOR’S DNA”
CREATING INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
INNOVATION at PIXAR
THREE PRINCIPLES
1. Anyone can have a good idea. 2. Everyone is allowed to talk to anyone 3. Share knowledge with academics
GENERATE SOCIAL INNOVATION
• Mo?vate with the challenge • Accept and learn from failure • Encourage and enable collabora?on • Enhance Diversity • Map the stages of crea?vity
THE ADAPTIVE CYCLE
TOWARD A CULTURE OF CONTINUOUS SOCIAL INNOVATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
SOCIAL SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
MANAGING ACROSS SECTORS
Media Academics
Affected populaUons New
technologies
Stephen Huddart CEO and President, J.W. McConnell Founda?on Founder of Social Innova?on Genera?on (SiG)
www.sigenera?on.ca
Thank you