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)  

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