Struggling to Innovate: Together We Stand (Blog)

November 20, 2013 Editor 0

By Joanna Wylegala

Practitioners from the social and development sectors often struggle to translate research findings into organizational realities. Recently, I and other academics met with social sector practitioners in Berlin to discuss our thoughts and experiences on innovation.

One focus of our discussion was the increasing pressure to innovate in the social sector. Many grant-funded organizations felt pushed by funders to innovate, assuming “the more, the better.” Meanwhile, funders felt dissatisfied with the lack of progress on tackling social problems and, at the same time, under pressure to innovate themselves. We even debated whether we need more innovation in the social sector.

We discussed these and other issues at length—here are the highlights:

 

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Categories: Social Innovation

Tags: DESIGN, economics, Innovation