SOCIETAL INNOVATION

So we'd like to improve society? Let’s look into foundations for societal innovation, starting with what societal innovation does:

“𝘈 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 (𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭) 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.”

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What are the foundations for societal innovation?

I’ll bring up some of the points I have seen contribute to hold potential for change, I’d love it if you’ll challenge or add to them:

• The Malleability to Learn: Innovation IS the ability to learn. Of course I’d say that. Am I holding myself and my ego soft enough to learn? Is my organization a learning organization?

• Anti-Polarization: When someone sounds evil to me, do I ask to check what they mean?

• The Pressure Valve Function of Freedom of Speech: Values and mindsets and ideas of people do not evolve constructively alone in the dark. Do I fight for fellow humans’ right to be heard, when I don’t agree with them?

• Collaboration: Ughh, other people! Am I willing to talk to a stranger on the bus? Am I willing to collaborate on building society?

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I share reflections with the intention to help leaders meaningfully innovate society. As a strategy advisor and a tech learning & innovation specialist, I build social systems for leading, learning and innovating.

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