When it comes to innovation, we’re not only talking about corporate strategies or marketing initiatives; we’re also talking about social welfare. Geoff Mulgan recently presented the state of the field in social innovation at UNESCO’s HQ in Paris, where he talked about practice, theory and the future of the concept. The simple question he asked was “Why is the world so good in developping nanotechnologies, implementing cloud computing or shooting people to the moon (or mars), and incapable of tackling wicked problems like child obesity, waste or isolation of elderly people?“. Here are some interesting thoughts expressed during his conference. Read more...