1. Social Impact of InnovationorImpact of
Social Innovation?
Sebastian Gatica M.
May, 2015.
Montreal, Canadá.
Social Innovation, Challenges and Perspectives for
HigherEducation

3. II. Social Impact of Innovation or Impact of Social Innovation?
III. Challenges and Perspectives for Social Innovation
IV. Questions
Content
I. A Social Innovation Lab

4. CoLab voyage
Inspired by Theory U, O. Scharmer MIT
Co-sensing
with society
Living together
with communities
Co-creating with
changemakers
I. A Social Innovation Lab
… and after three years…

5. Research
Fields of Action
I. A Social Innovation Lab
People
Organizations
Systems
Form
ation
Com
m
unity
Engagem
ent
Example
Example
Example

6. Territorial Social
Innovation
Colllaborative
Networks
New Public Private
Arrangement
Transdisciplinary
work & Holistic
Approach
I. A Social Innovation Lab
Which are the complexsocialproblems to be solved?
Which are the gaps orobstacles towards prosperity?
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7. TOWARDS A LAB FOR SYSTEM CHANGE…
I. A Social Innovation Lab
Social Lab Global Gathering (Toronto, 2014)

8. II. Social Impact of Innovation orImpact of
Social Innovation?
4 Elements which could shed some light on it:
i. Purpose driven
ii. Social Innovation as a phenomenon
iii. Community led
iv. How equipped is the ecosystem?

9. i. PURPOSE DRIVEN
II. Social Impact of Innovation orImpact of
Social Innovation?
Source:
Sistema B, 2014
How to transit on this?

10. i. PURPOSE DRIVEN
II. Social Impact of Innovation orImpact of
Social Innovation?
Sistema B, 2014
Sistema B´s Theory of Change: Moving from a state of emerging and
pioneer businesses and their ecosystems to an institutionalized state with
new values and rules.​​
Institutionalized ScenarioEmergent Scenario
Ommunities of
practices

11. ii. Social Innovation
AS NEW PHENOMENON OR PARADIGM
II. Social Impact of Innovation orImpact of
Social Innovation?
But how can ‘systems
change’ be achieved?
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENCE
& SYSTEMIC CHANGE
Government (Institutions/Rules)
Markets (Networks/Power Relations)
Social Movements (Cognitive Frames)
UNIVERSITIES?
(Nicholls, 2011)

12. Networks: Share meaing and
Purpose
Community of Practice:
developing new practices
together
System of Influence: new
practices starting to be the norm
II. Social Impact of Innovation orImpact of
Social Innovation?
(Weathley and Frieze, 2009)
iii. Community Led
Taking Social Innovation to scale

13. iv. How equipped is the ecosystem?
“We want to differentiate social innovations from ordinary innovations
because the world is already amply equipped to produce and disseminate
ordinary innovations (Phills et al., 2008).
II. Social Impact of Innovation orImpact of
Social Innovation?

14. III. Challenges and perspectives
• 27 Universities
• 10 Countries
• 300 students
Social Innovation Ecosystems:
The Case of the Universities in Latin America

15. Theoretical and
Practical
Knowledge
Motivation &
Purpose
Transversal
Formative
Process
Aligned Strategic
Development
Adequate
Resources
Fruitful
Interactions
III. Challenges and perspectives

16. III. Challenges and perspectives

17. 1. What can we do with our own theory of change?
2. How do we transit towards this new relationship and
collaboration with communities and other stakeholders?
3. Are we part of the problem or part of the solution?
IV. Questions

18. Social Impact of Innovation orImpact of
Social Innovation?
Thankyou!
Social Innovation, Challenges and Perspectives for Higher Education
sgatica@uc.cl