
Changing the system dynamics that created the problem in the first place
AÌýsocial innovationÌýis any initiative (product, process, program, project, or platform) that challenges and, over time, contributes to changing the definingÌýÌýandÌýauthority flowsÌý´Ç°ùÌýbeliefsÌýof the broader social system in which it is introduced.Ìý
Successful social innovations haveÌýdurability, scaleÌýandÌýtransformative impact.
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýFrances Westley, 2014
Frances Westley'sÌýkeynote on the history of social innovation at , Nov. 14-15, 2013.