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SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIPMORE THAN A FAD?

Dr Chris YappApril 8, 2023

chris_yapp@hotmail.co.uk

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Social Entrepreneurship

Why? Why now? What have we learned? What are the problems? Where next?

Michael Young

Open University Consumers’ Association Which? Magazine Language Line & 40 others School for Social

Entrepreneurs Action Learning

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Cameron: Big Society

“There is such a thing as Society. It’s just not the same as the state”

“The cuts are my duty, the Big Society is my passion”

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The Big Society..

The Big Society

Public

Voluntary

Private

Business

Citizen

Community

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Why now?

Silos of current organisations not agile Large organisations weak on picking up

early signs of change Todays problems economy/society not

addressed by current institutional arrangements

TRUST,TRUST,TRUST..

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How to fail as an Entrepreneur The Two Golden Rules

Passion without system System without passion

Tom Peters

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Social Entrepreneurs..

Insight From Personal experience Won’t take no for an answer Driven? Passionate? Oddball? Unconventional? Networkers?

Would you want your son/daughter to marry one?

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Margaret Mead

A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

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Toffler’s Third Wave

Agriculture

Industry

Information

LAND

CAPITALKNOWLEDGE

Size of

Economy

Time

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1970

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Social Innovations of the Industrial Society

Limited Liability Company Co-op, Mutuals, Friendly societies,

Building societies Trade Unions Schools, Libraries, Museums, Modern

University Police, Fire Services NHS Local Authorities ….

The Reformers and Philanthropists

Andrew Carnegie Joseph Rowntree Cadburys Wellcome Nuffield ...

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Venture Philanthropy

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Outsourcing

Benefits

Specialist ProvidersEconomies of Scale

Problems

Contractual inflexibility

Hollowed-out communities

Shamrock Organisation

Custom

er

CoreOrganisatio

n

Contracted Fringe

Part-timeHelp

Source: Charles Handy

Community Sourcing

Council Services

BusinessStart-up

Accounting

LEP

Legal

Recruitment

Property

AccountingAccountin

g

Legal

RecruitmentRecruitment

Property

Local Employer

SocialEnterprise

Diabetes-Public Health

Council Services

PakistaniCommunit

y

NHS

Voluntary ServicesCommunity

Site

Chelmsley Wood

Community Site

Alzheimer's Support

Adult Social Care

Carers

NHS

Voluntary Services

Community Site

Patient

Community Site

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It’s always been there. Response to globalisation Response to societal complexity Response to the Connected World Weak signals of change from the front

line.. Localism: Double Devolution.. Bottom up innovation then affiliation

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The Big Challenges

Succession Planning Organisational renewal Rewarding the entrepreneur? Public Sector Procurement Action Learning in HE? Behaviour vs

Skills?

The Final Word

“Nothing fails in public sector reform like success”

Matthew Taylor:Former Head of StrategyNo. 10

Thank You!

Twitter: @chris_yapp Email:

chris_yapp@hotmail.co.uk

Skype: cgyapp

Blogs: BCS http://www.bcs.org/content/

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National Education Trust

http://www.nationaleducationtrust.net/ArticlesPolicyDebate_SISL_000.php

Long Finance http://www.longfinance.net/long-

finance-blogs/the-pamphleteers.html

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Oxford Brookes: Social Entrepreneurs