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USING LABS TO TACKLE COMPLEX PROBLEMS AN INTRODUCTION FOR FUNDERS PFC SYMPOSIUM 10.01.2013 PRESENTATION BY: SATSUKO VANANTWERP
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Why are Social Innovation, Design, and Change Labs emerging as high impact strategies for foundation, government and corporate funders? The social and environmental challenges of our times are forcing governments, businesses and charities to accelerate the shift from ameliorating symptoms to addressing root causes and systems. A promising pathway to do this is through a Lab. Labs provide a structured process, enable deep multi-stakeholder collaboration — often cross-sectoral — and a creative, “safe space” for risk taking, experimentation, prototyping and scaling. What are the implications for funders as they engage and align institutions, people, ideas and resources? What are the things funders need to know when contemplating a Lab-centric social change strategy? [This presentation was prepared by Satsuko VanAntwerp for the Philanthropic Foundations of Canada 2013 Symposium]
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USING LABS TO TACKLE COMPLEX PROBLEMS AN INTRODUCTION FOR FUNDERS
PFC SYMPOSIUM 10.01.2013
PRESENTATION BY: SATSUKO VANANTWERP
TIME
COM
PLEX
ITY
PUBLIC SYSTEMS
SOCIAL CHALLENGES
SOCIETY IN TRANSFORMATION
SOURCE: JOERI VAN DEN STEENHOVEN
WICKED PROBLEMS
SOURCE: JAIME DERRINGER
GRANTS
POLICY ADVOCACY
STRATEGIC ADVICE
ACCESS TO NETWORKS
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
LABS
LABS
DEVELOP SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX CHALLENGES THAT REQUIRE SYSTEMS CHANGE
Hierarchy Collaboration Static Dynamic
Singular (expert) focus Multi-disciplinary Risk-averse Open to failure
Operations-oriented Systems-approach Market-driven User-centric
Production outcomes Social change outcomes Linear Iterative
Prescribed success Conditional success
TRADITIONAL VS. LAB
SOURCE:‘LABS: DESIGING THE FUTURE’
LABS
1. BROAD RESEARCH 2. CO-CREATION 3. SPECIALIZED SPACE 4. PROCESS DESIGN 5. RAPID PROTOTYPING 6. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY 7. CONTNUAL LEARNING
FAMILY BY FAMILY SOURCE: INWITHFOR
FAMILY BY FAMILY SYSTEMS CHANGE
PROBLEM
OUTCOMES
PRACTICE
POLICY
SOURCE: INWITHFOR
CHALLENGE COMMISSION PREPARATION CO-DESIGN ITERATION SOLUTION METRICS IMPACT
MINDLAB
INWITHFOR
KENNISLAND
MaRS SOLUTIONS LAB LABIS
NESTA PARTICIPLE
27e REGION
RLABS
GOVLAB DESIS LAB
HELSINKI DESIGN LAB (CLOSED)
LIEN CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION
HOPE INSTITUTE
SOCIALAB
IDEO
MaRS SOLUTIONS LAB
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
INNOVATION HOUSE
MEASURABLE IMPACTS
NOTE OF CAUTION 1. CONCEPT DU JOUR 2. NOT IMMEDIATE 3. NOT INEXPENSIVE 4. NOT A PANACEA
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED 1. FIND OUT MORE 2. HAVE A DISCUSSION 3. CONT. SUPPORTING EXPERIMENTATION 4. EXPLORE FIT WITH FUNDER COALITIONS
QUESTIONS FOR YOU • WHAT LAB-LIKE ACTIVITY ALREADY EXISTS? • WHAT CHALLENGE AREAS DO YOU SEE? • WHAT BARRIERS ARE STOPPING YOU? • HOW CAN LABS HELP?
“WE ACT LIKE SYSTEMS IN CREATING LARGE-SCALE PROBLEMS BUT WE ACT AS INDIVIDUALS IN TRYING TO SOLVE THEM” – ERIC TRIST SOCIAL SCIENTIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE
THANK YOU! CONTACT www.sigeneration.ca/labs [email protected] @sats_ko
Special thanks to: Ruth Richardson, Colette Murphy, Pegi Dover and Monica Pohlmann
With appreciation to all my SiG colleagues
