The spotlight shone on a plethora of life-changing ingenious ideas at the inaugural Digital Agenda Impact Awards on 2 March. Innovations are improving the lives of people with disabilities and saving the environment.
A report by the innovation foundation Nesta looks at ways to bring democracy into the 21st century. Panellists at the launch had sharpened their knives.
We probably ought at least to allow the possibility that social innovations can be more harmful than beneficial, and stop seeing them as good by definition, write Madeleine Gabriel and Julie Simon of Nesta.
"Health is wellness, not absence of illness," says Gemma Self of healthcare consultancy Reimagine Health. Self is striving to get the NHS to take a more holistic view of patient care, with intervention before people become ill.
"Social enterprises are shaping the future of the 21st century and Amsterdam wants to be in the middle of it." This week the European Commission launched its 2016 Social Innovation Competition in the Dutch capital.
In order to achieve the critical mass needed to address the world's biggest social and environmental challenges a new system must be built, writes John Elkington ahead of the UK's leading impact investment and social enterprise conference.
30 European Social Innovation Competition finalists are in the running for prize funding worth £50,000. From Greece to Ireland, we pick out our top five.
It’s time for the criminal justice world to catch up with the more socially innovative public service sectors. Anton Shelupanov from the Centre for Justice Innovation explains how.
Social investment by its very nature encourages innovative thinking around finance. Imagine if we thought outside of the box in other situations – what if bribery could prevent conflict? Rodney Schwartz contemplates.
