Disruptive Dragonfly Ed 02
Disruptive Dragonfly is a collection of articles, books and websites from around the world, offering insight and reflection to disrupt and engage for change. Read more
Economics is boring, like life and death
If there is one subject we outsource to the experts its economics. Its complex, a science, and really something best left to the people who ‘know what they’re talking about’. Rather like leaving political analysis to Rupert Murdoch’s political editors. Right? Read more
Disruptive Dragonfly Ed 01
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. . . a selection of articles, books and websites
from around the world
offering insights and critical reflection
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engage for change Read more
Neo-liberalism dressed up as social innovation?
I recently read an advertisement seeking an ‘exceptional individual’ to ‘strategically steer’ a ‘newly established social enterprise’ with ‘creativity and innovation’. Sounds exciting doesn’t it? All the right words as well. And the social enterprise also has ‘ambitious growth plans’. Read more
Everyone talks about it, but we can’t agree what it is
In the European Union and in the UK itself, despite austerity measures abounding, governments are providing serious money for ‘social innovation’. In Australia the concept is a catch all term used for change makers, social entrepreneurs, social enterprise and ‘doing good’.
It is the buzz-word (still) and looks like it will be for some time. However a number of us engaged in the Masters program in social innovation in Austria came to the realisation that there are literally more than fifty different definitions of social innovation in use by academics, policy makers, politicians, and practitioners. Read more