Social Labs
The Future of Labs - Part 4: The Language of Labs
Most people have never experienced a social innovation lab, so how do we talk to these people about what they do and why they're useful?
Social Innovation
The Future of Labs - Part 3: Report & Explorations
The Future of Labs 2024 Gathering Report is out! Find out more about what happened and the recommendations for social (innovation) labs from 65+ practitioners who gathered in Canada to explore the future of lab practice.
systemic investing
On Systemic Investing
Systemic investing is a promising complement to impact investing - moving from single point impact funding to a coherent portfolio logic to fund connected systems change initiatives and ecosystems.
Complexity
Provocation: Exploring Ecotone Organising
Ecotone organising offers a promising approach for fostering collective action on complex challenges. By creating spaces that are independent of existing organizational structures, we can cultivate hybrid cultures, shared capabilities, and flexible governance.
Complexity
Responding across the system
We need to address the complexity gap in climate responses.
Regeneration
Social imagination for regenerative neighbourhood futures
When you imagine the future of your Street does it feel like a thriving place to live?
Social Innovation
The Future of Labs - Part 2: Reflections
As our understanding of complex challenges advances and there is global exploration of the ways of seeing, being, doing which enable us to respond effectively - is there still a role for the Lab in the landscape of change approaches?
Regeneration
Free Resource: Playbook for Local Regen Workshops
Introducing a playbook to support place-based regeneration through a rich participatory experience on country.
Social Innovation
The Future of Labs - Part 1: Foundations
What is the role of the "Lab" in the current landscape of approaches to change? What are the core practices and structures to make Labs effective? Where are the potential overlaps, differences and opportunities of connecting to other approaches which are evolving around the world?
Social Innovation
Hello Canada
Exploring the beating heart of social innovation in Canada in 2024, and exploring the Future of Labs.
Experimentation
Fieldnote: Visualising Experiment Portfolios
Let's talk about Experimentation Portfolios. Visualising an array of experiments to see active and latent potential to shift systems through living labs, mission-oriented innovation and challenge precincts.
Living Labs
Inspiration from the Horizon
Inspiration from the EU Horizon Fund showing us what's possible when you mainstream applied, trans-disciplinary, ambitious research projects.