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In the P2P Foundation literature, we use it almost exclusively in the first sense. Saying innovation is or has become social, means stressing that innovation is an emerging property of distributed networks. It is located in the overall community and econoly, and less and less exclusively within an institution or from a single individual entrepreneur. | In the P2P Foundation literature, we use it almost exclusively in the first sense. Saying innovation is or has become social, means stressing that innovation is an emerging property of distributed networks. It is located in the overall community and econoly, and less and less exclusively within an institution or from a single individual entrepreneur. | ||
==Socio-political Definition= | |||
"An '''initiative, product or process that profoundly changes the basic routines, resource and authority flows or beliefs of any social system. These social innovations have broad impact, durability and scale; and also have recognizable stages and phases linked to the dynamics of resilient systems'''. | |||
In other words, social innovation or transformational social change, should have the capacity to impact a broad number of people on an ongoing basis, scaled across multiple sectors and communities spread apart by large geographical distances, and can adapt and respond to massive change while still maintaining the integrity of the original. It is important to note that I use the word resilience instead of sustainability in this case, as resilience is about having the capacity to adapt to change, whereas sustainability, focuses on maintaining a stable state at any scale." | |||
(http://www.renjie.ca/opportunities-to-create-social-change-worksho-0) | |||
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Revision as of 16:32, 24 July 2009
Definition Discussion
The Wikipedia writes at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_innovation :
"Over the years, the term has developed several overlapping meanings. It can be used to refer to social processes of innovation, such as open source methods. Alternatively it can be used to innovations which have a social purpose - like microcredit or distance learning." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_innovation)
In the P2P Foundation literature, we use it almost exclusively in the first sense. Saying innovation is or has become social, means stressing that innovation is an emerging property of distributed networks. It is located in the overall community and econoly, and less and less exclusively within an institution or from a single individual entrepreneur.
=Socio-political Definition
"An initiative, product or process that profoundly changes the basic routines, resource and authority flows or beliefs of any social system. These social innovations have broad impact, durability and scale; and also have recognizable stages and phases linked to the dynamics of resilient systems.
In other words, social innovation or transformational social change, should have the capacity to impact a broad number of people on an ongoing basis, scaled across multiple sectors and communities spread apart by large geographical distances, and can adapt and respond to massive change while still maintaining the integrity of the original. It is important to note that I use the word resilience instead of sustainability in this case, as resilience is about having the capacity to adapt to change, whereas sustainability, focuses on maintaining a stable state at any scale." (http://www.renjie.ca/opportunities-to-create-social-change-worksho-0)