http://andrewwolk.com/2009/05/18/chinas-opportunity-for-social-and-public-innovation/ Advancing Social Innovation - Investing in What Works Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:22:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://andrewwolk.com/2009/05/18/chinas-opportunity-for-social-and-public-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-1421 Back from the Future Trends Forum in Madrid at Andrew Wolk Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:42:00 +0000 http://andrewwolk.com/?p=269#comment-1421 [...] by the Bankinter Foundation of Innovation, a Spanish bank. Spain is yet another country (see my post on China) interested in advancing a social innovation agenda. There were some familiar faces and [...] [...] by the Bankinter Foundation of Innovation, a Spanish bank. Spain is yet another country (see my post on China) interested in advancing a social innovation agenda. There were some familiar faces and [...]

]]> http://andrewwolk.com/2009/05/18/chinas-opportunity-for-social-and-public-innovation/comment-page-1/#comment-708 JERR BOSCHEE Tue, 19 May 2009 13:54:52 +0000 http://andrewwolk.com/?p=269#comment-708 In 2007, I spent a couple of days working to familiarize about 80 senior government officials from various regions of China with social enterprise -- and arrived at some of the same conclusions about the potential for social innovation. One sobering aspect, however, came to me through numerous conversations with individual officials: The embedded command and control culture imposed upon small and medium sized businesses by the government. It will be interesting to see how the relationship between the two sectors evolves, especially since many social innovations and enterprises touch upon human rights issues government officials prefer to place on the back burners. In 2007, I spent a couple of days working to familiarize about 80 senior government officials from various regions of China with social enterprise — and arrived at some of the same conclusions about the potential for social innovation. One sobering aspect, however, came to me through numerous conversations with individual officials: The embedded command and control culture imposed upon small and medium sized businesses by the government. It will be interesting to see how the relationship between the two sectors evolves, especially since many social innovations and enterprises touch upon human rights issues government officials prefer to place on the back burners.

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