Consideration should be given to what has and hasn't worked in other states, though Social Innovation is still, relatively speaking, in its infancy, one concept among many that is contributing to a paradigm change in attitudes, lifestyle, consumer and investment choices that take into account people, planet and profits, sustainability, conscious capitalism and the like…

Closer to home, wondering if the development of a Creative Business Council in our state might provide a model for the creation of an Office of Social Innovation.

Here's a link on the topic:
http://winterstreetarchitects.wordpress.com/2009/...

One last link is to a discussion on the Social Entrepreneur Linked In Group:

http://www.linkedin.com/newsArticle?viewDiscussio...
If you can't access it, let me know and I'll cut and paste the entire text.