Social Innovation

WEEK ONE:   What is Social Innovation   Main Ideas and Topics of the Week: This week we defined social innovation.  The definition that most resonated with me is from authors at the Stanford Social Innovation Review in a piece called  Rediscovering Social Innovation  it states that social innovation is, "A novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals."  In breaking down social innovation to a more bite sized definition the authors defined innovation and social.   Innovation  was much easier to agree upon one single definition whereas  social  is much more up to the discretion of the person defining the word.  Innovation is both a process and a product.  The processes that produce innovation are “creativity, organizational struc...