Social Tech
I’ve mentioned the Social Tech meetups a few times on this blog. Well, now the group has a blog of its own. The site provides an outline of the group’s goals, as well as giving us a way of promoting...
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Late last week I was flicking through ABC’s iView service and stumbled across the documentary (under the ABC Docs section) entitled ” How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer“. I figured it would have something to...
View ArticleEzio Manzini speaking tour
While researching my report on design thinking and sustainability I finally had a chance to read some of Ezio Manzini’s papers on the topic. While I’d heard many good things about Ezio’s work...
View ArticleSocial innovation in business
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking (but clearly not a lot of blog writing!) about the idea of social innovation in a business context. This ties into some previous thoughts I’ve posted about values and...
View ArticleThe Economist on social innovation
I read Let’s hear those ideas at the Economist with great interest, to get a sense of how social innovation might be represented to a business/finance audience. It is quite a good piece, but one...
View ArticleGuest post: Corporate Responsibility — engagement and transparency
We’re delighted to have urban and social planning consultancy Urban Affect on board as a partner. In this guest post (reposted with permission), principal Allison Heller shares some of her thoughts on...
View ArticleNew resource on evaluation and technology
A few weeks back I received this invite via email from colleague Duncan Rintoul, of the Institute for Innovation in Business and Social Research (IIBSOR) at University of Wollongong. Given the topic, I...
View ArticleThe value of small prototypes
I was recently chatting with my friend Lopa about a variety of things social innovation-y, and the topic turned to prototyping. One of the things that came up is that it can be easy to think that...
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Mobile diaries
This is a cross-posting of a post originally published on the IDX Backstage Blog. It was prepared as a “leave behind” resource for participants at the 2014 Design for Social Innovation conference who...
View ArticleResource Man’s adventures in household eco-visualisation
Recently I had some interstate travel that presented an opportunity to catch up on a (long) back catalogue of reading. There were three standouts that are related to the recent series of posts I’ve...
View ArticleSocial Tech
I’ve mentioned the Social Tech meetups a few times on this blog. Well, now the group has a blog of its own. The site provides an outline of the group’s goals, as well as giving us a way of promoting...
View ArticleNetwork effects
Late last week I was flicking through ABC’s iView service and stumbled across the documentary (under the ABC Docs section) entitled ” How Kevin Bacon Cured Cancer“. I figured it would have something to...
View ArticleEzio Manzini speaking tour
While researching my report on design thinking and sustainability I finally had a chance to read some of Ezio Manzini’s papers on the topic. While I’d heard many good things about Ezio’s work...
View ArticleSocial innovation in business
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking (but clearly not a lot of blog writing!) about the idea of social innovation in a business context. This ties into some previous thoughts I’ve posted about values and...
View ArticleThe Economist on social innovation
I read Let’s hear those ideas at the Economist with great interest, to get a sense of how social innovation might be represented to a business/finance audience. It is quite a good piece, but one...
View ArticleGuest post: Corporate Responsibility — engagement and transparency
We’re delighted to have urban and social planning consultancy Urban Affect on board as a partner. In this guest post (reposted with permission), principal Allison Heller shares some of her thoughts on...
View ArticleNew resource on evaluation and technology
A few weeks back I received this invite via email from colleague Duncan Rintoul, of the Institute for Innovation in Business and Social Research (IIBSOR) at University of Wollongong. Given the topic, I...
View ArticleThe value of small prototypes
I was recently chatting with my friend Lopa about a variety of things social innovation-y, and the topic turned to prototyping. One of the things that came up is that it can be easy to think that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mobile diaries
This is a cross-posting of a post originally published on the IDX Backstage Blog. It was prepared as a “leave behind” resource for participants at the 2014 Design for Social Innovation conference who...
View ArticleResource Man’s adventures in household eco-visualisation
Recently I had some interstate travel that presented an opportunity to catch up on a (long) back catalogue of reading. There were three standouts that are related to the recent series of posts I’ve...
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