Leadership Forum - February
On 26 February 2009 the Centre for Social Innovation convened a Leadership Forum with the Minister of Finance, the Hon Bill English, and the CEO’s and senior executives of 16 of NZ’s most innovative private and public sector organisations, including Air New Zealand, Gen-i, Kordia, Cisco, NZ Post, Counties-Manukau DHB and Housing NZ.
Our focus was public-private innovation partnerships. How can business and government better work together to accelerate and support social innovation in New Zealand.
At the Forum, Deputy Prime Minister Bill English reiterated his view that the public sector was entering a time of permanent restraint – more services with the same or fewer people and the same or less funding. Recession is going to create more need and more demand for social services. If these are to be delivered for the same or less funding, we need to be innovative.
Mr. English added that we risked trying to “learn to fly in a storm” and that effective public-private-community partnerships would be required to address our economic and social realities. Many attendees made a commitment to being part of these partnerships, with the Centre for Social Innovation recognised as an important vehicle for facilitating this process.
The dinner was hosted by the Centre for Social Innovation’s first Foundation Partner, Kordia.
We’ve summarised our insights in the following pieces:
Avoiding social recession
In 1984, an incoming government facing economic crisis generated transformative economic innovation – but at enormous social cost. This time around, let’s do it differently …
Social innovation: the idea, the funding and the organisation to take it forward
The Centre’s Chief Executive, Justine Munro, speaks to the Forum about the potential partnership between government and business.
Insights
The Minister of Finance and 16 CEO’s reflect on areas of Government innovation priority, successful innovation partnerships, challenges to partnership, the secrets of innovative organisations, and how to scale-up innovation.
News
A School for NZ Social Entrepreneurs
We’re building a dedicated training and support programme for our social entrepreneurs.
More »Australian Centre Launches
The SA Government-funded Australian Centre for Social Innovation launches with a Social Innovation Challenge, a focus on design-thinking and an emphasis on collaboration to find creative solutions to tough social problems.
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