The most powerful lever to shift a system is to change what it is for, the purpose it serves. Creating a new system invariably involves establishing a new sense of purpose. But how can an established sense of purpose be dislodged? How can a new sense of purpose be developed? How does the new purpose become operational, translated into the system’s daily work?

In this webinar Charles Leadbeater and Jennie Winhall, from the Systems Innovation Initiative, shared a new, practical framework for how to shift a system’s purpose.

They were joined in conversation by a panel of three practitioners intensively engaged in purpose driven system change: Stephanie Brobbey, from The Good Ancestor Movement, a social purpose venture which aims to shift the role and responsibilities of wealth in society, Valerie Hannon, a global thought leader, inspiring systems to re-think what ‘success’ will mean in the 21st century, and the implications for education and Karen Ingerslev, who is leading an ambitious programme of reimagination and renewal in the health systems of Jutland in Denmark.

Speaker Bios

Valerie Hannon
Board Director & Co-founder, Innovation Unit

Valerie Hannon is a global thought leader, inspiring systems to re-think what educational ‘success’ will mean in the 21st century. The co-founder of both Innovation Unit and of the Global Education Leaders Partnership, Valerie is a radical voice for change, whilst grounded in a deep understanding of how education systems currently work. A former Director of Education for Derbyshire and then an adviser in the UK Department for Education, she now works to release and harness the agency and creativity of both learners and educators. Currently, she is Senior Adviser to the OECD in its Education 2030 project. Formerly a secondary teacher, researcher and Director of Education for Derbyshire County Council; then an adviser in the UK Department for Education (DfE) during the Blair years, she now works independently to support change programs across the world. Valerie delivered The Australian Learning Lecture in 2020. The book arising from this will be published by Routledge as FutureSchool in 2022. Her last book, THRIVE: the purpose of schools in a changing world (2021) was published by Cambridge University Press. Follow Valerie on Twitter.

Karen Ingerslev
Head of HR & Innovation, Region Midtjylland

Dr. Karen Ingerslev is an experienced Danish public leader of change and innovation in healthcare. Her approach is human-centered, experimental and boundary spanning. She is engaged in research, social entrepreneurship, leadership training, national as well as international collaborations for the sake of creating a better healthcare system for patients and relatives as well as employees. Central Denmark Region is a politically lead organisation with responsibilities primarily within healthcare - this includes nine somatic hospitals and eight psychiatric hospital departments, pre-hospital emergency services, general practitioners and practising specialist doctors. Central Denmark Region has approximately 30.000 employees. Follow Karen on Twitter.

Stephanie Brobbey
Founder and CEO, The Good Ancestor Movement

Stephanie qualified as a private wealth lawyer in 2011 and has gained an outstanding reputation in the private wealth industry with several honours and distinctions. In September 2021 Stephanie launched the Good Ancestor Movement, a social purpose business which exists to disrupt the mainstream wealth advisory industry by challenging traditional ideas around the economy, excessive wealth accumulation and tax minimisation. The Good Ancestor Movement supports wealthy individuals, families and charitable foundations with progressive wealth stewardship and radical redistribution. Stephanie is a dedicated social sector leader and has served as a trustee of youth charities FAST London and e:merge; and The Funding Network, a charity which hosts live crowdfunding events for not-for-profit organisations pursuing social change. Follow Stephanie on Twitter.

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