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Learning Festival 2022
Making the System Shift
5 days of 17 sessions and 68 speakers
What does it really take to shift a system? This learning festival took a deep dive into the practical realities of shifting systems towards better futures together with 68 of the boldest system innovators from across the world.
Learning Festival 2022
Nov 28 - Dec 2, 2022
The Four Keys series: Relationships
Creating Patterns of Possibility
How does a system that's stuck in a negative spiral of unproductive, stressed relationships break through to a new pattern of relationships which bring growth and possibility? Watch the webinar here for new practical models for shifting systems by changing the pattern of relationships. With Gorka Espiau, Nat Whally, Ben Ramalingam, Janne Koefoed.
Webinar
March 3rd, 2022
The Four Keys series: Power
The Power to Shift a System
As systems change becomes more urgent, so does the question of who has the power to shift systems. Does it lie with powerful insiders and institutions, or activists and social movements? Where does the power to initiate change come from and how can hard and soft power be harnessed together to shift a system? With Jeff Cyr, Afton Halloran and Kenneth Bailey.
Webinar
November 18th, 2021
The Four Keys series: Purpose
System Innovation on Purpose
The most powerful lever to shift a system is to change what it is for, the purpose it serves - but it is easier said than done. How can an established sense of purpose be dislodged? How can a new sense of purpose be developed? With Valerie Hannon, Karen Ingerslev and Stephanie Brobbey.
Webinar
December 8th, 2021
Creating Social Safety Nets for the 21st Century
Dr Sania Nishtar, adviser to the prime minister of Pakistan on poverty eradication tells the inspirational story of how creative collaboration with government, mobile telephone companies, banks and communities allowed Pakistan to create a micro payments system for 12m of the nation’s poorest people in just two weeks, as Covid-19 hit the country. With Dr Sania Nishtar, Anir Chowdhury and Christian Bason. Part of the Learning Festival 2020.
Learning Festival 2020
November 13th, 2020
Scaling in Principle
How can people working within a system find new ways to do their jobs while also trying to fundamentally change that system? How can promising innovations stay true to their philosophy while they scale, and avoid being pulled back in to serve the very system they set out to change? Drawing on its experience in scaling NExTWORK, a new approach to youth employment, the ROCKWOOL Foundation Interventions Unit will outline its “principles-based” approach to shift systems by scaling social innovation. With Anna Fjeldsted, Jennie Winhall, Helene Bækmark and Tim Draimin. Part of the Learning Festival 2020.
Learning Festival 2020
November 12th, 2020
Investing in System Innovation
System innovation requires many different people and organisations to enact change. To explore how investors are deploying funds to help shift entire systems, join Alex Sutton and Chrisann Jarrett to hear about the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s groundbreaking work on immigration and integration and Giulio Quaggiotto to learn how the UNDP’s innovation hub in Bangkok works with funders to promote system change. With Giulio Quaggiotto, Chrisann Jarrett, Alex Sutton, Emily Bolton and Lars Jannick. Part of the Learning Festival 2020.
Learning Festival 2020
November 12th, 2020
The Deeper Shift: Culture and system change
The leading Canadian social entrepreneur Al Etmanski and the Director of the Winnipeg Boldness Project Diane Roussin navigate us to the heart of system change: how to shift the culture and norms of public services and the professionals who run them. Al draws on a lifetime’s experience changing systems for young people with disabilities while Diane brings a compelling indigenous vantage point on what system change means for children and families. With Diane Roussin, Al Etmanski and Imandeep Kaur. Part of the Learning Festival 2020.
Learning Festival 2020
November 11th, 2020
An insider’s guide to shifting a system
How do you contribute to system innovation when working inside the systems you seek to change? Discover what it takes to turn radical ideas into a daily practical reality within public systems with Sophie Humphreys, the founder of Pause, which is breaking cycles of family disadvantage, and Alex Fox, the creator of Shared Lives Plus, an innovative way for municipalities to create care in the community for adults. With Sophie Humphreys, Alex Fox, Rie Perry and Vita Maiorano. Part of the Learning Festival 2020.
Learning Festival 2020
November 10th, 2020
System Innovation: Why now, why you?
Jennie Winhall and Charles Leadbeater lays out a framework for system innovation which explains: why it is needed so urgently, who is involved in making it happen and the collaborative action required to bring it about. They set the context for how systems change in fundamental ways and then invite the audience to find the roles they want to play in the process. With Jennie Winhall, Charlie Leadbeater, Pernille Kapler and Cassie Robinson. Part of the Learning Festival 2020.
Learning Festival 2020
November 9th, 2020