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#ReimagineSpace: SIX Winter School with Hallym University

SIX Winter School

#ReimagineSpace: SIX Winter School with Hallym University

The SIX Winter School: Social Innovation Camp is a 5-day long immersive programme in London, UK, designed to build innovation capacity, help tackle…

13 — 17 January 2020

More than money: Reimagining social innovation policy in Hong Kong

Reimagining Futures

More than money: Reimagining social innovation policy in Hong Kong

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash On 15 October 2019, the Hong Kong SAR government published the 2019/20 policy address, which is the annual ad…

13 November 2019Marco Shek Ka-chun

Between the institution and the individual: What works for systems change (part one)

Between the institution and the individual: What works for systems change (part one)

Photo by William Santos on Unsplash This is Part One of a Two Part Series exploring different approaches to tackling social issues in developme…

24 October 2019Josiane Smith

Social cohesion and the role for philanthropy insights 2019

Social cohesion and the role for philanthropy insights 2019

Our third and final Funders Node retreat on Wasan Island this year convened philanthropic leaders from four continents to discuss the role for phila…

23 October 2019

What's the role of young people in social innovation?

Next Generation

What's the role of young people in social innovation?

Photo by Will H McMahan on Unsplash The power of young people, activism and the role of government have been the focus of our team discussions…

14 October 2019

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Geoff Mulgan in conversation with Louise Pulford - How Societies Find the Power to Change.

28 January 2020

Season’s Greetings and what to expect next!

Season’s Greetings and what to expect next!

2019 has been an unsettling year. For citizens all over the world, for the social innovation movement, and for SIX, where we have had our own organi…

20 December 2019

Long reads for the long break - Christmas break reading 2019

Reading Recommendations

Long reads for the long break - Christmas break reading 2019

Photo by Nicole Wolf on Unsplash Over the Festive period, with a little more time on our hands, this is what the team will be reading, watching…

20 December 2019

Hope is the consequence of action

Social Innovation

Hope is the consequence of action

“Hope is more the consequence of action than its cause. As the experience of the spectator favours fatalism, so the experience of the agent produc…

16 December 2019

Monthly round-up: issues from unresolved pasts, what's stopping bigger social change, creativity and innovation away from cities and much more!

Reading Recommendations

Monthly round-up: issues from unresolved pasts, what's stopping bigger social change, creativity and innovation away from cities and much more!

This month, we've been reading about the issues surrounding functioning democracy, the unresolved problems from the West's colonial past and changin…

10 December 2019

Think Future Reflections- Designing Events for Innovation

Think Future Reflections- Designing Events for Innovation

Josiane Smith manages the Strategic Partnerships and Growth at the Social Innovation Exchange (SIX), a global, cross-sector network of institutions…

26 November 2019