Social Innovation Needs An Update

Cameron Norman
16 min readJul 11, 2023

It’s time to upgrade its operating system.

Lead the Way — Cameron Norman

Social innovation was once at the leading edge for social impact thinking, new products and services, and now seems stalled: what happened? I look at the history and some trends that have influenced the evolution of social innovation from its early popularity to today and suggest ways it can become relevant again. Like any software (human, social or

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Cameron Norman

Designer, evaluator, educator, & psychologist supporting people in making positive change, by design. Principal @censeltd @censeacademy