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"Think Like A Child..."
I do not think of myself as a social innovator yet... so I decided to have a look for what 'social innovation' might mean, this is what I found:
"Social innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all kinds" - Wikipedia.
I take from this that a social innovator is someone who puts this definition into action. Someone who creates "new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all kinds". So to think of myself as a social innovator I feel obliged to live up to this standard.
Now my favourite secret of social innovation would have to be this:
"think like a child – children have no limit to their thinking" - Innovation in Africa Tips: by Dave Tait.
This secret brings all other secrets under it's full potential. The other secrets include consideration of cultures, using what you already have, communication and more... but all of these things children already understand.
If you look for the one place where race, language or religion do not matter I think you will find it is among young children. They play in a universal way that brings them together through creativity and imagination... two vital aspects of social innovation. They can make anything from the little they have at the time and most things are simple and not over-thought. Children have a larger view on situations, never excluding any possibilty.
If we took on this attitude using creativity and imagination to create change we could succeed sooner than we thought. I believe by reminding myself of the way young children think I could help bring sense into a world of chaos. No child would think that others starving is ok... or that poverty is 'not our problem' - if faced with these awful situations I believe any child would feel confused and upset, which is how we should all feel.
If we are going to be social innovators we need to think like a child and feel the way they do... they understand things we have forgotten... simple things like right and wrong.
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Comment by Sayel Cortes on April 12, 2010 at 6:10am
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I loved your post! I guess if little children knew about the problems of the world... they would cry =/
naaaah on a second thought, I think they would share as little or much as they have with the one that needs it =)
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Comment by Erin Sammons on April 12, 2010 at 6:19am
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I think the same! I remember when I first started school and I forgot my lunch one day... I remember cause I thought I would die from starvation =P ... I had the biggest lunch that day because each of my classmates gave me a small amount of theirs =)
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Comment by Sean Gill on April 12, 2010 at 9:35am
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Well said, Erin. Great post. Keep up the great work and stay inspired. You are already a social innovator, even if you don't think you are.
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