There are two social entrepreneurship approaches that focus on addressing complex wicked problems: the complexity approach which is underpinned by complexity science, and the social innovation school approach which is underpinned by systems thinking. During this webinar we will compare and contrast these systems social entrepreneurship approaches.

Social entrepreneurship’s complexity approach focuses on the creation of conditions that enable the initiatives in a solution ecosystem, and the organisations partnering on these initiatives, to transition coherently from their current state to a new and improved state. During this webinar we will explore complexity science concepts that assist social entrepreneurs to better understand and support these system transitions.

Social entrepreneurship’s social innovation school approach focuses on the development of initiatives that intervene in non-optimal systems using systems thinking so that a better future state can be created for systems. During the webinar we will explore how the initiatives developed by social entrepreneurs using systems thinking can also strengthen solution ecosystems.