The Future is Collective: Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address Society’s Biggest Challenges

Today’s most pressing challenges – rising inequality, environmental crises and social fragmentation – are too complex for any single organization to solve alone. Collective social innovation offers a new way forward, bringing together diverse stakeholders to create systemic change. This report, The Future is Collective: Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address Society’s Biggest Challenges, developed by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in collaboration with its community of collective social innovators, explores how social innovation can unite diverse stakeholders for large-scale social change. It highlights the values, strategies and organizing models that enable multistakeholder collaborations to thrive.

Author: World Economic Forum and Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship