What does it really take to shift a system?
Join us with 50 of the boldest system innovators from across the world as we take a deep dive into the practical realities of shifting systems towards better futures.
Our free Learning Festival, which consisted of a week of sessions taking place online, was constructed as a journey into system innovation. We started by looking at why we need to shift systems and frameworks and what it involves. We then looked at different strategies for shifting systems with innovators changing systems from the inside and building alternatives from the outside. We asked how system innovators can tell if they’re making progress, as we explore new roles for evaluation. We took a deep dive into how to finance whole system change with system-shifting investors who are creating the new approaches to finance transition. Finally, we turned to a hope-filled future with pioneers demonstrating the systems of the future now.
We want this Initiative to yield practical insights for those who want to respond to the systemic challenges of today by stepping into the possibilities of the future.
Below you’ll find a few of the fantastic conversations we had during the 2022 Learning Festival.
To access all of the other sessions and read more about the festival, please click here.
In this opening conversation, Charlie Leadbeater and Jennie Winhall introduced the week with special guest Bo Lidegaard (DK) and Melanie Goodchild (CA) to discuss the big how in how we shift systems.
Even though Madhav Chevan, Founder of Pratham (IN) didn’t set out to shift a system, that’s exactly what he and his team found themselves doing. Their experiment with a low cost pre-school programme in a Mumbai slum became a movement to transform the Indian education system. We hear in this session how Pratham creates a shared societal mission that speaks to all levels of the system, from policy to product, with parents and policymaker.
We dived right into practical and inspiring examples drawn from the pioneering edge of system investment with Jeff Cyr, Raven Indigenous Capital Partners (CA); Willemijn de Iongh, Commonland (NL) and Robin Hacke, the Centre for Community Investment (US).