Essence

Social Business

Grameen have defined a Social Business as a no-loss, no dividend entity. Social Business has the potential to change the world. London Creative Labs will explore how Social Business can work in the London context.

Peer production

London Creative Labs is a network-based organisation that does peer production.  The aim is to spur the creation of Social Businesses and eco-systems for Social Business, addressing societal challenges systemically.

Scale

We have to get better at participation in small groups before we can upscale our participatory mechanisms across networks. I think we must, however look at creating the ecosystems for Social Business to operate within, so that our social innovations scale, whilst our mechanisms for political participation develop along a parallel path.

Pioneers of Change Principles

Founding Principles of Pioneers of Change

Principles of Confluence

Pioneers of Change: The 5 Rules

Pioneers of Change Purpose and Identity

Meaning of Pioneers Of Change to me

A sandbox for experimenting with systemic change. At one  point I called it “a lifeline of meaning” when I was isolated from peers and struggling to start my own business.

Take all the above, invite a bunch of people to put it in a bowl and mix! Cook for several months. Then open the oven together…

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